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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ list:</para>
<listitem><para><command>nix-prefetch-url</command> now by default
computes the SHA-256 hash of the file instead of the MD5 hash. In
calls to <function>fetchurl</function> you should pass an
calls to <function>fetchurl</function> you should pass the
<literal>sha256</literal> attribute instead of
<literal>md5</literal>. You can pass either a hexadecimal or a
base-32 encoding of the hash.</para></listitem>
@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ list:</para>
<filename>browser</filename> contain just Firefox.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The new <option>--argstr</option> (in
<listitem><para>The new option <option>--argstr</option> (in
<command>nix-env</command>, <command>nix-instantiate</command> and
<command>nix-build</command>) is like <option>--arg</option>, except
that the value is a string. For example, <literal>--argstr system
i686-linux</literal> is equivalent to <literal>--arg system
\"i686-linux\"'</literal> (note that <option>--argstr</option>
\"i686-linux\"</literal> (note that <option>--argstr</option>
prevents annoying quoting around shell arguments).</para></listitem>
@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ list:</para>
gcc-4.2.0rc1</literal>).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><command>nix-env --set-flag</command> allows
meta attributes of installed packages to be modified. There are
several attributes that can be usefully modified, because they
affect <command>nix-env</command> behaviour or the user environment
<listitem><para><command>nix-env --set-flag</command> allows meta
attributes of installed packages to be modified. There are several
attributes that can be usefully modified, because they affect the
behaviour of <command>nix-env</command> or the user environment
build script:
<itemizedlist>
@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ list:</para>
<listitem><para><varname>meta.keep</varname> can be set to
<literal>true</literal> to prevent the package from being
upgraded or replaced. Useful if you want to hang on to an older
version of a package. (This is similar to masking in
Gentoo.)</para></listitem>
version of a package.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><varname>meta.active</varname> can be set to
<literal>false</literal> to “disable” the package. That is, no