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Author SHA1 Message Date
Graham Christensen
c78686e411
build: run diff-hook under --check and document diff-hook 2019-05-12 13:17:24 -04:00
Niklas Hambüchen
caa76c369a docs: Mention --max-jobs 0 to build remotely only 2019-03-31 03:57:45 +02:00
Dmitry Kalinkin
75ec68f93a
manual: mention the "channel:" shorthand for NIX_PATH
Bumped to 15.09 because older channels, when downloaded from
nixos.org, require firefox to be accessed via `pkgs.firefox`
2019-03-25 20:55:28 -04:00
Spencer Baugh
5f1891b795 nix-store: make --dump-db take a list of paths to dump
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.
2019-01-23 01:24:34 +00:00
Domen Kožar
92d08c02c8
Merge pull request #2635 from veprbl/patch-7
manual: "sandbox" option default is "true" on Linux
2019-01-20 09:43:26 +07:00
Dmitry Kalinkin
15efd54373
manual: "sandbox" option default is "true" on Linux
Fixes: 812e39313c ('Enable sandboxing by default')
2019-01-19 15:04:43 -05:00
Samuel Evans-Powell
2ae5624b2f Update instructions for Haskell script using nix-shell interpreter
- 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
2019-01-18 10:50:54 +10:00
John Ericson
2733287046 Don't look for a "pv" program, or mention it in the manual source
The manual reference was commented out, and the sole reference to this
program other than the configure script. Removed both.
2019-01-07 16:40:19 -05:00
Patrick Hilhorst
567941fb59
Clarify nix-instantiate --read-write-mode 2018-12-14 09:36:40 +01:00
Antoine Eiche
73c2ae43f0 Add --graphml option to the nix-store --query command
This prints the references graph of the store paths in the graphML
format [1]. The graphML format is supported by several graph tools
such as the Python Networkx library or the Apache Thinkerpop project.

[1] http://graphml.graphdrawing.org
2018-10-20 09:48:34 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
1e7b8deea7
Check requiredSystemFeatures for local builds
For example, this prevents a "kvm" build on machines that don't have
KVM.

Fixes #2012.
2018-09-28 16:10:27 +02:00
Graham Christensen
be9e356e61
nix-shell: document double quotes being necessary for a simple Nix expression in the shebang 2018-09-19 13:01:27 -04:00
Graham Christensen
10a7f19937
nix-shell: explain the merging property close to the example 2018-09-19 12:48:08 -04:00
Graham Christensen
0cd863197b
docs: document deprecated aliases 2018-09-18 12:23:32 -04:00
Graham Christensen
0aca1ffb6e Prefer 'remote builder' over 'slave' 2018-09-10 18:57:46 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
c5ab07ec2b
Merge pull request #2168 from grahamc/explain-why-netrc-is-busted
manual: document why ~/.netrc doesn't work
2018-09-01 21:25:04 +02:00
Domen Kožar
d16ff76c69
nix.conf: clarify -j0 doesn't affect preferLocalBuild 2018-08-29 14:33:14 +01:00
Domen Kožar
54df4bb0b5
nix.conf: mention -j0 is useful 2018-08-29 11:51:51 +01:00
Samuel Dionne-Riel
438e02529d Allows selectively adding environment variables to pure shells.
Includes documentation and test.
2018-08-02 08:21:30 -04:00
Nathan van Doorn
41f38fbb4b
nix-channel documentation: don't suggest deprecated function
Running `nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.nixpkgsVersion` emits a warning
```
trace: `lib.nixpkgsVersion` is deprecated, use `lib.version` instead!
```
2018-07-16 10:00:42 +01:00
Peter Simons
93aa3bea2e
Merge pull request #767 from mogorman/garbage_collect_keep_last_few
Implement --delete-generations + flag for keeping last N number of gens
2018-05-31 10:00:21 +02:00
Alexandre Esteves
579f3895b4
Fix docs on --check suffix 2018-05-23 22:26:06 +01:00
Graham Christensen
33712fed38
manual: document why ~/.netrc doesn't work
Maybe there is a better place to document this, which is more generic?
2018-05-18 14:21:47 -04:00
Danylo Hlynskyi
ac22d77fd1 nix-collect-garbage: little doc fix
This removes confusing documentation. It's better to remove doc than add implementation, because Nix 1.12 will surely have new GC interface anyway.

Fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/641
2018-04-30 09:36:46 -07:00
Shea Levy
8e6108ff71
Merge branch 'aarch64-armv7' of git://github.com/lheckemann/nix
Support extra compatible architectures (#1916)
2018-04-23 08:48:22 -04:00
Samuel Dionne-Riel
4b3a7f93a5 doc: Adds --quiet to the common options.
Fixes #1298
2018-04-20 16:34:06 -04:00
Nicolas Dudebout
d8a1c27806
fix typo in nix-env man page 2018-04-07 21:10:46 -04:00
AmineChikhaoui
e01b01c579
update/re-order the options docs 2018-04-06 11:09:52 +01:00
AmineChikhaoui
33b08899d5
re-order the options using the alphabetical order and improve the example in the positive lookup case 2018-04-06 10:51:19 +01:00
AmineChikhaoui
86930ed414
add documentation for the local disk cache TTL config 2018-04-06 10:51:18 +01:00
Corey O'Connor
22b144fea6 manual: correct repeated "--deriver". Add missing single char option aliases. 2018-03-20 17:58:25 -07:00
Eelco Dolstra
b2074f0892 Fix bad XML 2018-03-18 13:27:30 +01:00
zimbatm
43bef1b82c doc: document the min-free and max-free options 2018-03-17 21:29:03 +00:00
zimbatm
fef8ebf51d doc: add xml:id to all the config options 2018-03-17 21:17:28 +00:00
Linus Heckemann
637701b604 rename build-extra-platforms -> extra-platforms
also document it
2018-03-16 22:50:27 +00:00
Matthew O'Gorman
467fdd8ca4 only delete things older than current gen and update logic in doc as
well
2018-03-01 22:59:00 -05:00
Matthew O'Gorman
429154b74c Implement --delete-generations + flag for keeping last N number of generations 2018-03-01 21:47:57 -05:00
Michael Fiano
ad97d1a786
nix-channel grammar and punctuation
Minor changes to the nix-channel manpage for my first contribution
2018-03-01 00:27:25 -05:00
Eelco Dolstra
88c90d5e6d
Manual: Put configuration options in sorted order 2018-02-21 18:08:47 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
0d54671b7b
Manual: Update chapter on remote builds
Alos add a command "nix ping-store" to make it easier to see if Nix
can connect to a remote builder (e.g. 'nix ping-store --store
ssh://mac').
2018-02-21 16:24:26 +01:00
Shea Levy
de4934ab3b
Allow plugins to define new settings. 2018-02-13 14:43:32 -05:00
Eelco Dolstra
52c777a793
Merge pull request #1863 from shlevy/conf-includes
Allow includes from nix.conf
2018-02-13 17:33:07 +01:00
Shea Levy
b8739f2fb3
Enable specifying directories in plugin-files. 2018-02-13 11:25:01 -05:00
Shea Levy
6eb1040e90
Allow includes from nix.conf 2018-02-13 08:16:32 -05:00
Shea Levy
081f14a169
Allow using RegisterPrimop to define constants.
This enables plugins to add new constants, as well as new primops.
2018-02-08 14:35:50 -05:00
Shea Levy
88cd2d41ac
Add plugins to make Nix more extensible.
All plugins in plugin-files will be dlopened, allowing them to
statically construct instances of the various Register* types Nix
supports.
2018-02-08 12:44:37 -05:00
Shea Levy
de96daf54f
Merge branch 'master' of git://github.com/catern/nix 2018-02-01 13:21:45 -05:00
Eelco Dolstra
e7b23eb5ab
Remove docs on removed --drv-link and --add-drv-link options 2018-02-01 16:40:58 +01:00
Spencer Baugh
e5432574e2 document ability to set NIX_REMOTE=unix://path/to/socket 2018-01-31 22:47:16 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
cfeff3b273
Move show-trace docs 2018-01-17 11:53:16 +01:00
Renzo Carbonara
b0328c244d nix.conf: builders-use-substitutes
Fixes #937
2018-01-09 22:40:07 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
44272d8719
Rename "use-substitutes" to "substitute"
Commit c2154d4c84 renamed
"build-use-substitutes" to "use-substitutes", but that broke
"nix-copy-closure --use-substitutes".
2018-01-04 16:58:39 +01:00
Joe Hermaszewski
35a49f1d7f
Escape left angle brackets in XML documentation 2017-12-09 15:31:03 +00:00
Markus Hauck
0af668426d nix-hash: Add sentence and example for nix-prefetch-url hash 2017-12-08 10:27:34 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
7536fe31dd
Add a warning about the 'trusted-users' option 2017-11-21 18:49:52 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
8df60b4ea8
Document secret-key-files 2017-11-20 18:51:04 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
91a1987607
signed-binary-caches -> require-sigs
Unlike signed-binary-caches (which could only be '*' or ''),
require-sigs is a proper Boolean option. The default is true.
2017-11-20 17:44:07 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
7a2b64e55c
binary-cache-public-keys -> trusted-public-keys
The name had become a misnomer since it's not only for substitution
from binary caches, but when adding/copying any
(non-content-addressed) path to a store.
2017-11-20 17:32:34 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
812e027e1d
Add option allowed-uris
This allows network access in restricted eval mode.
2017-10-30 12:41:49 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
c2154d4c84
Rename a few configuration options
In particular, drop the "build-" and "gc-" prefixes which are
pointless. So now you can say

