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Instead, if a fixed-output derivation produces has an incorrect output hash, we now unconditionally move the outputs to the path corresponding with the actual hash and register it as valid. Thus, after correcting the hash in the Nix expression (e.g. in a fetchurl call), the fixed-output derivation doesn't have to be built again. It would still be good to have a command for reporting the actual hash of a fixed-output derivation (instead of throwing an error), but "nix-build --hash" didn't do that.
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="ssec-relnotes-2.0">
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<title>Release 2.0 (2018-02-??)</title>
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<para>This release has the following new features:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Start of new <command>nix</command> command line
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interface. This is a work in progress and the interface is subject
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to change.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Self-documenting: <option>--help</option> shows
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all available command-line arguments.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><option>--help-config</option> shows all
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configuration options.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix build</command>: Replacement for
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<command>nix-build</command>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix ls-store</command> and <command>nix
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ls-nar</command> allow listing the contents of a store path or
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NAR file.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix cat-store</command> and
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<command>nix cat-nar</command> allow extracting a file from a
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store path or NAR file.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix verify</command> checks whether a
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store path is unmodified and/or is trusted.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix copy-sigs</command> copies
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signatures from one store to another.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix sign-paths</command> signs store
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paths.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix copy</command> copies paths between
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arbitrary Nix stores, generalising
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<command>nix-copy-closure</command> and
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<command>nix-push</command>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix path-info</command> shows
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information about store paths.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix run</command> starts a shell in
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which the specified packages are available.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix log</command> shows the build log
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of a package or path. If the build log is not available locally,
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it will try to obtain it from a binary cache.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix eval</command> replaces
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<command>nix-instantiate --eval</command>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix dump-path</command> to get a NAR
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from a store path.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix edit</command> opens the source
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code of a package in an editor.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix search</command> replaces
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<command>nix-env -qa</command>. It searches the available
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packages for occurences of a search string in the attribute
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name, package name or description. It caches available packages
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to speed up searches.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix why-depends</command> (d41c5eb13f4f3a37d80dbc6d3888644170c3b44a).</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix show-derivation</command> (e8d6ee7c1b90a2fe6d824f1a875acc56799ae6e2).</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix add-to-store</command> (970366266b8df712f5f9cedb45af183ef5a8357f).</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix upgrade-nix</command> upgrades Nix
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to the latest stable version. This requires that Nix is
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installed in a profile. (Thus it won’t work on NixOS, or if it’s
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installed outside of the Nix store.)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Progress indicator.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>All options are available as flags now
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(b8283773bd64d7da6859ed520ee19867742a03ba).</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The external program <command>nix-repl</command> has been
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integrated into Nix as <command>nix repl</command>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If a fixed-output derivation produces a result with an
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incorrect hash, the output path will be moved to the location
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corresponding to the actual hash and registered as valid. Thus, a
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subsequent build of the fixed-output derivation with the correct
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hash is unnecessary.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>It is no longer necessary to set the
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<envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> environment variable if you need to use
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the Nix daemon. Nix will use the daemon automatically if you don’t
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have write access to the Nix database.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Nix language now supports floating point numbers. They are
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based on regular C++ <literal>float</literal> and compatible with
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existing integers and number-related operations. Export and import to and
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from JSON and XML works, too.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-shell</command> now sets the
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<varname>IN_NIX_SHELL</varname> environment variable during
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evaluation and in the shell itself. This can be used to perform
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different actions depending on whether you’re in a Nix shell or in
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a regular build. Nixpkgs provides
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<varname>lib.inNixShell</varname> to check this variable during
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evaluation. (bb36a1a3cf3fbe6bc9d0afcc5fa0f928bed03170)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Internal: all <classname>Store</classname> classes are now
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thread-safe. <classname>RemoteStore</classname> supports multiple
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concurrent connections to the daemon. This is primarily useful in
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multi-threaded programs such as
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<command>hydra-queue-runner</command>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The dependency on Perl has been removed. As a result, some
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(obsolete) programs have been removed: <command>nix-push</command>
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(replaced by <command>nix copy</command>),
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<command>nix-pull</command> (obsoleted by binary caches),
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<command>nix-generate-patches</command>,
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<command>bsdiff</command>, <command>bspatch</command>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Improved store abstraction. Substituters
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eliminated. BinaryCacheStore, LocalBinaryCacheStore,
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HttpBinaryCacheStore, S3BinaryCacheStore (compile-time
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optional), SSHStore. Add docs + examples?
