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2004-08-24* Validate derivation names. In particular don't allow spaces.Eelco Dolstra
* Drop support for the outPath attribute in derivations.
2004-08-04* Every real language has a `map' function.Eelco Dolstra
2004-08-04* Allow primops with more that 1 arguments.Eelco Dolstra
2004-04-05* When something goes wrong in the evaluation of a Nix expression,Eelco Dolstra
print a nice backtrace of the stack, rather than vomiting a gigantic (and useless) aterm on the screen. Example: error: while evaluating file `.../pkgs/system/test.nix': while evaluating attribute `subversion' at `.../pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix', line 533: while evaluating function at `.../pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix', line 1: assertion failed at `.../pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix', line 13 Since the Nix expression language is lazy, the trace may be misleading. The purpose is to provide a hint as to the location of the problem.
2004-04-02* Print a more useful error message in case of an invalid derivationEelco Dolstra
binding.
2004-03-28* Added an operator `~' to select paths within a derivation. E.g.,Eelco Dolstra
{stdenv, bash}: derivation { builder = bash ~ /bin/sh; args = ["-e" "-x" ./builder.sh]; ... } Here the attribute `builder' will evaluate to, e.g., `/nix/store/1234abcd...-bash-2.0.1/bin/sh'.
2004-03-28* Added plain lambdas, e.g., `let { id = x: x; const = x: y: x; }'.Eelco Dolstra
`bla:' is now no longer parsed as a URL. * Re-enabled support for the `args' attribute in derivations to specify command line arguments to the builder, e.g., ... builder = /usr/bin/python; args = ["-c" ./builder.py]; ...
2004-02-04* Use a map to lookup primops.Eelco Dolstra
* Various performance improvements in the evaluator. * Do not link against unused (and missing!) libraries (-lsglr, etc.).
2004-02-02* Added syntactic sugar to the construction of attribute sets toEelco Dolstra
`inherit' variables from the surrounding lexical scope. E.g., {stdenv, libfoo}: derivation { builder = ./bla; inherit stdenv libfoo; xyzzy = 1; } is equivalent to {stdenv, libfoo}: derivation { builder = ./bla; stdenv = stdenv; libfoo = libfoo; xyzzy = 1; } Note that for mutually recursive attribute set definitions (`rec {...}'), this also works, that is, `rec {inherit x;}' is equivalent to `let {fresh = x; body = rec {x = fresh;};}', *not* `rec {x = x}'.
2003-11-25* Allow integer bindings in derivations.Eelco Dolstra
2003-11-21* Uninstallation.Eelco Dolstra
2003-11-19* Refactoring: put the Nix expression evaluator in its own library soEelco Dolstra
that it can be used by multiple programs.