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Author SHA1 Message Date
Daiderd Jordan
a52c331edb
build: replace 100 offset for build exit codes 2019-07-02 00:12:38 +02:00
Daiderd Jordan
1ac399dd11
nix-store: document exit codes 2019-07-02 00:12:38 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
88571219d9
nix-channel: Don't fetch binary-cache-url
This has been ignored since the Perl->C++ rewrite.
2019-06-25 13:27:16 +02:00
Bruno Bieth
74a65d313f Nix uses the CPP SDK, not Java 2019-06-20 14:47:45 +02:00
JorisE
4b0d613383
Minor typo 2019-06-04 14:12:03 +02:00
Maximilian Bosch
b502b6682b
doc: clarify that optional attrs in a function argument will be ignored unless specified
In `args@{ a ? 1 }: /* ... */` the value `a` won't be a part of `args`
unless it's specified when calling the function, the default value will
be ignored in this case.

My personal point of view is that this behavior is a matter of taste, at
least I was pretty sure that unmatched arguments will be a part of
`args@` while debugging some Nix code last week.

I decided to add a warning to the docs which hopefully reduces the
confusion of further Nix developers who thought the same about `args@`.
2019-05-21 18:08:26 +02:00
Vladimír Čunát
c0559a1d60
docs: describe $IN_NIX_SHELL values (#2796)
See commit 1bffd83e1a
2019-05-17 09:50:42 +02:00
Graham Christensen
a5efe61786
Clarify where output from the diff hook goes. 2019-05-12 13:23:30 -04:00
Graham Christensen
6df61db060
diff hook: execute as the build user, and pass the temp dir 2019-05-12 13:17:26 -04:00
Graham Christensen
c78686e411
build: run diff-hook under --check and document diff-hook 2019-05-12 13:17:24 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
71eb76a0d4
Merge pull request #2765 from nh2/manual-nixpkgs-word
manual: "Nix Package collection" -> "Nixpkgs package collection".
2019-05-08 10:19:59 +02:00
Daniel Schaefer
3f192ac80c Add builtins.hashFile
For text files it is possible to do it like so:
`builtins.hashString "sha256" (builtins.readFile /tmp/a)`
but that doesn't work for binary files.

With builtins.hashFile any kind of file can be conveniently hashed.
2019-05-03 17:23:36 +02:00
Niklas Hambüchen
288f93cec0 manual: "Nix Package collection" -> "Nixpkgs package collection".
Makes difference between Nix and Nixpkgs clearer to avoid
some common confusion this sentence on IRC.

