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Eelco Dolstra bacd3a6cfa * Purify all corepkgs builders. 2005-03-15 12:03:15 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra f3dc231250 * Removed the `id' attribute hack.
* Formalise the notion of fixed-output derivations, i.e., derivations
  for which a cryptographic hash of the output is known in advance.
  Changes to such derivations should not propagate upwards through the
  dependency graph.  Previously this was done by specifying the hash
  component of the output path through the `id' attribute, but this is
  insecure since you can lie about it (i.e., you can specify any hash
  and then produce a completely different output).  Now the
  responsibility for checking the output is moved from the builder to
  Nix itself.

  A fixed-output derivation can be created by specifying the
  `outputHash' and `outputHashAlgo' attributes, the latter taking
  values `md5', `sha1', and `sha256', and the former specifying the
  actual hash in hexadecimal or in base-32 (auto-detected by looking
  at the length of the attribute value).  MD5 is included for
  compatibility but should be considered deprecated.

* Removed the `drvPath' pseudo-attribute in derivation results.  It's
  no longer necessary.

* Cleaned up the support for multiple output paths in derivation store
  expressions.  Each output now has a unique identifier (e.g., `out',
  `devel', `docs').  Previously there was no way to tell output paths
  apart at the store expression level.

* `nix-hash' now has a flag `--base32' to specify that the hash should
  be printed in base-32 notation.

* `fetchurl' accepts parameters `sha256' and `sha1' in addition to
  `md5'.

* `nix-prefetch-url' now prints out a SHA-1 hash in base-32.  (TODO: a
  flag to specify the hash.)
2005-01-17 16:55:19 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 21655a70f5 * Channels. These allow you to stay current with an evolving set of
Nix expressions.

  To subscribe to a channel (needs to be done only once):

    nix-channel --add \
      http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/channels/nixpkgs-unstable

  This just adds the given URL to ~/.nix-channels (which can also be
  edited manually).

  To update from all channels:

    nix-channel --update

  This fetches the latest expressions and pulls cache manifests.  The
  default Nix expression (~/.nix-defexpr) is made to point to the
  conjunction of the expressions downloaded from all channels.

  So to update all installed derivations in the current user
  environment:

    nix-channel --update
    nix-env --upgrade '*'

  If you are really courageous, you can put this in a cronjob or
  something.

  You can subscribe to multiple channels.  It is not entirely clear
  what happens when there are name clashes between derivations from
  different channels.  From nix-env/main.cc it appears that the one
  with the lowest (highest?) hash will be used, which is pretty
  meaningless.
2004-04-21 14:54:05 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 2c5a8bf49f * Use @storedir@, not @prefix@/store. 2004-04-14 10:45:11 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 03f1d1ecb5 * Switched from wget to curl.
* Made the dependencies on bzip2 and the shell explicit.
2004-04-06 08:18:51 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 94175e978a * RPM spec file.
* Respect DESTDIR variable.
2003-12-30 20:09:00 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra ab0bc4999a * Maintain integrity of the substitute and successor mappings when
deleting a path in the store.
* Allow absolute paths in Nix expressions.
* Get nix-prefetch-url to work again.
* Various other fixes.
2003-11-22 18:45:56 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 563afb7fcc * Use passive FTP in wget. 2003-10-02 15:48:47 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra e78f753aa8 * Include the right files in a distribution. 2003-10-02 12:22:19 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra e374dbf89b * A script `nix-prefetch-url' to fetch a URL, place it in the Nix
store, and print its hash.
2003-08-15 10:13:41 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 9ad39df282 * `==' is not a valid operator. 2003-08-06 10:00:30 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra d551062ec4 * Scan for wget and use the full path in fetchurl.sh.
* Use nix-hash (not md5sum) in fetchurl.sh.
2003-08-06 09:35:05 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra aaee69cfde * INSTALL_DATA -> INSTALL_PROGRAM to ensure that the execute bit
remains set.
2003-07-30 10:14:58 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 39ce70025b * Incorporated Berkeley DB and ATerm into the source tree.
* `make dist'.
2003-07-23 15:53:34 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 249988a787 * Allow the output/expression id to be forced to a certain
value; this potentially dangerous feature enables better 
  sharing for those paths for which the content is known in 
  advance (e.g., because a content hash is given).
* Fast builds: if we can expand all output paths of a derive 
  expression, we don't have to build.
2003-07-21 20:07:12 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra ab350eafd2 * Generate nar.sh, fetchurl.sh. 2003-07-18 07:42:57 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 9d56ca219f * Substitute fixes. 2003-07-16 20:00:51 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra 5304a1eb3a * Fetchurl: check md5 checksum. 2003-07-12 11:03:14 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra b96239c657 * Moved the fetchutl package to corepkgs. 2003-07-10 09:11:30 +00:00