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2007-08-10	* Enable nix-prefetch-url caching in nix-channel.	Eelco Dolstra

2007-08-09	* nix-prefetch-url: support caching. If the environment variable	Eelco Dolstra
	NIX_DOWNLOAD_CACHE is set, then nix-prefetch-url will store the hash and timestamp of downloaded files in the directory $NIX_DOWNLOAD_CACHE. This allows it to figure out if the file is still in the Nix store.
2007-05-02	(no commit message)	Eelco Dolstra

2007-05-01	* Give unpacked channels more sensible names than 0, 1, ... They now	Eelco Dolstra
	get the basename of the channel URL (e.g., nixpkgs-unstable). The top-level Nix expression of the channel is now an attribute set, the attributes of which are the individual channels (e.g., {nixpkgs_unstable = ...; strategoxt_unstable = ...}). This makes attribute paths ("nix-env -qaA" and "nix-env -iA") more sensible, e.g., "nix-env -iA nixpkgs_unstable.subversion".
2006-11-18	* Show more progress.	Eelco Dolstra

2006-09-25	* In `nix-channel --update', skip manifests that assume a Nix store at	Eelco Dolstra
	a different location than the user's. This makes channels usable as a source deployment mechanism for people who install Nix under non-standard prefixes. (NIX-57)
2006-09-25	* Clean up calls to system().	Eelco Dolstra

2006-05-08	* Remove old manifests in `nix-channel --update'.	Eelco Dolstra

2006-02-01	* Add @bindir@.	Eelco Dolstra

2005-04-07	* Get rid of fetchurl, we don't need it anymore.	Eelco Dolstra

2005-03-03	* Channel fix.	Eelco Dolstra

2005-02-17	* Fix nix-channel.	Eelco Dolstra
	* Add `--help' flag; fixes NIX-5. * Add `--remove' flag; fixes NIX-6. * Add `--list' flag.
2004-12-20	* Place manifests in /nix/var/nix/manifests.	Eelco Dolstra
	* Use the new patch downloader.
2004-12-20	* Sync with changed substitute mechanism.	Eelco Dolstra
	* Accept the NarHash line. * Clear substitutes in `nix-channel --update'.
2004-11-04	* Better error messages.	Eelco Dolstra

2004-10-20	* Register channels as roots of the garbage collector (in	Eelco Dolstra
	$(localstatedir)/nix/gcroots/channels). * In setuid installations, create gcroots/tmp and gcroots/channels group-writable.
2004-04-21	* Channels. These allow you to stay current with an evolving set of	Eelco Dolstra
	Nix expressions. To subscribe to a channel (needs to be done only once): nix-channel --add \ http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/channels/nixpkgs-unstable This just adds the given URL to ~/.nix-channels (which can also be edited manually). To update from all channels: nix-channel --update This fetches the latest expressions and pulls cache manifests. The default Nix expression (~/.nix-defexpr) is made to point to the conjunction of the expressions downloaded from all channels. So to update all installed derivations in the current user environment: nix-channel --update nix-env --upgrade '*' If you are really courageous, you can put this in a cronjob or something. You can subscribe to multiple channels. It is not entirely clear what happens when there are name clashes between derivations from different channels. From nix-env/main.cc it appears that the one with the lowest (highest?) hash will be used, which is pretty meaningless.