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Eelco Dolstra
4ada6db1fc * `nix-env -q' now accepts arguments that allow specific derivations
to be queried, e.g., `nix-env -qa firefox'.  This does require the
  argument '*' to be passed if one wants information about all
  derivations, so the old `nix-env -qa' now is `nix-env -qa "*"'.
2006-03-10 10:24:46 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
6dca5c9099 * When obtaining derivations from Nix expressions, ignore all
expressions that cause an assertion failure (like `assert system ==
  "i686-linux"').  This allows all-packages.nix in Nixpkgs to be used
  on all platforms, even if some Nix expressions don't work on all
  platforms.

  Not sure if this is a good idea; it's a bit hacky.  In particular,
  due to laziness some derivations might appear in `nix-env -qa' but
  disappear in `nix-env -qas' or `nix-env -i'.

  Commit 5000!
2006-03-08 16:03:58 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
c8bfb11b34 * `nix-env (-i|-u) --dry-run' now shows exactly which missing paths
will be built or substituted.
2006-03-06 11:21:15 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
7ba1fd2029 * Regularise help text a bit. 2006-03-06 11:04:39 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
74166f2f44 * db.hh shouldn't depend on the Berkeley DB headers. 2006-03-01 17:44:28 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
46f0cb0869 * In "nix-env -i", print a warning if there are multiple derivations
with the same name *and* version number, and pick the first one
  (this means that the order in which channels appear in
  ~/.nix-channels matters).  E.g.:

    $ nix-env ii aterm
    warning: there are multiple derivations named `aterm-2.4.2'; using the first one
    installing `aterm-2.4.2'
2006-02-17 18:11:45 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
7a3e715980 * Fix for NIX-31: "nix-env -i foo" installing all derivations named
foo.  Now it will only install the one with the highest version
  number.
2006-02-17 17:47:54 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
889ef564fd * Fix the infamous NIX-17: nix-env -i prints misleading messages
("installing `foo'" followed by "uninstalling `foo'").
2006-02-17 16:26:28 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
287d0ef41c * Oops, fix breakage. 2006-02-08 14:32:33 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
39f50db731 * Refactoring: move derivation evaluation to libexpr. 2006-02-08 13:21:16 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
9e4ffc43a2 * The "S" bit should be based on the output path, not the derivation path. 2006-02-01 16:47:51 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
db2275cb99 * Oops, the "I" bit in "nix-env -qas" was broken. Reported by Nicolae Vintila. 2006-01-26 23:18:26 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
1d2460ee5d * Documentation fixes. 2005-12-24 23:22:05 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
dfbf520ec2 * Swap the system and version comparion columns. 2005-10-06 15:51:59 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
cec2be64f3 * Only colorise if we are attached to a terminal. 2005-10-06 15:01:46 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
b87b9c0d1f * New query option: --compare-versions' or -c' to compare installed
versions to available versions, or vice versa.

  For example, the following compares installed versions to available
  versions:

    $ nix-env -qc
    autoconf-2.59            = 2.59
    automake-1.9.4           < 1.9.6
    f-spot-0.0.10            - ?
    firefox-1.0.4            < 1.0.7
    ...

  I.e., there are newer versions available (in the current default Nix
  expression) for Automake and Firefox, but not for Autoconf, and
  F-Spot is missing altogether.

  Conversely, the available versions can be compared to the installed
  versions:

    $ nix-env -qac
    autoconf-2.59                  = 2.59
    automake-1.9.6                 > 1.9.4
    bash-3.0                       - ?
    firefox-1.0.7                  > 1.0.4
    ...

  Note that bash is available but no version of it is installed.

  If multiple versions are available for comparison, then the highest
  is used.  E.g., if Subversion 1.2.0 is installed, and Subversion
  1.1.4 and 1.2.3 are available, then `nix-env -qc' will print `<
  1.2.3', not `> 1.1.4'.

  If higher versions are available, the version column is printed in
  red (using ANSI escape codes).
2005-10-06 14:44:54 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
2bcd65ecf6 * `nix-env -e' corrupts memory due to incorrect use of iterators.
Reported by Rob Vermaas.
2005-09-01 18:14:04 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
4c20a08293 * Build dynamic libraries. 2005-07-22 14:52:45 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
9ec7e58aa4 * Handle store path arguments in `nix-env -i' correctly again. 2005-05-09 17:55:35 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
edd145d2fb * Lazily compute the derivation and output paths of derivations. This
makes most query and installation operations much faster (e.g.,
  `nix-env -qa' on the current Nixpkgs is about 10 times faster).
2005-05-08 10:32:09 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
52a2f41320 * Include some required header files. 2005-05-04 16:33:20 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
74ab0695b5 * Compatibility hack with older user environments. 2005-02-17 15:48:50 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
202d5bbda5 * Compatibility with older GCCs. 2005-02-15 12:05:47 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
e17910cfb5 * And yet another installation source: the ability to copy user
environment elements from one user environment to another, e.g.,