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Nix now stores signatures for local store
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paths. Locally-built paths are now signed automatically using the
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secret keys specified by the <option>secret-key-files</option>
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store option.</para>
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<para>In addition, store paths that have been built locally are
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marked as “ultimately trusted”, and content-addressable store
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paths carry a “content-addressability assertion” that allow them
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to be trusted without any signatures.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><envar>NIX_PATH</envar> is now lazy, so URIs in the path are
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only downloaded if they are needed for evaluation.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>You can now use
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<uri>channel:<replaceable>channel-name</replaceable></uri> as a
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short-hand for
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<uri>https://nixos.org/channels/<replaceable>channel-name</replaceable>/nixexprs.tar.xz</uri>. For
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example, <literal>nix-build channel:nixos-15.09 -A hello</literal>
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will build the GNU Hello package from the
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<literal>nixos-15.09</literal> channel.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>When <option>--no-build-output</option> is given, the last
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10 lines of the build log will be shown if a build
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fails.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><function>builtins.fetchGit</function>.
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(38539b943a060d9cdfc24d6e5d997c0885b8aa2f)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal><nix/fetchurl.nix></literal> now uses the
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content-addressable tarball cache at
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<uri>http://tarballs.nixos.org/</uri>, just like
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<function>fetchurl</function> in
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Nixpkgs. (f2682e6e18a76ecbfb8a12c17e3a0ca15c084197)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Chroot Nix stores: allow the “physical” location of the Nix
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store (e.g. <filename>/home/alice/nix/store</filename>) to differ
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from its “logical” location (typically
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<filename>/nix/store</filename>). This allows non-root users to
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use Nix while still getting the benefits from prebuilt binaries
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from
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<uri>cache.nixos.org</uri>. (4494000e04122f24558e1436e66d20d89028b4bd,
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3eb621750848e0e6b30e5a79f76afbb096bb6c8a)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>On Linux, builds are now executed in a user
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namespace with uid 1000 and gid 100.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><function>builtins.fetchurl</function> and
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<function>builtins.fetchTarball</function> now support
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<varname>sha256</varname> and <varname>name</varname>
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attributes.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>HttpBinaryCacheStore</literal> (the replacement of
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<command>download-from-binary-cache</command>) now retries
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automatically on certain HTTP error codes.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Derivation attributes can now reference the outputs of the
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derivation using the <function>placeholder</function> builtin
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function. For example, the attribute
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<programlisting>
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configureFlags = "--prefix=${placeholder "out"} --includedir=${placeholder "dev"}";
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</programlisting>
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will cause the <envar>configureFlags</envar> environment variable
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to contain the actual store paths corresponding to the
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<literal>out</literal> and <literal>dev</literal> outputs. TODO:
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add docs.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Support for HTTP/2. This makes binary cache lookups much
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more efficient. (90ad02bf626b885a5dd8967894e2eafc953bdf92)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <option>build-sandbox-paths</option> configuration
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option can now specify optional paths by appending a
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<literal>?</literal>, e.g. <literal>/dev/nvidiactl?</literal> will
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bind-mount <varname>/dev/nvidiactl</varname> only if it
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exists.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>More support for testing build reproducibility: when
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<option>enforce-determinism</option> is set to
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<literal>false</literal>, it’s no longer a fatal error build
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rounds produce different output
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(8bdf83f936adae6f2c907a6d2541e80d4120f051); add a hook to run
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diffoscope when build rounds produce different output
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(9a313469a4bdea2d1e8df24d16289dc2a172a169w).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Kill builds as soon as stdout/stderr is closed. This fixes a
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bug that allowed builds to hang Nix indefinitely (regardless of
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timeouts). (21948deed99a3295e4d5666e027a6ca42dc00b40)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Add support for passing structured data to builders. TODO:
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document. (6de33a9c675b187437a2e1abbcb290981a89ecb1)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><varname>exportReferencesGraph</varname>: Export more
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complete info in JSON
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format. (c2b0d8749f7e77afc1c4b3e8dd36b7ee9720af4a)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Support for
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netrc. (e6e74f987f0fa284d220432d426eb965269a97d6,
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302386f775eea309679654e5ea7c972fb6e7b9af)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Support <uri>s3://</uri> URIs in all places where Nix allows
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URIs. (9ff9c3f2f80ba4108e9c945bbfda2c64735f987b)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <option>build-max-jobs</option> option can be set to
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<literal>auto</literal> to use the number of CPUs in the
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system. (7251d048fa812d2551b7003bc9f13a8f5d4c95a5)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Add support for Brotli compression.
