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Eelco Dolstra efff6cf163
Install all manpages 2020-07-23 18:27:12 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 504b7abc45
Convert commands 2020-07-23 18:27:12 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra efdb89994c
Convert nix.conf manpage 2020-07-23 18:27:11 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra f390303566
Reconvert 2020-07-23 18:27:11 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra c20c082383
<envar> -> <literal> 2020-07-23 18:27:11 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 942cd687f9
Remove libxml2 / libxslt prerequisites 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra ef606760ab
Pandoc conversion 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra d004715665
Fix link 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 315407c16f
Remove subtitles 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra ebdc1f6dfb
Typo 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 8e41c38867
Remove references to xmllint 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra e0ea3c82ca
Use mdbook 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 650ae14ced
Markdown test 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 26fcab53e0
Remove unused file 2020-07-23 18:25:09 +02:00
Jörg Thalheim 6633605341
Update doc/manual/hacking.xml
Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
2020-07-20 22:30:39 +01:00
Jörg Thalheim f0100f5590
README: improve development docs 2020-07-20 15:46:28 +01:00
Jörg Thalheim 3685f4eec6
docs/installer: add correct curl flags
also see https://nixos.org/download.html
2020-06-23 23:04:10 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 6c000eed80
Merge pull request #3709 from expipiplus1/master
Mention number of derivations to be build/fetched in output
2020-06-18 19:03:05 +02:00
Samir Talwar 9069759767
Instruct the user to follow redirects when installing Nix.
Nix installation now requires following redirects using `curl -L`. This
is currently represented on the [Nix download page][] but not in the
manual. This change updates the manual to reflect this.

Using `curl` without the `-L` flag results in an empty body, making
installation a no-op.

[Nix download page]: https://nixos.org/download.html
2020-06-18 10:29:24 +02:00
Joe Hermaszewski da8aac6ce8 Mention number of derivations to be build/fetched in output
Also correct grammar for the case of a single derivation.
2020-06-17 20:27:27 +08:00
Jonas Chevalier 2c4de6af10 add documentation 2020-06-08 09:31:15 +02:00
Joachim Breitner e2af11ce07 Manpages: Do not refer to nixpkgs-channels
Unless I am misinformed, using the `nixpkgs` repository directly is now
preferred?
2020-05-23 15:26:59 +02:00
Domen Kožar c129e7c8f4
Merge pull request #3212 from LnL7/darwin-10.15-install
install: configure and bootstrap synthetic.conf on darwin
2020-05-23 11:15:31 +02:00
Travis A. Everett 2b0a81d92d
focus on golden-path covering most scenarios
This should handle installation scenarios we can handle with
anything resembling confidence. Goal is approximating the existing
setup--not enforcing a best-practice...

Approaches (+ installer-handled, - manual) and configs each covers:

+ no change needed; /nix OK on boot volume:
  All pre-Catalina (regardless of T2 or FileVault use)

+ create new unencrypted volume:
  Catalina, pre-T2, no FileVault

+ create new encrypted-at-rest volume:
  Catalina, pre-T2, FileVault
  Catalina, T2, no FileVault

- require user to pre-create encrypted volume
  Catalina, T2, FileVault
2020-05-21 19:58:11 +02:00
Daiderd Jordan 477d7c2d07
installer: refuse apfs volume creation when FileVault is enabled 2020-05-21 19:58:11 +02:00
Daiderd Jordan 3386575296
manual: clarify volume creation section 2020-05-21 19:58:11 +02:00
Daiderd Jordan 04f597c3f4
install: improve output and error handling 2020-05-21 19:58:11 +02:00
Daiderd Jordan ee89b7797d
manual: add apfs volume section 2020-05-21 19:58:11 +02:00
Krzysztof Gogolewski c8cb558849 documentation: avoid unquoted URLs 2020-05-21 19:29:13 +02:00
Jörg Thalheim e223eeac09
Remove -j option from simple-build-testing
By default Nix/NixOS already set a reasonable default `max-jobs = auto`
so we don't need to mention it in this tutorial.
The option is still documented in other parts of the documentation
if users ever stumble over this.

Fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2531
2020-05-16 08:45:19 +01:00
Domen Kožar 23e5b48ca4
Merge pull request #3581 from TerrorJack/patch-1
Update "Upgrading Nix" documentation
2020-05-11 18:12:35 +02:00
Domen Kožar 612d57c5de
Merge pull request #3582 from bhipple/doc/fixed-output
doc: consistently refer to 'fixed-output' with a dash
2020-05-11 18:10:19 +02:00
Benjamin Hipple 146f9c114f doc: consistently refer to 'fixed-output' with a dash
General cleanup that makes it easier to search for the term.
2020-05-09 10:58:43 -04:00
Shao Cheng 446649e540
Update "Upgrading Nix" documentation
This PR proposes two changes to the "Upgrading Nix" documentation:

* Besides updating `nixpkgs.nix`, we also update `nixpkgs.cacert`, so that the certificates are up-to-date as well.
* Add the instructions for multi-user mode on Linux.
2020-05-09 15:59:39 +02:00
Dani 52cffafd24
Fix typo 2020-05-09 13:48:31 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 41caaaad36
Manual: Typo 2020-05-07 16:37:33 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 479e8bf00b
Manual: Fix typo 2020-05-07 16:08:15 +02:00
Jonas Chevalier 895516cadf
add NIX_USER_CONF_FILES
Motivation: maintain project-level configuration files.

Document the whole situation a bit better so that it corresponds to the
implementation, and add NIX_USER_CONF_FILES that allows overriding
which user files Nix will load during startup.
2020-04-14 18:45:06 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 55cefd41d6 Merge branch 'fetchgit-recursive' of https://github.com/blitz/nix 2020-04-07 13:45:17 +02:00
Julian Stecklina ea861be292 Add documentation for submodule support in fetchGit 2020-03-29 22:29:57 +02:00
Greg Price e40e01c1dd doc: Files in the store have modes 444/555, not 644/755
This line has been this way since it was written, in 9e08f5efe
in 2006.

I think it was just a small mistake then; Eelco's thesis earlier
that year says the permission on each file is set to 0444 or 0555
in a derivation's output as part of the build process.  In any
case I'm pretty sure that's the behavior now.
2020-03-23 20:23:27 -07:00
jakobrs c5a488afc0 Remove the --delete option for --gc
Running `nix-store --gc --delete` will, as of Nix 2.3.3, simply fail
because the --delete option conflicts with the --delete operation.

  $ nix-store --gc --delete
  error: only one operation may be specified
  Try 'nix-store --help' for more information.

Furthermore, it has been broken since at least Nix 0.16 (which was
released sometime in 2010), which means that any scripts which depend
on it should have been broken at least nine years ago. This commit
simply formally removes the option. There should be no actual difference
in behaviour as far as the user is concerned: it errors with the exact
same error message. The manual has been edited to remove any references
to the (now gone) --delete option.

Other information:
* Path for Nix 0.16 used:
  /nix/store/rp3sgmskn0p0pj1ia2qwd5al6f6pinz4-nix-0.16
2020-03-19 19:41:23 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 779ef8f5ef
Merge pull request #3380 from contrun/no-attr-path-for-installed
display attr-path only when queried available
2020-03-13 19:26:20 +01:00
YI b6d794fb8d display attr-path only when queried available 2020-03-14 00:36:26 +08:00
Eelco Dolstra 858ad7a4b3 Remove callout graphics
Fixes #3396.
2020-03-13 16:32:43 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 9c7e90f414
style.css: Remove
This file is licensed under the GPL. Originally, Nix was also
GPL-licensed so that was fine. However, we later changed the license
to the LGPL but missed the fact that style.css has an incompatible
license.

Since the Nix manual at nixos.org uses its own styling, we can remove
this file.

Fixes #3392.
2020-03-13 15:02:32 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra e063c71a79
nixos.org/releases -> releases.nixos.org 2020-03-11 10:33:23 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 2ba67da053
Merge pull request #3332 from Calvin-L/patch-1
Document that autoconf is a dependency
2020-02-19 13:02:35 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 16e9a75287 Typo 2020-02-19 12:32:33 +01:00
Benjamin Hipple 762febafe2 doc: mention how to turn on pure evaluation mode in manual
The flag is `--pure-eval`, which can be found by looking at the test suite; it
should be in the notes describing the feature as well, since otherwise users may
assume this is referencing something like `nix-shell --pure`.
2020-02-15 01:44:51 -05:00