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Eelco Dolstra 0356f14459 Add 'nix diff-closures' command
This command makes it easier to see what changed between two closures,
i.e. what packages/versions got added or removed, and whether there
were any notable changes in path size.

For example:

  $ nix diff-closures /nix/var/nix/profiles/system-655-link /nix/var/nix/profiles/system-658-link
  blender-bin: 2.83.0 → 2.83.2, -294.2 KiB
  curl: 7.68.0 → 7.70.0, +19.1 KiB
  firmware-linux-nonfree: 2020-01-22 → 2020-05-19, +30827.7 KiB
  ibus: -21.8 KiB
  initrd-linux: 5.4.46 → 5.4.51, +16.9 KiB
  libexif: 0.6.21 → 0.6.22, +497.6 KiB
  linux: 5.4.46 → 5.4.51, +13.2 KiB
  mesa: 19.3.3 → 19.3.5, -183.9 KiB
  nix: 2.4pre20200701_6ff9aa8 → 2.4pre20200708_9223603, +9.7 KiB
  nix-bash-completions: 0.6.8 → ∅, -57.6 KiB
  nixos-system-hagbard: 20.03.20200615.a84b797 → 20.03.20200713.add5529
  nvidia-persistenced: 440.82 → 440.100
  nvidia-settings: 440.82 → 440.100
  nvidia-x11: 440.82-5.4.46 → 440.100-5.4.51, +664.7 KiB
  pcre: 8.43 → 8.44
  php: 7.3.16 → 7.3.20, -26.2 KiB
  python3.7-youtube-dl: 2020.06.06 → 2020.06.16.1, +8.4 KiB
  samba: 4.11.5 → 4.11.9, +30.1 KiB
  sane-backends: 1.0.28 → 1.0.30, +680.5 KiB
  source: -182.0 KiB
  zfs-kernel: 0.8.3-5.4.46 → 0.8.4-5.4.51, +9.9 KiB
  zfs-user: 0.8.3 → 0.8.4, +20.1 KiB
2020-07-15 16:24:25 +02:00
.github add temp CI job to test syspolicy impact 2020-07-08 20:10:22 -05:00
config update config/config.{sub,guess} 2018-08-13 20:00:17 +00:00
contrib function-trace: always show the trace 2019-09-18 23:23:21 +02:00
corepkgs Move some corepkgs into the nix binary 2020-03-11 16:57:48 +01:00
doc/manual docs/installer: add correct curl flags 2020-06-23 23:04:10 +01:00
m4 autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04. 2019-07-03 04:32:25 +02:00
maintainers upload-release.pl: Update latest-release branch 2020-07-08 17:01:20 +02:00
misc Make nix-daemon.plist less fragile on macOS 2019-10-09 12:52:01 +01:00
mk Shorten the path to the test root 2020-07-03 09:20:01 +02:00
nix-rust make check: Run unit tests 2020-05-08 11:49:40 +02:00
perl Remove 'accessor' from addToStore() 2020-07-13 18:31:19 +02:00
scripts docs/installer: add correct curl flags 2020-06-23 23:04:10 +01:00
src Add 'nix diff-closures' command 2020-07-15 16:24:25 +02:00
tests Add a test for local NAR caching 2020-07-13 16:25:48 +02:00
.dir-locals.el .dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix 2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
.editorconfig Add .editorconfig 2017-06-05 22:57:28 +01:00
.gitignore Add src/libutil/tests/libutil-tests to .gitignore 2020-06-04 21:05:41 +00:00
.version Bump version 2019-09-04 15:59:33 +02:00
bootstrap.sh bootstrap: Simplify & make more robust. 2011-09-06 12:11:05 +00:00
configure.ac configure: Look for gtest 2020-05-08 12:09:37 +02:00
COPYING * Change this to LGPL to keep the government happy. 2006-04-25 16:41:06 +00:00
local.mk Remove global -I flags 2020-03-30 15:30:19 +02:00
Makefile StorePath: Rewrite in C++ 2020-06-16 14:28:41 +02:00
Makefile.config.in configure: Look for gtest 2020-05-08 12:09:37 +02:00
precompiled-headers.h precompiled-headers.h: Don't include our own headers 2020-05-04 22:40:02 +02:00
README.md Tweak README.md 2020-05-01 11:47:26 +02:00
release-common.nix release.nix: Remove vendoredCrates 2020-06-16 14:33:03 +02:00
release.nix release.nix: Remove vendoredCrates 2020-06-16 14:33:03 +02:00
shell.nix Remove rustfmt 2020-06-17 10:02:33 +02:00

Nix

Open Collective supporters Test

Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.

Installation

On Linux and macOS the easiest way to Install Nix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):

$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.

Building And Developing

Building Nix

You can build Nix using one of the targets provided by release.nix:

$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.aarch64-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-darwin
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.i686-linux
$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux

Development Environment

You can use the provided shell.nix to get a working development environment:

$ nix-shell
$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./configure
$ make

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.