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<uri>cache.nixos.org</uri> compresses build logs using
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Brotli.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Substitutions from binary caches now require signatures by
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default. This was already the case on
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NixOS. (ecbc3fedd3d5bdc5a0e1a0a51b29062f2874ac8b)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-env</command> now ignores packages with bad
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derivation names (in particular those starting with a digit or
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containing a
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dot). (b0cb11722626e906a73f10dd9a0c9eea29faf43a)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Renamed various configuration options. (TODO: in progress)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Remote machines can now be specified on the command
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line. TODO:
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document. (1a68710d4dff609bbaf61db3e17a2573f0aadf17)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>In Linux sandbox builds, we now use
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<filename>/build</filename> instead of <filename>/tmp</filename>
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as the temporary build directory. This fixes potential security
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problems when a build accidentally stores its
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<envar>TMPDIR</envar> in some critical place, such as an
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RPATH. (eba840c8a13b465ace90172ff76a0db2899ab11b)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>In Linux sandbox builds, we now provide a default
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<filename>/bin/sh</filename> (namely <filename>ash</filename> from
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BusyBox). (a2d92bb20e82a0957067ede60e91fab256948b41)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Make all configuration options available as command line
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flags (b8283773bd64d7da6859ed520ee19867742a03ba).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Support base-64
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hashes. (c0015e87af70f539f24d2aa2bc224a9d8b84276b)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-shell</command> now uses
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<varname>bashInteractive</varname> from Nixpkgs, rather than the
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<command>bash</command> command that happens to be in the caller’s
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<envar>PATH</envar>. This is especially important on macOS where
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the <command>bash</command> provided by the system is seriously
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outdated and cannot execute <literal>stdenv</literal>’s setup
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script.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>New builtin functions: <function>builtins.split</function>
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(b8867a0239b1930a16f9ef3f7f3e864b01416dff),
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<function>builtins.partition</function>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Automatic garbage collection.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-store -q --roots</command> and
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<command>nix-store --gc --print-roots</command> now show temporary
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and in-memory roots.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Builders can now communicate what build phase they are in by
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writing messages to the file descriptor specified in
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<envar>NIX_LOG_FD</envar>. (88e6bb76de5564b3217be9688677d1c89101b2a3)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Some features were removed:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>“Nested” log output. As a result,
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<command>nix-log2xml</command> was also removed.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>OpenSSL-based signing. (f435f8247553656774dd1b2c88e9de5d59cab203)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Caching of failed
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builds. (8cffec84859cec8b610a2a22ab0c4d462a9351ff)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><filename>nix-mode.el</filename> has been removed from
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Nix. It is now a separate repository in
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<uri>https://github.com/NixOS/nix-mode</uri> and can be installed
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through the MELPA package repository.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>In restricted evaluation mode
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(<option>--restrict-eval</option>), builtin functions that
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download from the network (such as <function>fetchGit</function>)
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are permitted to fetch underneath the list of URI prefixes
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specified in the option <option>allowed-uris</option>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>This release has contributions from TBD.</para>
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</section>
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