  nix build --no-sandbox

instead of

  nix build --no-build-use-sandbox
2017-08-31 14:28:25 +02:00
davidak
92bcb61127 replace "Mac OS X" with "macOS"
except in older release notes where the name was actually Mac OS X.
2017-07-30 12:26:17 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
49304bae81
Make the hashes mirrors used by builtins.fetchurl configurable
In particular, this allows it to be disabled in our tests.
2017-07-17 13:07:08 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
30117fb35b fix buggy nix-shell man page 2017-07-10 14:36:55 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
c85e662004 man page (nix-shell): Fix grouping of -p option
Not sure about the raw ellipsis.
2017-07-07 22:11:46 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
89771a8821 man page (nix-prefetch-url): Add some missing options 2017-07-07 22:11:46 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
772ef22c25 man page (nix-instantiate): -E is optional 2017-07-07 22:11:46 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
8ad898b2cd man page (nix-instantiate): Add --json to synopsis, order variables 2017-07-07 22:11:46 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
b1f5995a20 man page (nix-instantiate): Remove non-existent nix-build argument -r 2017-07-07 22:11:46 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
56a1f8f499 man pages: Consistently separate alternatives by / 2017-07-07 22:11:46 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
d1643bdaa2 man pages: Argument for --max-jobs 2017-07-07 22:11:45 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
68c626c6b0 man pages: Grouping for option alternatives 2017-07-07 22:11:45 +02:00
Robert Vollmert
60da5d2b8f Fix nix-instantiate manpage indentation
The second command variant is now its own cmdsynopsis, which ensures
it's not indented as was the case using sbrk.
2017-07-06 22:35:36 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
6cf23c3e8f
Add allow-new-privileges option
This allows builds to call setuid binaries. This was previously
possible until we started using seccomp. Turns out that seccomp by
default disallows processes from acquiring new privileges. Generally,
any use of setuid binaries (except those created by the builder
itself) is by definition impure, but some people were relying on this
ability for certain tests.

Example:

  $ nix build '(with import <nixpkgs> {}; runCommand "foo" {} "/run/wrappers/bin/ping -c 1 8.8.8.8; exit 1")' --no-allow-new-privileges
  builder for ‘/nix/store/j0nd8kv85hd6r4kxgnwzvr0k65ykf6fv-foo.drv’ failed with exit code 1; last 2 log lines:
    cannot raise the capability into the Ambient set
    : Operation not permitted

  $ nix build '(with import <nixpkgs> {}; runCommand "foo" {} "/run/wrappers/bin/ping -c 1 8.8.8.8; exit 1")' --allow-new-privileges
  builder for ‘/nix/store/j0nd8kv85hd6r4kxgnwzvr0k65ykf6fv-foo.drv’ failed with exit code 1; last 6 log lines:
    PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=15.2 ms

Fixes #1429.
2017-07-04 15:48:25 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
d3449b286b Merge pull request #1371 from regnat/doc_--xml_fix
fix the description of --xml and --json
2017-05-03 11:06:12 +02:00
regnat
a786d26dc2 doc: fix the description of --xml and --json
Those options seem to only apply with --eval and not with --parse.
2017-05-03 10:49:34 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
d7653dfc6d
Remove $NIX_BUILD_HOOK and $NIX_CURRENT_LOAD
This is to simplify remote build configuration. These environment
variables predate nix.conf.

