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Eelco Dolstra 54664b6fb7 * The write() system call can write less than the requested
number of bytes, e.g., in case of a signal like SIGSTOP.  
  This caused `nix --dump' to fail sometimes.

  Note that this bug went unnoticed because the call to `nix 
  --dump' is in a pipeline, and the shell ignores non-zero 
  exit codes from all but the last element in the pipeline.  
  Is there any way to check the result of the initial elements
  in the pipeline?  (In other words, is it at all possible to 
  write reliable shell scripts?)
2003-07-16 21:24:02 +00:00
boost * Added the Boost format library which provides a safe printf 2003-06-27 13:41:42 +00:00
corepkgs * The write() system call can write less than the requested 2003-07-16 21:24:02 +00:00
scripts * The write() system call can write less than the requested 2003-07-16 21:24:02 +00:00
src * The write() system call can write less than the requested 2003-07-16 21:24:02 +00:00
AUTHORS * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
ChangeLog * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
configure.ac * Pass $(prefix) and other variables through -D..., not 2003-07-13 19:26:00 +00:00
COPYING * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
INSTALL * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
Makefile.am * Get `nix-push' working again. It now uses Nix/Fix to create Nix 2003-07-10 13:41:28 +00:00
NEWS * Autoconf / Automake configuration and building. 2003-04-04 16:14:56 +00:00
README * Added some installation instructions to the readme. 2003-04-08 12:13:57 +00:00

Overview
========

Nix is a package manager, deployment system, and component glue
mechanism.


Prerequisites
=============

* Berkeley DB 4.0.14
* CWI ATerm 2.0


Installation
============

* When building from the Subversion repository, first do:

    autoreconf -i

* To build, do:

    ./configure
    make
    make install

  Note that this will install to /nix, which is the default prefix.
  You can specify another prefix, but this is not recommended if you
  want to use prebuilt packages from other sources.


Usage
=====

TODO