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Eelco Dolstra c505702265 * Fix and simplify the garbage collector (it's still not concurrent,
though).  In particular it's now much easier to register a GC root.
  Just place a symlink to whatever store path it is that you want to
  keep in /nix/var/nix/gcroots.
2005-01-27 15:21:29 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 59682e6188 * Make lock removal safe by signalling to blocked processes that the
lock they are waiting on has become stale (we do this by writing a
  meaningless token to the unlinked file).
2005-01-27 12:19:25 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra a24b78e9f1 * Maintain the references/referers relation also for derivations.
This simplifies garbage collection and `nix-store --query
  --requisites' since we no longer need to treat derivations
  specially.

* Better maintaining of the invariants, e.g., setReferences() can only
  be called on a valid/substitutable path.
2005-01-25 21:28:25 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 2a2756b856 * Simplification: registerSubstitutes -> registerSubstitute. We no
longer need the former since there we no longer have the
  substitutes-rev table (which triggered a O(n^2) cost in updating
  them).
2005-01-25 20:27:40 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra a9340fa672 * Remove removed files from EXTRA_DIST. 2005-01-25 17:25:20 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 498f4915cc * Re-enable all tests. 2005-01-25 17:24:14 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 066da4ab85 * Really fix the substitute mechanism, i.e., ensure the closure
invariant by registering references through the manifest.
* Added a test for nix-pull.
2005-01-25 17:08:52 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra c6290e42bc * Fix the `--fallback' switch.
* Fix the substitutes tests.
2005-01-25 13:00:12 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 581fc47783 * Fix the build hook mechanism; pass the pointer graph to the hook. 2005-01-25 11:55:43 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 52bf9b86bb * In nix-store: added query `--referers-closure' that returns the
closure of the referers relation rather than the references
  relation, i.e., the set of all paths that directly or indirectly
  refer to the given path.  Note that contrary to the references
  closure this set is not fixed; it can change as paths are added to
  or removed from the store.
2005-01-25 11:18:03 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 80faa2f98a * In nix-store: change --build' back to --realise'. Also brought
back the query flag `--force-realise'.
* Fixed some of the tests.
2005-01-25 10:55:33 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 6a0a2d5593 * Terminology fixes. 2005-01-20 16:01:07 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 6bb5efadec * Ensure that derivation names and sources don't end in `.drv'. 2005-01-20 15:25:01 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 05f0430de1 * Another change to low-level derivations. The last one this year, I
promise :-) This allows derivations to specify on *what* output
  paths of input derivations they are dependent.  This helps to
  prevent unnecessary downloads.  For instance, a build might be
  dependent on the `devel' and `lib' outputs of some library
  component, but not the `docs' output.
2005-01-20 14:10:19 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 6ff48e77f6 * Set the Perl search path properly (reported by Roy van den Broek). 2005-01-19 21:55:02 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra e0f4e587c3 * Nix-store queries --references' and referers' to query the pointer
graph.  That is, `nix-store --query --references PATH' shows the set
  of paths referenced by PATH, and `nix-store --query --referers PATH'
  shows the set of paths referencing PATH.
2005-01-19 16:59:56 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 96de272b48 * Renamed normalise.cc' -> build.cc', `storeexprs.cc' ->
`derivations.cc', etc.
* Store the SHA-256 content hash of store paths in the database after
  they have been built/added.  This is so that we can check whether
  the store has been messed with (a la `rpm --verify').
* When registering path validity, verify that the closure property
  holds.
2005-01-19 16:39:47 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra ef5f254a55 * `nix-store --build' now builds its arguments in parallel instead of
sequentially (within the limits set by `--jobs').  This should
  greatly improve the utilisation of the build farm when doing Nixpkgs
  builds.
2005-01-19 15:02:02 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 06c77bf7a8 * Change extension .store' to .drv'.
* Re-enable `nix-store --query --requisites'.
2005-01-19 14:36:00 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 863dcff6c5 * Started removing closure store expressions, i.e., the explicit
representation of closures as ATerms in the Nix store.  Instead, the
  file system pointer graph is now stored in the Nix database.  This
  has many advantages:

  - It greatly simplifies the implementation (we can drop the notion
    of `successors', and so on).

  - It makes registering roots for the garbage collector much easier.
    Instead of specifying the closure expression as a root, you can
    simply specify the store path that must be retained as a root.
    This could not be done previously, since there was no way to find
    the closure store expression containing a given store path.
    
  - Better traceability: it is now possible to query what paths are
    referenced by a path, and what paths refer to a path.
2005-01-19 11:16:11 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra e9762e2d10 * Support arities > 6. 2005-01-19 11:04:24 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 6d493751c3 * Get --readonly-mode to work again. 2005-01-18 11:15:50 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 32aac8748a * Actually check that the result of fixed-output derivations matches
the specified hash.
2005-01-17 19:01:48 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra f3dc231250 * Removed the `id' attribute hack.
* Formalise the notion of fixed-output derivations, i.e., derivations
  for which a cryptographic hash of the output is known in advance.
  Changes to such derivations should not propagate upwards through the
  dependency graph.  Previously this was done by specifying the hash
  component of the output path through the `id' attribute, but this is
  insecure since you can lie about it (i.e., you can specify any hash
  and then produce a completely different output).  Now the
  responsibility for checking the output is moved from the builder to
  Nix itself.

