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Eelco Dolstra 9e975458b4 * Get rid of the substitutes database table (NIX-47). Instead, if we
need any info on substitutable paths, we just call the substituters
  (such as download-using-manifests.pl) directly.  This means that
  it's no longer necessary for nix-pull to register substitutes or for
  nix-channel to clear them, which makes those operations much faster
  (NIX-95).  Also, we don't have to worry about keeping nix-pull
  manifests (in /nix/var/nix/manifests) and the database in sync with
  each other.

  The downside is that there is some overhead in calling an external
  program to get the substitutes info.  For instance, "nix-env -qas"
  takes a bit longer.

  Abolishing the substitutes table also makes the logic in
  local-store.cc simpler, as we don't need to store info for invalid
  paths.  On the downside, you cannot do things like "nix-store -qR"
  on a substitutable but invalid path (but nobody did that anyway).

* Never catch interrupts (the Interrupted exception).
2007-08-12 00:29:28 +00:00
blacklisting * This is a better location to keep the blacklist, since it can evolve 2005-03-24 14:07:02 +00:00
corepkgs * New builtin function "isFunction". You're not supposed to use it 2007-05-16 16:17:04 +00:00
doc * Get rid of the substitutes database table (NIX-47). Instead, if we 2007-08-12 00:29:28 +00:00
externals * Use the new patched version of the aterm library. 2007-08-07 23:40:39 +00:00
make * `dependencyClosure' now allows a search path, e.g., 2005-08-14 14:00:39 +00:00
misc * Finally, a real "let" syntax: `let x = ...; ... z = ...; in ...'. 2006-10-02 15:52:44 +00:00
scripts * Get rid of the substitutes database table (NIX-47). Instead, if we 2007-08-12 00:29:28 +00:00
src * Get rid of the substitutes database table (NIX-47). Instead, if we 2007-08-12 00:29:28 +00:00
tests * Allow empty argument lists in function definitions (e.g., `{}: 2007-05-15 12:14:37 +00:00
AUTHORS * Put something in here. 2004-11-07 20:30:02 +00:00
COPYING * Change this to LGPL to keep the government happy. 2006-04-25 16:41:06 +00:00
ChangeLog * 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 * nix-pull: using nix-prefetch-url (so that we get caching for free), 2007-08-09 23:52:53 +00:00
README * Add SHA-256. 2005-01-14 12:03:04 +00:00
aterm-gc.supp * New suppressions. 2006-03-01 15:40:01 +00:00
bootstrap.sh * Build dynamic libraries. 2005-07-22 14:52:45 +00:00
configure.ac * Give unpacked channels more sensible names than 0, 1, ... They now 2007-05-01 23:16:38 +00:00
nix.conf.example * Kill a build if it has gone for more than a certain number of 2006-12-08 15:44:00 +00:00
nix.spec.in * Fix URL/description. 2007-03-21 12:39:55 +00:00
substitute.mk * Give unpacked channels more sensible names than 0, 1, ... They now 2007-05-01 23:16:38 +00:00

README

For installation and usage instructions, please read the manual, which
can be found in `docs/manual/manual.html', and additionally at the Nix
website at <http://www.cs.uu.nl/groups/ST/Trace/Nix>.


Acknowledgments

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for
use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.OpenSSL.org/)