    $ nix-env -i --from-profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/other-profile aterm
    
  copies the `aterm' component installed in the `other-profile' to the
  user's current profile.
2005-02-15 10:49:31 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
8992fce3da * It is now possible to add store derivations or paths directly to a
user environment, e.g.,

    $ nix-env -i /nix/store/z58v41v21xd3ywrqk1vmvdwlagjx7f10-aterm-2.3.1.drv

  or 

    $ nix-env -i /nix/store/hsyj5pbn0d9iz7q0aj0fga7cpaadvp1l-aterm-2.3.1

  This is useful because it allows Nix expressions to be bypassed
  entirely.  For instance, if only a nix-pull manifest is provided,
  plus the top-level path of some component, it can be installed
  without having to supply the Nix expression (e.g., for obfuscation,
  or to be independent of Nix expression language changes or context
  dependencies).
2005-02-14 17:35:10 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
e446d342b7 * Added an installation source --from-expression' (or -E') to
install derivations from a Nix expression specified on the command
  line.  This is particularly useful for disambiguation if there are
  multiple derivations with the same name.  For instance, in Nixpkgs,
  to install the Firefox wrapper rather than the plain Firefox
  component:

    $ nix-env -f .../i686-linux.nix -i -E 'x: x.firefoxWrapper'

  The Nix expressions should be functions to which the default Nix
  expression (in this case, `i686-linux.nix') is passed, hence `x:
  ...'.

  This might also be a nice way to deal with high-level (user-level)
  variability, e.g.,

    $ nix-env -f ./server.nix -i -E 'x: x {port = 8080; ssl = false;}'
2005-02-14 17:07:43 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
0cb016c209 * Refactoring. Hope this doesn't break the semantics of `-u' ;-) 2005-02-14 16:16:02 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
6a8ef36fe6 * Global configuration option `env-keep-derivations' to store pointer
to derivations in user environments.  Nice for developers (since it
  prevents build-time-only dependencies from being GC'ed, in
  conjunction with `gc-keep-outputs').  Turned off by default.
2005-02-14 13:07:09 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
b0aba6ec2a * Don't keep the derivation symlink when creating profile generations. 2005-02-14 10:44:57 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
20ce2642fc * Refactoring to support different installation sources in nix-env.
* Set the references for the user environment manifest properly.
* Don't copy the manifest (this was accidental).
* Don't store derivation paths in the manifest (maybe this should be
  made optional).  This cleans up the semantics of nix-env, which were
  weird.
* Hash on the output paths of activated components, not on derivation
  paths.  This is because we don't know the derivation path of already
  installed components anymore, and it allows the installation of
  components by store path (skipping Nix expressions entirely).
* Query options `--out-path' and `--drv-path' to show the output and
  derivation paths of components, respectively (the latter replaces
  the `--expr' query).
2005-02-11 16:56:45 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
c505702265 * Fix and simplify the garbage collector (it's still not concurrent,
though).  In particular it's now much easier to register a GC root.
  Just place a symlink to whatever store path it is that you want to
  keep in /nix/var/nix/gcroots.
2005-01-27 15:21:29 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
a24b78e9f1 * Maintain the references/referers relation also for derivations.
This simplifies garbage collection and `nix-store --query
  --requisites' since we no longer need to treat derivations
  specially.

* Better maintaining of the invariants, e.g., setReferences() can only
  be called on a valid/substitutable path.
2005-01-25 21:28:25 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
96de272b48 * Renamed normalise.cc' -> build.cc', `storeexprs.cc' ->
`derivations.cc', etc.
* Store the SHA-256 content hash of store paths in the database after
  they have been built/added.  This is so that we can check whether
  the store has been messed with (a la `rpm --verify').
* When registering path validity, verify that the closure property
  holds.
2005-01-19 16:39:47 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
ef5f254a55 * `nix-store --build' now builds its arguments in parallel instead of
sequentially (within the limits set by `--jobs').  This should
  greatly improve the utilisation of the build farm when doing Nixpkgs
  builds.
2005-01-19 15:02:02 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
06c77bf7a8 * Change extension .store' to .drv'.
* Re-enable `nix-store --query --requisites'.
2005-01-19 14:36:00 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
863dcff6c5 * Started removing closure store expressions, i.e., the explicit
representation of closures as ATerms in the Nix store.  Instead, the
  file system pointer graph is now stored in the Nix database.  This
  has many advantages:

  - It greatly simplifies the implementation (we can drop the notion
    of `successors', and so on).

