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2019-08-02Tweak min-free/max-free descriptionsEelco Dolstra
2019-07-19docs: document balancing cores and max-jobsGraham Christensen
2019-07-06Merge pull request #2882 from grahamc/docs/1115-tarball-ttlEelco Dolstra
tarball-ttl: document
2019-07-05tarball-ttl: documentGraham Christensen
Incorporates text from Niklas Hambüchen in #2978 Closes #1115
2019-07-03Merge branch 'autoconf-ubuntu-16.04-fixes' of https://github.com/nh2/nixEelco Dolstra
2019-07-03autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04.Niklas Hambüchen
And probably many other distributions. Until now, ./configure would fail silently printing a warning ./configure: line 4621: AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_17: command not found and then continuing, later failing with a C++ #error saying that some C++11 feature isn't supported (it didn't even get to the C++17 features). This is because older distributions don't come with the `AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_17` m4 macro. This commit vendors that macro accordingly. Now ./configure complains correctly: configure: error: *** A compiler with support for C++17 language features is required. On Ubuntu 16.04, ./configure completes if a newer compiler is used, e.g. with gcc-7 from https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test using: ./bootstrap.sh ./configure CXX=g++-7 --disable-doc-gen --with-boost=$(nix-build --no-link '<nixpkgs>' -A boost.dev)
2019-07-03autoconf: Work around editline not being found on Ubuntu 16.04.Niklas Hambüchen
And probably other Linux distributions with long-term support releases. Also update manual stating what version is needed; I checked that 1.14 is the oldest version with which current nix compiles, and added autoconf feature checks for some functions added in that release that nix uses.
2019-07-02Merge pull request #2779 from LnL7/build-exit-codesEelco Dolstra
build: add exit code for hash and check mismatches
2019-07-02Merge pull request #2724 from LnL7/manpage-add-fixedEelco Dolstra
nix-store: document --add-fixed
2019-07-02Merge pull request #2582 from LnL7/fetchgit-refsEelco Dolstra
fetchGit: allow fetching explicit refs
2019-07-02nix-store: document --add-fixedDaiderd Jordan
2019-07-02builtins.fetchGit: document absolute ref supportGraham Christensen
2019-07-02build: replace 100 offset for build exit codesDaiderd Jordan
2019-07-02nix-store: document exit codesDaiderd Jordan
2019-06-25nix-channel: Don't fetch binary-cache-urlEelco Dolstra
This has been ignored since the Perl->C++ rewrite.
2019-06-20Nix uses the CPP SDK, not JavaBruno Bieth
2019-06-04Minor typoJorisE
2019-05-21doc: clarify that optional attrs in a function argument will be ignored ↵Maximilian Bosch
unless specified In `args@{ a ? 1 }: /* ... */` the value `a` won't be a part of `args` unless it's specified when calling the function, the default value will be ignored in this case. My personal point of view is that this behavior is a matter of taste, at least I was pretty sure that unmatched arguments will be a part of `args@` while debugging some Nix code last week. I decided to add a warning to the docs which hopefully reduces the confusion of further Nix developers who thought the same about `args@`.
2019-05-17docs: describe $IN_NIX_SHELL values (#2796)Vladimír Čunát
See commit 1bffd83e1a9
2019-05-12Clarify where output from the diff hook goes.Graham Christensen
2019-05-12diff hook: execute as the build user, and pass the temp dirGraham Christensen
2019-05-12build: run diff-hook under --check and document diff-hookGraham Christensen
2019-05-08Merge pull request #2765 from nh2/manual-nixpkgs-wordEelco Dolstra
manual: "Nix Package collection" -> "Nixpkgs package collection".
2019-05-03Add builtins.hashFileDaniel Schaefer
For text files it is possible to do it like so: `builtins.hashString "sha256" (builtins.readFile /tmp/a)` but that doesn't work for binary files. With builtins.hashFile any kind of file can be conveniently hashed.
2019-04-14manual: "Nix Package collection" -> "Nixpkgs package collection".Niklas Hambüchen
Makes difference between Nix and Nixpkgs clearer to avoid some common confusion this sentence on IRC. Also disambiguate an "it" reference.
2019-03-31docs: Mention `--max-jobs 0` to build remotely onlyNiklas Hambüchen
2019-03-25manual: mention the "channel:" shorthand for NIX_PATHDmitry Kalinkin
Bumped to 15.09 because older channels, when downloaded from nixos.org, require firefox to be accessed via `pkgs.firefox`
2019-03-24Add isPath primopzimbatm
this is added for completeness' sake since all the other possible `builtins.typeOf` results have a corresponding `builtins.is<Type>`
2019-03-21manual: include builtins.* for globally available builtinsLinus Heckemann
This improves searchability.
2019-03-16Link to `builders-use-substitutes` in chapter on distributed buildsJoachim Breitner
fixes #2730.
2019-03-14docs: fix typo in AllowDirectReadsAndreas Rammhold
It was just missing an `l` but should be fixed anyway.
2019-03-01manual nitpick: document sha512 support in hashStringVladimír Čunát
2019-01-23nix-store: make --dump-db take a list of paths to dumpSpencer Baugh
Inside a derivation, exportReferencesGraph already provides a way to dump the Nix database for a specific closure. On the command line, --dump-db gave us the same information, but only for the entire Nix database at once. With this change, one can now pass a list of paths to --dump-db to get the Nix database dumped for just those paths. (The user is responsible for ensuring this is a closure, like for --export). Among other things, this is useful for deploying a closure to a new host without using --import/--export; one can use tar to transfer the store paths, and --dump-db/--load-db to transfer the validity information. This is useful if the new host doesn't actually have Nix yet, and the closure that is being deployed itself contains Nix.
2019-01-20Merge pull request #2635 from veprbl/patch-7Domen Kožar
manual: "sandbox" option default is "true" on Linux
2019-01-19manual: "sandbox" option default is "true" on LinuxDmitry Kalinkin
Fixes: 812e39313c ('Enable sandboxing by default')
2019-01-18Update instructions for Haskell script using nix-shell interpreterSamuel Evans-Powell
- The instructions for using nix-shell as an interpreter has a Haskell script example that doesn't work on more recent versions of Nix. Update the instructions with a working command
2019-01-10Add 2.2 release notesEelco Dolstra
2019-01-07Don't look for a "pv" program, or mention it in the manual sourceJohn Ericson
The manual reference was commented out, and the sole reference to this program other than the configure script. Removed both.
2018-12-14Clarify nix-instantiate --read-write-modePatrick Hilhorst
2018-12-13Merge pull request #2569 from veprbl/pr/update_prerequisitesEelco Dolstra
docs: add missing prerequisites: brotli, boost, libseccomp
2018-12-13docs: raise minimal boost version to 1.66Dmitry Kalinkin
2018-12-10docs: add missing prerequisites: brotli, boost, libseccompDmitry Kalinkin
2018-12-08s3: document scheme query parameterDaiderd Jordan
2018-11-13Merge branch 'feature/editline-pr' of https://github.com/dtzWill/nixEelco Dolstra
2018-11-13manual: quote $servletsFelix C. Stegerman
2018-11-12fix typo (s/gift/git/)Felix C. Stegerman
2018-11-09Manual: build locally -> buildEelco Dolstra
2018-11-09UrghEelco Dolstra
2018-11-08Fix manual buildLinus Heckemann
This was broken by some missing closing tags in 0bea4a50e03
2018-11-08Merge pull request #2524 from domenkozar/deprecate-toPathEelco Dolstra
Deprecate builtins.toPath