Also disambiguate an "it" reference.
2019-04-14 03:20:57 +02:00
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
zimbatm
514b3c7f83
Add isPath primop
this is added for completeness' sake since all the other possible
`builtins.typeOf` results have a corresponding `builtins.is<Type>`
2019-03-24 11:36:49 +01:00
Linus Heckemann
6f093073b6 manual: include builtins.* for globally available builtins
This improves searchability.
2019-03-21 09:37:22 +01:00
Joachim Breitner
684c7fff80 Link to builders-use-substitutes in chapter on distributed builds
fixes #2730.
2019-03-16 19:03:40 +01:00
Andreas Rammhold
34fade478a
docs: fix typo in AllowDirectReads
It was just missing an `l` but should be fixed anyway.
2019-03-14 23:51:18 +01:00
Vladimír Čunát
4cfc131ec4
manual nitpick: document sha512 support in hashString 2019-03-01 14:30:30 +01:00
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
Eelco Dolstra
bbaf865655 Add 2.2 release notes 2019-01-10 21:02:09 +01:00
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
Eelco Dolstra
c37e6d77ea
Merge pull request #2569 from veprbl/pr/update_prerequisites
docs: add missing prerequisites: brotli, boost, libseccomp
2018-12-13 10:42:02 +01:00
Dmitry Kalinkin
0cc4728f71
docs: raise minimal boost version to 1.66 2018-12-13 01:50:39 -05:00
Dmitry Kalinkin
419949bf61
docs: add missing prerequisites: brotli, boost, libseccomp 2018-12-10 12:37:15 -05:00
Daiderd Jordan
77cc632186
s3: document scheme query parameter 2018-12-08 00:15:00 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
6c6bbeb439 Merge branch 'feature/editline-pr' of https://github.com/dtzWill/nix 2018-11-13 20:42:13 +01:00
Felix C. Stegerman
fb2c21f71c
manual: quote $servlets 2018-11-13 01:18:26 +01:00
Felix C. Stegerman
18215be59d
fix typo (s/gift/git/) 2018-11-12 17:50:39 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
b05d6dac7b
Manual: build locally -> build 2018-11-09 16:08:36 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
4ea4d0b1a3
Urgh 2018-11-09 10:29:16 +01:00
Linus Heckemann
34d2948f21 Fix manual build
This was broken by some missing closing tags in 0bea4a50e0
2018-11-08 14:07:19 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
750400e0fa
Merge pull request #2524 from domenkozar/deprecate-toPath
Deprecate builtins.toPath
2018-11-08 13:22:21 +01:00
Domen Kožar
0bea4a50e0
Deprecate builtins.toPath 2018-11-08 12:03:50 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
812e39313c
Enable sandboxing by default
Closes #179.
2018-11-07 17:08:28 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
5a3f140856
Document allowSubstitutes 2018-11-07 11:42:22 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
1109193ea3
Fix preferLocalBuild description
preferLocalBuild does not in fact prevent substitution.
2018-11-07 11:37:43 +01:00
Will Dietz
3d974d31fa editline: wip 2018-10-29 08:44:58 -05:00
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
Benjamin Hipple
65453e2d77 Docs: update fixed output hashes
`fetchurl` will now throw if given an `md5`, and the hashes have generally
been upgraded to avoid it and use `sha256` as a default. This updates the
documentation examples in the manual accordingly.
2018-10-04 02:37:15 +00:00
Profpatsch
05cfc71cab manual: add XML IDs to all builtin list entries 2018-10-02 15:38:16 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
aa5e47b2f4
Merge pull request #2456 from grahamc/s3-substituters
Update docs to describe how s3:// URLS does in fact support endpoint, region, and profile for upload
2018-10-01 22:47:00 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
5b7cfa487e
Add missing file 2018-10-01 11:58:54 +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
51cbeec49a
Update docs to describe how s3:// URLS does in fact support endpoint, region, and profile for upload 2018-09-27 17:01:39 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
a48c2e3411
Merge pull request #2434 from grahamc/graham-improve-upgrade
Upgrade docs: improve the upgrade command
2018-09-19 21:53:50 +02:00
Anders Riutta
1915862767
Upgrade docs: improve the upgrade command
and make it more copy-pastable.
2018-09-19 14:17:06 -04:00
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
Vladimír Čunát
5f3b72cfc2
docs: change expired bzip2.org to archive.org
Fixes #2396.
2018-09-03 17:57:13 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
4dd09210d7
Release notes tweaks 2018-09-02 21:47:10 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
1f49926601
Merge pull request #2388 from grahamc/graham/document-multi-user
Document multi-user installation, and add release notes about it not being the default on 2.1
2018-09-01 22:43:48 +02:00
Graham Christensen
c42eaaf684
Create upgrade notes 2018-09-01 15:35:46 -04:00
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
Eelco Dolstra
51003f892d
Merge pull request #2309 from symphorien/disallowed-man
add manual entries for disallowedRequisites and disallowedReferences
2018-09-01 21:01:41 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
291f67aecf
Merge pull request #2237 from nh2/patch-1
manual: distributed-builds: Mention - as default
2018-09-01 20:41:49 +02:00
Graham Christensen
4be7652dd3
release notes: note that the multi-user installer is available but not selected for Linux with systemd, and the bug about selinux 2018-09-01 10:45:57 -04:00
Graham Christensen
c3e508d924
Document the multi-user installer some
Use sh <(...) syntax for installation to preserve stdin and prompting