  - It makes registering roots for the garbage collector much easier.
    Instead of specifying the closure expression as a root, you can
    simply specify the store path that must be retained as a root.
    This could not be done previously, since there was no way to find
    the closure store expression containing a given store path.
    
  - Better traceability: it is now possible to query what paths are
    referenced by a path, and what paths refer to a path.
2005-01-19 11:16:11 +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
d58a11e019 * Shorten SHA-256 hashes used in store path name generation to 160
bits, then encode them in a radix-32 representation (using digits
  and letters except e, o, u, and t).  This produces store paths like
  /nix/store/4i0zb0z7f88mwghjirkz702a71dcfivn-aterm-2.3.1.  The nice
  thing about this is that the hash part of the file name is still 32
  characters, as before with MD5.

  (Of course, shortening SHA-256 to 160 bits makes it no better than
  SHA-160 in theory, but hopefully it's a bit more resistant to
  attacks; it's certainly a lot slower.)
2005-01-14 16:04:03 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
9530cc3170 * Start move towards SHA-256 hashes instead of MD5.
* Start cleaning up unique store path generation (they weren't always
  unique; in particular the suffix ("-aterm-2.2", "-builder.sh") was
  not part of the hash, therefore changes to the suffix would cause
  multiple store objects with the same hash).
2005-01-14 13:51:38 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
73992371a3 * Refactoring to support SHA-1. 2005-01-13 15:44:44 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
54c7a870d5 * Document --delete-generations and other nix-env options. 2004-11-12 23:56:37 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
cb7ccb528b * string2ATerm -> overloaded toATerm. 2004-11-03 18:12:03 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
a69534fc21 * Drop ATmake / ATMatcher also in handling store expressions. 2004-10-29 11:22:49 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
f09618b63a * Turn on read-only mode in queries. This prevents redundant store I/O. 2004-10-27 10:24:44 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
5fe9222b36 * Don't use ATmake / ATmatch anymore, nor the ATMatcher class.
Instead we generate data bindings (build and match functions) for
  the constructors specified in `constructors.def'.  In particular
  this removes the conversions between AFuns and strings, and Nix
  expression evaluation now seems 3 to 4 times faster.
2004-10-26 22:54:26 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
d830b2c1df * In `nix-env -q', sort derivations by name *without* case
sensitivity.
2004-10-14 15:09:55 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
dcc433de47 * Operation `--delete-generations' to delete generations of a
profile.  Arguments are either generation number, or `old' to delete
  all non-current generations.  Typical use:

  $ nix-env --delete-generations old
  $ nix-collect-garbage

* istringstream -> string2Int.
2004-09-10 13:32:08 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
47f87072ad * A very dirty hack to make setuid installations a bit nicer to use.
Previously there was the problem that all files read by nix-env
  etc. should be reachable and readable by the Nix user.  So for
  instance building a Nix expression in your home directory meant that
  the home directory should have at least g+x or o+x permission so
  that the Nix user could reach the Nix expression.  Now we just
  switch back to the original user just prior to reading sources and
  the like.  The places where this happens are somewhat arbitrary,
  however.  Any scope that has a live SwitchToOriginalUser object in
  it is executed as the original user.

* Back out r1385.  setreuid() sets the saved uid to the new
  real/effective uid, which prevents us from switching back to the
  original uid.  setresuid() doesn't have this problem (although the
  manpage has a bug: specifying -1 for the saved uid doesn't leave it
  unchanged; an explicit value must be specified).
2004-09-09 21:12:53 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
1eddee59f2 * The default verbosity level of all Nix commands is now lvlInfo.
* Builder output is written to standard error by default.
  * The option `-B' is gone.
  * The option `-Q' suppresses builder output.

The result of this is that most Nix invocations shouldn't need any
flags w.r.t. logging.
2004-08-18 12:19:06 +00:00
Eelco Dolstra
292d6468ec * Nix-env operations now by default filter out any derivations for
system types other than the current system.  I.e., `nix-env -i'
  won't install derivations for other system types, and `nix-env -q'
  won't show them.  The flag `--system-filter SYSTEM' can be used to
  override the system type used for filtering (but not for
  building!).  The value `*' can be used not to filter anything.
2004-07-01 13:56:56 +00:00