From 4c82983010214f2588fbd7cf73265a816b7d8ac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:17:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- doc/manual/release-notes.xml | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml index 073461f17..8f66b3c59 100644 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml +++ b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ list: nix-prefetch-url now by default computes the SHA-256 hash of the file instead of the MD5 hash. In - calls to fetchurl you should pass an + calls to fetchurl you should pass the sha256 attribute instead of md5. You can pass either a hexadecimal or a base-32 encoding of the hash. @@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ list: browser contain just Firefox. - The new (in + The new option (in nix-env, nix-instantiate and nix-build) is like , except that the value is a string. For example, --argstr system i686-linux is equivalent to --arg system - \"i686-linux\"' (note that + \"i686-linux\" (note that prevents annoying quoting around shell arguments). @@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ list: gcc-4.2.0rc1). - nix-env --set-flag allows - meta attributes of installed packages to be modified. There are - several attributes that can be usefully modified, because they - affect nix-env behaviour or the user environment + nix-env --set-flag allows meta + attributes of installed packages to be modified. There are several + attributes that can be usefully modified, because they affect the + behaviour of nix-env or the user environment build script: @@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ list: meta.keep can be set to true to prevent the package from being upgraded or replaced. Useful if you want to hang on to an older - version of a package. (This is similar to masking in - Gentoo.) + version of a package. meta.active can be set to false to “disable” the package. That is, no