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* Documented some of the more obscure derivation attributes (including

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fixed-output derivations).
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Eelco Dolstra 2007-11-01 13:28:33 +00:00
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paths.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>TODO: <varname>allowedReferences</varname> for
checking the set of references in the output of a
derivation.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Derivations can specify the new special attribute
<varname>allowedReferences</varname> to enforce that the references
in the output of a derivation are a subset of a declared set of
paths. For example, if <varname>allowedReferences</varname> is an
empty list, then the output must not have any references. This is
used in NixOS to check that generated files such as initial ramdisks
for booting Linux don’t have any dependencies.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>TODO: semantic cleanups of string concatenation
@ -54,8 +58,11 @@
<command>nix-store --register-validity</command>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>TODO: magic <varname>exportReferencesGraph</varname>
attribute.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The new attribute
<varname>exportReferencesGraph</varname> allows builders access to
the references graph of their inputs. This is used in NixOS for
tasks such as generating ISO-9660 images that contain a Nix store
populated with the closure of certain paths.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>TODO: option <option>--max-silent-time</option>,
@ -109,8 +116,10 @@
disambiguation (<command>nix-env -qaA</command>).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>TODO: substitutes table is gone, registering
substitutes is now much faster.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The substitutes table has been removed from the
database. This makes operations such as <command>nix-pull</command>
and <command>nix-channel --update</command>
<emphasis>much</emphasis> faster.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><command>nix-prefetch-url</command> now has a