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<section xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.7"><title>Release 1.7 (TBA)</title>
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<para>This release has the following changes:</para>
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<para>In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has the
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following new features:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Antiquotation is now allowed inside of quoted attribute
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names (e.g. <literal>set."${foo}"</literal>). In the case where
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the attribute name is just a single antiquotation, the quotes can
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be dropped (e.g. the above example can be written
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<literal>set.${foo}</literal>). If an attribute name inside of a
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set declaration evaluates to <literal>null</literal> (e.g.
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<literal>{ ${null} = false; }</literal>), then that attribute is
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not added to the set.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Experimental support for cryptographically signed binary
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caches. See <link
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xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/0fdf4da0e979f992db75cc17376e455ddc5a96d8">the
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commit for details</link>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>An experimental new substituter,
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<command>download-via-ssh</command>, that fetches binaries from
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remote machines via SSH. Specifying the flags <literal>--option
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use-ssh-substituter true --option ssh-substituter-hosts
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<replaceable>user@hostname</replaceable></literal> will cause Nix
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to download binaries from the specified machine, if it has
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them.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-store -r</command> and
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<command>nix-build</command> have a new flag,
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<option>--check</option>, that builds a previously built
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derivation again, and prints an error message if the output is not
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exactly the same. This helps to verify whether a derivation is
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truly deterministic. For example:
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<screen>
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$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A patchelf
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<replaceable>…</replaceable>
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$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A patchelf --check
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<replaceable>…</replaceable>
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error: derivation `/nix/store/1ipvxs…-patchelf-0.6' may not be deterministic:
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hash mismatch in output `/nix/store/4pc1dm…-patchelf-0.6.drv'
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</screen>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <command>nix-instantiate</command> flags
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<option>--eval-only</option> and <option>--parse-only</option>
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have been renamed to <option>--eval</option> and
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<option>--parse</option>, respectively.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-instantiate</command>,
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<command>nix-build</command> and <command>nix-shell</command> now
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have a flag <option>--expr</option> (or <option>-E</option>) that
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allows you to specify the expression to be evaluated as a command
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line argument. For instance, <literal>nix-instantiate --eval -E
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'1 + 2'</literal> will print <literal>3</literal>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-shell</command> improvements:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>It has a new flag, <option>--packages</option> (or
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<option>-p</option>), that sets up a build environment
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containing the specified packages from Nixpkgs. For example,
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the command
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<screen>
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$ nix-shell -p sqlite xorg.libX11 hello
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</screen>
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will start a shell in which the given packages are
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present.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>It now uses <filename>shell.nix</filename> as the
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default expression, falling back to
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<filename>default.nix</filename> if the former doesn’t
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exist. This makes it convenient to have a
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<filename>shell.nix</filename> in your project to set up a
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nice development environment.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>It evaluates the derivation attribute
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<varname>shellHook</varname>, if set. Since
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<literal>stdenv</literal> does not normally execute this hook,
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it allows you to do <command>nix-shell</command>-specific
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setup.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>It preserves the user’s timezone setting.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>In chroots, Nix now sets up a <filename>/dev</filename>
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containing only a minimal set of devices (such as
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<filename>/dev/null</filename>). Note that it only does this if
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you <emphasis>don’t</emphasis> have <filename>/dev</filename>
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listed in your <option>build-chroot-dirs</option> setting;
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otherwise, it will bind-mount the <literal>/dev</literal> from
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outside the chroot.</para>
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<para>Similarly, if you don’t have <filename>/dev/pts</filename> listed
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in <option>build-chroot-dirs</option>, Nix will mount a private
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<literal>devpts</literal> filesystem on the chroot’s
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<filename>/dev/pts</filename>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>New built-in function: <function>builtins.toJSON</function>,
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which returns a JSON representation of a value.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix-setuid-helper</command> is
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gone.</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-env -q</command> has a new flag
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<option>--json</option> to print a JSON representation of the
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installed or available packages.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Now antiquotation is allowed inside of quoted
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attribute names (e.g. <literal>set."${foo}"</literal>). In the
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case where the attribute name is just a single antiquotation,
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the quotes can be dropped (e.g. the above example can be written
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<literal>set.${foo}</literal>). If an attribute name inside of a
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set declaration evaluates to <literal>null</literal> (e.g.
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<literal>{ ${null} = false; }</literal>), then that attribute is not
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added to the set.</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-env</command> now supports meta attributes with
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more complex values, such as attribute sets.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <option>-A</option> flag now allows attribute names with
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dots in them, e.g.
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<screen>
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$ nix-instantiate --eval '<nixos>' -A 'config.systemd.units."nscd.service".text'
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</screen>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <option>--max-freed</option> option to
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<command>nix-store --gc</command> now accepts a unit
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specifier. For example, <literal>nix-store --gc --max-freed
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1G</literal> will free up to 1 gigabyte of disk space.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Nix now heuristically detects whether a build failure was
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due to a disk-full condition. In that case, the build is not
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flagged as “permanently failed”. This is mostly useful for Hydra,
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which needs to distinguish between permanent and transient build
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failures.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>There is a new symbol <literal>__curPos</literal> that
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expands to an attribute set containing its file name and line and
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column numbers, e.g. <literal>{ file = "foo.nix"; line = 10;
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column = 5; }</literal>. There also is a new builtin function,
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<varname>unsafeGetAttrPos</varname>, that returns the position of
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an attribute. This is used by Nixpkgs to provide location
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information in error messages, e.g.
