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Graham Christensen c42eaaf684
Create upgrade notes 2018-09-01 15:35:46 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra ddc58e7896
Enable sandbox builds on Linux by default
The overhead of sandbox builds is a problem on NixOS (since building a
NixOS configuration involves a lot of small derivations) but not for
typical non-NixOS use cases. So outside of NixOS we can enable it.

Issue .
2018-02-22 12:27:25 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra f8e8dd827e
Manual: Remove old cruft 2018-01-31 15:08:46 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 411b237ee5 edition -> subtitle
For some reason, docbook-xsl doesn't render edition.
2015-01-02 12:53:32 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 9c830394ec Rename files 2014-12-14 01:07:23 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 2b74354e52 Combine introduction / quick start parts 2014-11-24 16:50:45 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 5e04992d1f Manual: Bump date 2014-11-24 16:50:45 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 3a52104bee Delete bugs.xml 2014-09-16 15:40:03 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra b1af336132 Undocument NIX_OTHER_STORES 2014-09-16 14:49:00 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 8259a392da Manual build fixes 2014-09-16 14:14:09 +02:00
Mikey Ariel 8901acc976 Restructuring the Nix manual 2014-08-27 18:41:09 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra a1917208c0 Bump date 2014-04-11 15:11:28 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra e707a8a526 Move manpages around 2014-02-19 15:32:19 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra 7b09e9f2c4 Add hacking notes plus a script for running nix-shell 2013-07-19 16:51:31 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 2bc5de8635 Rename ‘nix-build --run-env’ to ‘nix-shell’ 2013-07-19 12:02:44 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra e35d6f78dc Rename nix-worker to nix-daemon 2012-10-03 17:59:23 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra 5755a5c354 Install a nix.conf manpage 2012-07-09 11:33:38 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra 8a08813d6c Manual updates 2012-05-11 17:39:06 -04:00
Eelco Dolstra d49ef039dd Update affiliation 2012-04-06 21:43:56 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 2a3f4110c5 * nix-build: put the temporary derivation symlink in a temporary
directory rather than the current directory.
* nix-build: --drv-link now implies --add-drv-link.
2012-01-13 23:35:07 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 2de17f4edc * Update date. 2010-08-17 10:06:26 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 0f79ad47c5 2009-09-25 12:36:03 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra d413612029 * Remove the redundant <sections> around refentries. 2009-07-14 14:58:12 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra f751c2966b * Don't have a bugs section in the manual. Bugs should be kept in the
bug tracker.
2009-05-07 13:11:58 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 7509d70f9d * Documented some of the sharing mechanisms. 2008-11-19 15:20:46 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra fa791116a3 * Get rid of nix-pack-closure / nix-unpack-closure, they're redundant. 2008-11-18 14:43:40 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 2818b7cee6 * Updated some URLs. 2008-06-11 15:39:38 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 8a9fe6c11c * Manpage for nix-copy-closure. 2007-09-19 14:01:41 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra b47da5ea21 2007-05-16 22:07:39 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 84e6c43e85 * Documented nix-hash. 2006-10-02 22:11:44 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra cfe35ca0e0 * Manual. 2006-10-02 20:28:52 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 0212feeed6 * Document nix-install-package and the nixpkg file format. 2006-09-29 14:16:41 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra e2eed05224 * Manual updates.
* Documented nix-{pack,unpack}-closure.
2006-09-28 09:10:53 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 1a9a1f2768 * Convert to DocBook 5.
* Use Jing for RelaxNG validation, xmllint seems buggy.
2006-08-21 16:05:11 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 20675feeab * Update copyright. 2006-03-15 12:58:22 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 5c0770ac84 * Include the release notes in the manual. 2005-09-16 08:47:34 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 82d771f6e6 * Manual updates. 2005-04-10 20:54:21 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra fb45b0f548 * Document nix-channel. 2005-04-09 17:16:00 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 8b70f138e0 * Lots of manual updates, in particular the new `nix-store --query'
options were documented, as well as the Nix configuration file.
2005-04-08 13:00:38 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 57d023a184 * More manual updates. 2005-04-07 10:47:58 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 4a83c12c5d * Added a glossary to the manual. 2005-04-01 15:34:23 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra ad3121a52d * Documented common environment variables. 2005-03-16 16:45:29 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra e301334696 * XInclude all the way. 2005-03-15 13:55:41 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra b376565b86 * Manual updates. 2005-03-15 13:21:32 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra ea6581b691 * Drop the grammar appendix. 2004-11-07 20:36:10 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra f8ac8d1ec8 * Began adding build farm docs. 2004-10-29 15:26:26 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra febd8bed1b * Split overview chapter into a chapter on package management and a
chapter on writing Nix expressions.
2004-10-14 11:55:12 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 2b20701f78 * Better introduction.
* Set notes in a different color than warnings.
2004-10-13 15:08:35 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra b0c9baf1b5 * EBNF grammar for the Nix expression language. 2004-04-08 13:31:57 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 92e832348d * Lots of manual stuff. Reference pages for most Nix commands.
* nix-pull now requires the full url to the manifest, i.e.,
  `/MANIFEST/' is no longer automatically appended.
* nix-prefetch-url works again.
2004-02-10 16:14:47 +00:00