The build hook now has a sensible default (namely build-remote).

The current load is kept in the Nix state directory now.
2017-05-01 17:30:16 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
8d6af08530 Merge pull request #1348 from armijnhemel/nix-env
better document --meta option for nix-env
2017-04-24 10:18:23 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
f05d5f89ff
Read per-user settings from ~/.config/nix/nix.conf 2017-04-20 14:58:16 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
562585e901
binary-caches-parallel-connections -> http-connections 2017-04-20 14:04:00 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
4222402219
nix.conf man page: binary-caches -> substituters 2017-04-20 13:41:29 +02:00
Armijn Hemel
1559c596f6 document option 2017-04-19 19:10:12 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
ba9ad29fdb
Convert Settings to the new config system
This makes all config options self-documenting.

Unknown or unparseable config settings and --option flags now cause a
warning.
2017-04-13 20:53:23 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
aa23bba27f
Fix tests to reflect the signed-binary-caches default change 2017-03-21 18:06:13 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
0afeb7f51e
Store: Add a method for getting build logs
This allows various Store implementations to provide different ways to
get build logs. For example, BinaryCacheStore can get the build logs
from the binary cache.

Also, remove the log-servers option since we can use substituters for
this.
2017-03-15 16:48:29 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
19643a781e
nix -> Nix 2017-03-09 13:36:56 +01:00
Shea Levy
5f831c1057 Add docs for allow-import-from-derivation 2017-03-08 09:12:03 -05:00
Eelco Dolstra
7251d048fa
Support auto-configuration of build-max-jobs
"build-max-jobs" and the "-j" option can now be set to "auto" to use
the number of CPUs in the system. (Unlike build-cores, it doesn't use
0 to imply auto-configuration, because a) magic values are a bad idea
in general; b) 0 is a legitimate value used to disable local
building.)

Fixes #1198.
2017-02-28 12:54:50 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
bd5388e7b2
Tweak netrc docs 2017-02-16 14:24:16 +01:00
Renzo Carbonara
e6e74f987f Add netrc-file support 2017-02-02 13:24:20 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
9000150a78
Drop a few more references to all-packages.nix
And also don't refer to f-spot, which apparently no longer exists.

Issue #1170.
2017-01-03 16:42:24 +01:00
zimbatm
45ed6e7ef2 Document the common --no-build-hook option 2016-12-28 14:19:59 +00:00
Daiderd Jordan
36b3e15953
manual: add NIX_CONF_DIR to conf-file section 2016-12-16 10:59:07 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
18b7363a69 Support optional sandbox paths
For example, you can now set

  build-sandbox-paths = /dev/nvidiactl?

to specify that /dev/nvidiactl should only be mounted in the sandbox
if it exists in the host filesystem. This is useful e.g. for EC2
images that should support both CUDA and non-CUDA instances.
2016-10-31 17:09:52 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
818ab58cc6 Add sandbox-dev-shm-size option
Fixes #1069.
2016-09-21 16:54:53 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
6656ef7b5b Revive binary-caches-parallel-connections
It's a slight misnomer now because it actually limits *all* downloads,
not just binary cache lookups.

Also add a "enable-http2" option to allow disabling use of HTTP/2
(enabled by default).
2016-09-14 16:38:26 +02:00
Domen Kožar
9a1320af29 s/powerpc-darwin/x86_64-darwin/
Let's step in line with time and document more realistic values.
2016-08-10 18:42:55 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
2fad86f361 Remove $NIX_DB_DIR
This variable has no reason to exist, given $NIX_STATE_DIR.
2016-08-10 18:05:35 +02:00
Shea Levy
6e51af8023 Nuke nix-push.
Rarely used, nix copy replaces it.
2016-08-10 11:13:11 -04:00
Shea Levy
15c035c13f Remove nix-install-package.
Refs #831
2016-08-10 08:20:51 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
fffacd7c78 Fix manual build
http://hydra.nixos.org/build/36944270
2016-06-20 16:55:22 +02:00