#include "experimental-features.hh" #include "util.hh" #include "nlohmann/json.hpp" namespace nix { struct ExperimentalFeatureDetails { ExperimentalFeature tag; std::string_view name; std::string_view description; }; constexpr std::array xpFeatureDetails = {{ { .tag = Xp::CaDerivations, .name = "ca-derivations", .description = R"( Allow derivations to be content-addressed in order to prevent rebuilds when changes to the derivation do not result in changes to the derivation's output. See [__contentAddressed](@docroot@/language/advanced-attributes.md#adv-attr-__contentAddressed) for details. )", }, { .tag = Xp::ImpureDerivations, .name = "impure-derivations", .description = R"( Allow derivations to produce non-fixed outputs by setting the `__impure` derivation attribute to `true`. An impure derivation can have differing outputs each time it is built. Example: ``` derivation { name = "impure"; builder = /bin/sh; __impure = true; # mark this derivation as impure args = [ "-c" "read -n 10 random < /dev/random; echo $random > $out" ]; system = builtins.currentSystem; } ``` Each time this derivation is built, it can produce a different output (as the builder outputs random bytes to `$out`). Impure derivations also have access to the network, and only fixed-output or other impure derivations can rely on impure derivations. Finally, an impure derivation cannot also be [content-addressed](#xp-feature-ca-derivations). )", }, { .tag = Xp::Flakes, .name = "flakes", .description = R"( Enable flakes. See the manual entry for [`nix flake`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md) for details. )", }, { .tag = Xp::NixCommand, .name = "nix-command", .description = R"( Enable the new `nix` subcommands. See the manual on [`nix`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix.md) for details. )", }, { .tag = Xp::RecursiveNix, .name = "recursive-nix", .description = R"( Allow derivation builders to call Nix, and thus build derivations recursively. Example: ``` with import {}; runCommand "foo" { buildInputs = [ nix jq ]; NIX_PATH = "nixpkgs=${}"; } '' hello=$(nix-build -E '(import {}).hello.overrideDerivation (args: { name = "recursive-hello"; })') mkdir -p $out/bin ln -s $hello/bin/hello $out/bin/hello '' ``` An important restriction on recursive builders is disallowing arbitrary substitutions. For example, running ``` nix-store -r /nix/store/kmwd1hq55akdb9sc7l3finr175dajlby-hello-2.10 ``` in the above `runCommand` script would be disallowed, as this could lead to derivations with hidden dependencies or breaking reproducibility by relying on the current state of the Nix store. An exception would be if `/nix/store/kmwd1hq55akdb9sc7l3finr175dajlby-hello-2.10` were already in the build inputs or built by a previous recursive Nix call. )", }, { .tag = Xp::NoUrlLiterals, .name = "no-url-literals", .description = R"( Disallow unquoted URLs as part of the Nix language syntax. The Nix language allows for URL literals, like so: ``` $ nix repl Welcome to Nix 2.15.0. Type :? for help. nix-repl> http://foo "http://foo" ``` But enabling this experimental feature will cause the Nix parser to throw an error when encountering a URL literal: ``` $ nix repl --extra-experimental-features 'no-url-literals' Welcome to Nix 2.15.0. Type :? for help. nix-repl> http://foo error: URL literals are disabled at «string»:1:1: 1| http://foo | ^ ``` While this is currently an experimental feature, unquoted URLs are being deprecated and their usage is discouraged. The reason is that, as opposed to path literals, URLs have no special properties that distinguish them from regular strings, URLs containing parameters have to be quoted anyway, and unquoted URLs may confuse external tooling. )", }, { .tag = Xp::FetchClosure, .name = "fetch-closure", .description = R"( Enable the use of the [`fetchClosure`](@docroot@/language/builtins.md#builtins-fetchClosure) built-in function in the Nix language. )", }, { .tag = Xp::ReplFlake, .name = "repl-flake", .description = R"( Allow passing [installables](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix.md#installables) to `nix repl`, making its interface consistent with the other experimental commands. )", }, { .tag = Xp::AutoAllocateUids, .name = "auto-allocate-uids", .description = R"( Allows Nix to automatically pick UIDs for builds, rather than creating `nixbld*` user accounts. See the [`auto-allocate-uids`](#conf-auto-allocate-uids) setting for details. )", }, { .tag = Xp::Cgroups, .name = "cgroups", .description = R"( Allows Nix to execute builds inside cgroups. See the [`use-cgroups`](#conf-use-cgroups) setting for details. )", }, { .tag = Xp::DiscardReferences, .name = "discard-references", .description = R"( Allow the use of the [`unsafeDiscardReferences`](@docroot@/language/advanced-attributes.html#adv-attr-unsafeDiscardReferences) attribute in derivations that use [structured attributes](@docroot@/language/advanced-attributes.html#adv-attr-structuredAttrs). This disables scanning of outputs for runtime dependencies. )", }, { .tag = Xp::DaemonTrustOverride, .name = "daemon-trust-override", .description = R"( Allow forcing trusting or not trusting clients with `nix-daemon`. This is useful for testing, but possibly also useful for various experiments with `nix-daemon --stdio` networking. )", }, { .tag = Xp::DynamicDerivations, .name = "dynamic-derivations", .description = R"( Allow the use of a few things related to dynamic derivations: - "text hashing" derivation outputs, so we can build .drv files. - dependencies in derivations on the outputs of derivations that are themselves derivations outputs. )", }, }}; static_assert( []() constexpr { for (auto [index, feature] : enumerate(xpFeatureDetails)) if (index != (size_t)feature.tag) return false; return true; }(), "array order does not match enum tag order"); const std::optional parseExperimentalFeature(const std::string_view & name) { using ReverseXpMap = std::map; static std::unique_ptr reverseXpMap = []() { auto reverseXpMap = std::make_unique(); for (auto & xpFeature : xpFeatureDetails) (*reverseXpMap)[xpFeature.name] = xpFeature.tag; return reverseXpMap; }(); if (auto feature = get(*reverseXpMap, name)) return *feature; else return std::nullopt; } std::string_view showExperimentalFeature(const ExperimentalFeature tag) { assert((size_t)tag < xpFeatureDetails.size()); return xpFeatureDetails[(size_t)tag].name; } nlohmann::json documentExperimentalFeatures() { StringMap res; for (auto & xpFeature : xpFeatureDetails) res[std::string { xpFeature.name }] = trim(stripIndentation(xpFeature.description)); return (nlohmann::json) res; } std::set parseFeatures(const std::set & rawFeatures) { std::set res; for (auto & rawFeature : rawFeatures) if (auto feature = parseExperimentalFeature(rawFeature)) res.insert(*feature); return res; } MissingExperimentalFeature::MissingExperimentalFeature(ExperimentalFeature feature) : Error("experimental Nix feature '%1%' is disabled; use '--extra-experimental-features %1%' to override", showExperimentalFeature(feature)) , missingFeature(feature) {} std::ostream & operator <<(std::ostream & str, const ExperimentalFeature & feature) { return str << showExperimentalFeature(feature); } void to_json(nlohmann::json & j, const ExperimentalFeature & feature) { j = showExperimentalFeature(feature); } void from_json(const nlohmann::json & j, ExperimentalFeature & feature) { const std::string input = j; const auto parsed = parseExperimentalFeature(input); if (parsed.has_value()) feature = *parsed; else throw Error("Unknown experimental feature '%s' in JSON input", input); } }