also update installation docs to account for changes in multi-user selection
2018-09-01 10:45:50 -04:00
Graham Christensen
f66fa7cd20
We support aarch64 now 2018-09-01 10:44:33 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
6ed4a6bd0e
Merge pull request #2384 from graham-at-target/fetch-git-examples
docs: Add some examples to fetchGit
2018-09-01 14:08:32 +02:00
Graham Christensen
0b7568fb73
Drop ssh://... as a required formatting for builtins.fetchGit 2018-08-31 19:49:56 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
4095cd6438
Add contributors 2018-09-01 00:01:05 +02:00
Graham Christensen
149d10c308 docs: Add IDs to important sections 2018-08-31 10:06:33 -04:00
Graham Christensen
2df21b78b9 docs: Add some examples to fetchGit 2018-08-31 10:00:32 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
308689f94b
Merge pull request #2365 from erikarvstedt/fix-docs
Docs: Fix install prefix
2018-08-30 16:24:52 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
64d7d1a884
Update release notes 2018-08-30 15:28:18 +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
Erik Arvstedt
8ad2defdf0 Docs: Fix install prefix
shell.nix defines the install prefix as $(pwd)/inst
2018-08-21 21:46:43 +02:00
Graham Christensen
06080e4abc
2.1 release notes: Add note about s3-compatible stores 2018-08-03 11:09:31 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
87356cc8a4
Add Nix 2.1 release notes 2018-08-03 17:05:17 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
122e1a61f8
Merge pull request #2323 from samueldr/feature/selective-impurity
Allows selectively adding environment variables to pure shells.
2018-08-03 16:58:18 +02:00
Samuel Dionne-Riel
438e02529d Allows selectively adding environment variables to pure shells.
Includes documentation and test.
2018-08-02 08:21:30 -04:00
Graham Christensen
49a53c1d3f s3 binary cache: support specifying an endpoint
Works for uploading and not downloading.
2018-08-02 08:19:50 -04:00
Graham Christensen
b27431b7cb Document s3 substitutions 2018-08-01 11:07:41 -04:00
Symphorien Gibol
81d1385437 add manual entries for disallowedRequisites and disallowedReferences 2018-07-26 18:14:50 +02:00
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
Niklas Hambüchen
10ebcf8670
manual: distributed-builds: Mention - as default 2018-06-17 19:01:07 +02:00
Michael Raskin
17bc757980 manual: builtins.fromJSON: remove the claim that floats are not allowed
floating-point numbers are supported now, including the fromJSON
builtin. Reported on IRC by inquisitiv3
2018-06-10 14:20:18 +02:00
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
Shea Levy
bbbfc180d9
Explicitly describe the effects of filterSource excluding a directory. 2018-05-30 12:34:41 -04:00
Graham Christensen
f9940f47b3
Merge pull request #2164 from mickours/doc-fetchTarball-timout
Explain fetchTarball timeout behavior in the doc
2018-05-30 08:04:26 -04:00
Michael Mercier
8dd2e28374
Explain fetchTarball timeout behavior in the doc 2018-05-30 08:02:46 -04:00
Graham Christensen
e6466c20b3
Document NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE for installation 2018-05-25 15:59:14 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra
743359bc8a
Merge pull request #2157 from volth/bitwise
add builtins: __bitAnd,  __bitOr,  __bitXor
2018-05-24 15:00:39 +02:00
volth
88c1ea30e4 add docs and tests 2018-05-24 12:51:34 +00:00
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
Gleb Peregud
5ba6395378 docs: mention source of env variables used by impureEnvVars. 2018-05-02 22:45:20 +02:00
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
Eelco Dolstra
4fd28bee89
Fix broken DocBook 2018-04-13 15:12:58 +02:00
Sean Seefried
2ef8f0608c Add to glossary and clarify garbage collection
While trying to understand garbage collection it was not immediately
clear that only the runtime dependency closure of output paths
would be kept (instead of the build-time dependency closure).
This commit attempts to clarify this by expanding some of the
glossary definitions and extending the Garbage Collection
section.
2018-04-12 19:23:24 +10:00
John Arnold
a405d25fa3 manual: Add all dependencies to source prerequisites (#2060) 2018-04-09 17:31:39 -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
Justin Humm
045eb84409
document that writeTextFile from Nixpkgs is an alternative to builtins.toFile 2018-04-03 23:26:47 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
e01c01f72c
Merge pull request #2005 from shlevy/fetchgit-docs
Document fetchGit.
2018-03-27 15:57:48 +02:00
Shea Levy
6856fe62b0
Document fetchGit.
Fixes #1981.
2018-03-23 07:02:45 -04:00
Dmitry Kalinkin
e2f56c1333
doc: don't mention obsolete ssh-substituter-hosts
#1840
2018-03-22 19:17:45 -04:00
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
Graham Christensen
9432f3fb7d
Merge pull request #1901 from veprbl/patch-5
Fix a small typo in the release notes
2018-02-24 10:26:14 -05:00
Michael Weiss
bd94e63853 doc: Fix a URL in the release notes for Nix 2.0 2018-02-24 16:07:10 +01:00
Dmitry Kalinkin
d9d8a84a96
Fix a small typo in the release notes 2018-02-23 23:45:42 -05:00
Eelco Dolstra
39b4177500
Fix example in release notes 2018-02-22 17:42:06 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
2691d51a33
Doh 2018-02-22 17:14:35 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
e8d53bfdc9
Revert "Enable sandbox builds on Linux by default"
This reverts commit ddc58e7896.