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<screen>
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$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A libreoffice --argstr system x86_64-darwin
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error: the package ‘libreoffice-4.0.5.2’ in ‘.../applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix:263’
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is not supported on ‘x86_64-darwin’
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</screen>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The garbage collector is now more concurrent with other Nix
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processes because it releases certain locks earlier.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The binary tarball installer has been improved. You can now
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install Nix by running:
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<screen>
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$ bash <(curl https://nixos.org/nix/install)
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</screen>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The command <command>nix-setuid-helper</command> is
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gone.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Nix no longer uses Automake, but instead has a
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non-recursive, GNU Make-based build system.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>All installed libraries now have the prefix
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<literal>libnix</literal>. In particular, this gets rid of
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<literal>libutil</literal>, which could clash with libraries with
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the same name from other packages.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>When using the Nix daemon, the <option>-s</option> flag in
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<command>nix-env -qa</command> is now much faster.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<filename>/nix/var/nix/manifests</filename>, resulting in a
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significant speedup.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Nix now has an search path for expressions. The search path
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is set using the environment variable <envar>NIX_PATH</envar> and
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you can write <literal>{ "foo-1.2" = …; "bla bla" = …; }."bla
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bla"</literal>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Attribute selection can now provide a default value using
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the <literal>or</literal> operator. For instance, the expression
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</programlisting>
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This is useful, for instance, in NixOS configuration files.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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which causes <command>uname</command> to return
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<literal>i686</literal> in child processes.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Various improvements to the <literal>chroot</literal>
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support. Building in a <literal>chroot</literal> works quite well
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<para>Support for large (> 4 GiB) files in NAR archives.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Various (performance) improvements to the remote build
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mechanism.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>New primops: <varname>builtins.addErrorContext</varname> (to
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add a string to stack traces — useful for debugging),
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the following paths will be downloaded/copied (30.02 MiB):
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/nix/store/4m8pvgy2dcjgppf5b4cj5l6wyshjhalj-samba-3.2.4
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/nix/store/7h1kwcj29ip8vk26rhmx6bfjraxp0g4l-libunwind-0.98.6
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...</screen>
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...</screen>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Language features:
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division).
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<!-- <varname>builtins.genericClosure</varname> -->
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para></listitem>
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<literal>nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/browser --set
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firefox</literal> lets the profile named
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<filename>browser</filename> contain just Firefox.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix-env</command> now maintains
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meta-information about installed packages in profiles. The
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<varname>homepage</varname>. The command <literal>nix-env -q --xml
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--meta</literal> shows all meta-information.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix-env</command> now uses the
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<varname>meta.priority</varname> attribute of derivations to resolve
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filename collisions between packages. Lower priority values denote
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix-env -q</command> now has a flag
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<option>--prebuilt-only</option> (<option>-b</option>) that causes
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<command>nix-env</command> to show only those derivations whose
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<command>nix-env -i</command> and <command>nix-env -u</command> to
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filter out derivations for which no pre-built binary is
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available.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The new option <option>--argstr</option> (in
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<command>nix-env</command>, <command>nix-instantiate</command> and
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<parameter>paths</parameter> that shows the build log of the given
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paths.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>TODO: semantic cleanups of string concatenation
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etc. (mostly in r6740).</para></listitem>
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<literal>md5</literal>. You can pass either a hexadecimal or a
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base-32 encoding of the hash.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Nix can now perform builds in an automatically
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generated “chroot”. This prevents a builder from accessing stuff
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outside of the Nix store, and thus helps ensure purity. This is an
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experimental feature.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The new command <command>nix-store
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--optimise</command> reduces Nix store disk space usage by finding
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It typically reduces the size of the store by something like
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25-35%.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename> can now be a
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directory, in which case the Nix expressions in that directory are
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combined into an attribute set, with the file names used as the
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<itemizedlist>
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<!-- Usability / features -->
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<listitem><para><command>nix-env</command> usability improvements:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>New language features:
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You can write arbitrary expressions within
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<literal>${<replaceable>...</replaceable>}</literal>, not just
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identifiers.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Multi-line string literals.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>String concatenations can now involve
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Very convenient whenever you have some package on your machine and
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you want to copy it somewhere else.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>XML support:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>You can now unambiguously specify which derivation to
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build or install in <command>nix-env</command>,
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<replaceable>foo</replaceable></literal>. <literal>nix-env -q
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--attr</literal> shows the attribute names corresponding to each
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derivation.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>If the top-level Nix expression used by
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<command>nix-env</command>, <command>nix-instantiate</command> or
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<replaceable>value</replaceable></option> can be used to specify
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function arguments on the command line.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><literal>nix-install-package --url
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<replaceable>URL</replaceable></literal> allows a package to be
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installed directly from the given URL.</para></listitem>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Garbage collector improvements:
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from the Nix store. It won’t delete reachable (non-garbage)
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paths unless <option>--ignore-liveness</option> is
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specified.</para></listitem>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Berkeley DB 4.4’s process registry feature is used
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to recover from crashed Nix processes.</para></listitem>
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};</programlisting>
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Previously, this would yield a black hole (infinite recursion).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>nix-build</command> now defaults to using
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/nix/store/8lz9yc6zgmc0vlqmn2ipcpkjlmbi51vv-glibc-2.3.4</screen>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>The concept of fixed-output derivations has been
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columnised).</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>Nix expression language changes:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>New language construct: <literal>with
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<replaceable>E1</replaceable>;
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<replaceable>E2</replaceable></literal> brings all attributes
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