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Docs: update fixed output hashes

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`fetchurl` will now throw if given an `md5`, and the hashes have generally
been upgraded to avoid it and use `sha256` as a default. This updates the
documentation examples in the manual accordingly.
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Benjamin Hipple 2018-10-04 02:37:15 +00:00
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doc/manual/expressions/advanced-attributes.xml
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@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ fetchurl {
<programlisting>
{ stdenv, curl }: # The <command>curl</command> program is used for downloading.
{ url, md5 }:
{ url, sha256 }:
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = baseNameOf (toString url);
@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
buildInputs = [ curl ];
# This is a fixed-output derivation; the output must be a regular
# file with MD5 hash <varname>md5</varname>.
# file with SHA256 hash <varname>sha256</varname>.
outputHashMode = "flat";
outputHashAlgo = "md5";
outputHash = md5;
outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
outputHash = sha256;
inherit url;
}
@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
<para>The <varname>outputHashAlgo</varname> attribute specifies
the hash algorithm used to compute the hash. It can currently be
<literal>"md5"</literal>, <literal>"sha1"</literal> or
<literal>"sha256"</literal>.</para>
<literal>"sha1"</literal>, <literal>"sha256"</literal> or
<literal>"sha512"</literal>.</para>
<para>The <varname>outputHashMode</varname> attribute determines
how the hash is computed. It must be one of the following two
@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
<listitem><para>The output must be a non-executable regular
file. If it isn’t, the build fails. The hash is simply
computed over the contents of that file (so it’s equal to what
Unix commands like <command>md5sum</command> or
Unix commands like <command>sha256sum</command> or
<command>sha1sum</command> produce).</para>
<para>This is the default.</para></listitem>