  A fixed-output derivation can be created by specifying the
  `outputHash' and `outputHashAlgo' attributes, the latter taking
  values `md5', `sha1', and `sha256', and the former specifying the
  actual hash in hexadecimal or in base-32 (auto-detected by looking
  at the length of the attribute value).  MD5 is included for
  compatibility but should be considered deprecated.

* Removed the `drvPath' pseudo-attribute in derivation results.  It's
  no longer necessary.

* Cleaned up the support for multiple output paths in derivation store
  expressions.  Each output now has a unique identifier (e.g., `out',
  `devel', `docs').  Previously there was no way to tell output paths
  apart at the store expression level.

* `nix-hash' now has a flag `--base32' to specify that the hash should
  be printed in base-32 notation.

* `fetchurl' accepts parameters `sha256' and `sha1' in addition to
  `md5'.

* `nix-prefetch-url' now prints out a SHA-1 hash in base-32.  (TODO: a
  flag to specify the hash.)
2005-01-17 16:55:19 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra d58a11e019 * Shorten SHA-256 hashes used in store path name generation to 160
bits, then encode them in a radix-32 representation (using digits
  and letters except e, o, u, and t).  This produces store paths like
  /nix/store/4i0zb0z7f88mwghjirkz702a71dcfivn-aterm-2.3.1.  The nice
  thing about this is that the hash part of the file name is still 32
  characters, as before with MD5.

  (Of course, shortening SHA-256 to 160 bits makes it no better than
  SHA-160 in theory, but hopefully it's a bit more resistant to
  attacks; it's certainly a lot slower.)
2005-01-14 16:04:03 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 9530cc3170 * Start move towards SHA-256 hashes instead of MD5.
* Start cleaning up unique store path generation (they weren't always
  unique; in particular the suffix ("-aterm-2.2", "-builder.sh") was
  not part of the hash, therefore changes to the suffix would cause
  multiple store objects with the same hash).
2005-01-14 13:51:38 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra a7b94e87d7 * Missing file. 2005-01-14 13:50:09 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 9ee88bb2f2 * Use absolute paths. 2005-01-14 13:50:00 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 63791eb05b * Add SHA-256.
* Tests for the various hashes.
2005-01-14 12:03:04 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 37b51a9aa6 * Removed some dead code. 2005-01-14 10:16:33 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 7e8961f720 * Added SHA-1 support. nix-hash' now has an option --type sha1' to
select SHA-1 hashing.
2005-01-13 17:39:26 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 73992371a3 * Refactoring to support SHA-1. 2005-01-13 15:44:44 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra d46b4262dc * Bump version number to 0.8. 2005-01-12 13:23:12 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra b17e7cf979 * Script to remove patches from manifests. 2005-01-12 10:40:59 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 0bc41f632b * Print out less garbage. 2005-01-12 10:37:18 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 7d75616f2c * NEWS and manual update for release 0.7. 2005-01-12 10:27:46 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 6af4a5a71f * Prototype store optimiser. It searched the Nix store for identical
files and hard-links them to each other to save disk space.

  Currently it doesn't actually do the hard-linking, it just reports
  the amount of space saved if it did.
2005-01-05 09:58:12 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra a03397be4c * Cygwin compatibility. 2005-01-04 17:38:26 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra f28ea27d83 * Remove old stuff. 2004-12-31 11:07:32 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra c53898cb65 * If a patch already exists, it must still be included in the manifest. 2004-12-31 11:07:12 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 35b76a81c4 * More instrumentation (statistics go to /nix/var/log/nix/downloads). 2004-12-30 17:19:47 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 3745cecc6a * Fix handling of chained patches: don't skip patches if intermediate
paths are missing, etc.
2004-12-30 17:09:57 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 581bcb986f * Some logging for evaluation. 2004-12-30 16:34:54 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 6270aa727d * Propagate patches from the source distribution to the destination
distribution insofar they are applicable.
2004-12-29 22:17:26 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 4f07ebc67e * Integrated bsdiff/bspatch 4.2 (from
http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/bsdiff-4.2.tar.gz) into the source
  tree.  The license is a bit peculiar, but it does allow verbatim
  copying, which is what we do here (i.e., so don't make any changes
  to the sources).
2004-12-29 22:08:48 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 54d8f08588 * Reject patches larger than the full archives they produce. 2004-12-29 19:32:55 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 2fdb27e7f2 * Atomic file replacement is good. 2004-12-29 19:04:21 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra e1e9c036f9 * A utility to generate patches between releases based on their
manifests.
2004-12-29 18:58:15 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 77fc1c6c5c * Use aterm 2.3.1. 2004-12-29 17:29:24 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 9022cf9adf * A small utility to add the Size and NarHash fields to old manifests. 2004-12-28 21:12:00 +00:00