https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1435322
2018-02-22 14:20:07 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
eaa52c34b4
Set release date 2018-02-22 12:44:46 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
ddc58e7896
Enable sandbox builds on Linux by default
The overhead of sandbox builds is a problem on NixOS (since building a
NixOS configuration involves a lot of small derivations) but not for
typical non-NixOS use cases. So outside of NixOS we can enable it.

Issue #179.
2018-02-22 12:27:25 +01:00
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
Eelco Dolstra
4e44025ac5
Release notes: Add contributors 2018-02-20 15:20:14 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
d7fdfe322b
Remove macOS multi-user instructions
This is already handled by the installer.
2018-02-19 20:40:25 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
70eb64147e
Update release notes
Also add some examples to nix --help.
2018-02-19 20:38:53 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
75a1d96cfd
Merge branch 'register-settings' of https://github.com/shlevy/nix 2018-02-19 13:58:34 +01:00
Shea Levy
b095c06139
Add splitVersion primop.
Fixes #1868.
2018-02-14 09:55:43 -05:00
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
Eelco Dolstra
abe6be578b
Merge pull request #1816 from shlevy/add-path
Add path primop.
2018-02-07 13:32:35 +01:00
Shea Levy
69d82e5c58
Add path primop.
builtins.path allows specifying the name of a path (which makes paths
with store-illegal names now addable), allows adding paths with flat
instead of recursive hashes, allows specifying a filter (so is a
generalization of filterSource), and allows specifying an expected
hash (enabling safe path adding in pure mode).
2018-02-06 16:48:08 -05:00
Eelco Dolstra
84722d67d2
Remove nix-build --hash
Instead, if a fixed-output derivation produces has an incorrect output
hash, we now unconditionally move the outputs to the path
corresponding with the actual hash and register it as valid. Thus,
after correcting the hash in the Nix expression (e.g. in a fetchurl
call), the fixed-output derivation doesn't have to be built again.

It would still be good to have a command for reporting the actual hash
of a fixed-output derivation (instead of throwing an error), but
"nix-build --hash" didn't do that.
2018-02-03 10:08:05 +01:00
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
c287d73121
Rename 1.12 -> 2.0
Following discussion with Shea and Graham. It's a big enough change
from the last release. Also, from a semver perspective, 2.0 makes more
sense because we did remove some interfaces (like nix-pull/nix-push).
2018-01-31 18:58:45 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
6fa690291a
Add 'nix upgrade-nix' command
This command upgrades Nix to the latest stable version by installing a
store path obtained from

  https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/raw/master/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix

which is the same store path that the installer at
https://nixos.org/nix/install.sh uses.

The upgrade fails if Nix is not installed in a profile (e.g. on NixOS,
or when installed outside of the Nix store).
2018-01-31 16:24:43 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
f8e8dd827e
Manual: Remove old cruft 2018-01-31 15:08:46 +01:00
Eric Wolf
0167eac571 Improve manual on inheriting attributes
Expands first paragraph a bit
Adds a more comprehensive example
2018-01-27 16:18:31 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
cfeff3b273
Move show-trace docs 2018-01-17 11:53:16 +01:00