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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="ssec-relnotes-2.1">
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<title>Release 2.1 (2018-09-02)</title>
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<para>This is primarily a bug fix release. It also reduces memory
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consumption in certain situations. In addition, it has the following
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new features:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Nix installer will no longer default to the Multi-User
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installation for macOS. You can still <link
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linkend="sect-multi-user-installation">instruct the installer to
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run in multi-user mode</link>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Nix installer now supports performing a Multi-User
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installation for Linux computers which are running systemd. You
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can <link
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linkend="sect-multi-user-installation">select a Multi-User installation</link> by passing the
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<option>--daemon</option> flag to the installer: <command>sh <(curl
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https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon</command>.
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</para>
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<para>The multi-user installer cannot handle systems with SELinux.
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If your system has SELinux enabled, you can <link
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linkend="sect-single-user-installation">force the installer to run
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in single-user mode</link>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>New builtin functions:
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<literal>builtins.bitAnd</literal>,
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<literal>builtins.bitOr</literal>,
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<literal>builtins.bitXor</literal>,
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<literal>builtins.fromTOML</literal>,
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<literal>builtins.concatMap</literal>,
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<literal>builtins.mapAttrs</literal>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The S3 binary cache store now supports uploading NARs larger
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than 5 GiB.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The S3 binary cache store now supports uploading to
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S3-compatible services with the <literal>endpoint</literal>
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option.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The flag <option>--fallback</option> is no longer required
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to recover from disappeared NARs in binary caches.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix-daemon</command> now respects
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<option>--store</option>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>nix run</command> now respects
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<varname>nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages</varname>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>This release has contributions from
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Adrien Devresse,
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Aleksandr Pashkov,
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Alexandre Esteves,
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Amine Chikhaoui,
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Andrew Dunham,
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Asad Saeeduddin,
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aszlig,
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Ben Challenor,
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Ben Gamari,
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Benjamin Hipple,
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Bogdan Seniuc,
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Corey O'Connor,
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Daiderd Jordan,
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Daniel Peebles,
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Daniel Poelzleithner,
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Danylo Hlynskyi,
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Dmitry Kalinkin,
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Domen Kožar,
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Doug Beardsley,
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Eelco Dolstra,
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Erik Arvstedt,
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Félix Baylac-Jacqué,
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Gleb Peregud,
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Graham Christensen,
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Guillaume Maudoux,
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Ivan Kozik,
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John Arnold,
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Justin Humm,
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Linus Heckemann,
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Lorenzo Manacorda,
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Matthew Justin Bauer,
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Matthew O'Gorman,
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Maximilian Bosch,
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Michael Bishop,
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Michael Fiano,
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Michael Mercier,
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Michael Raskin,
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Michael Weiss,
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Nicolas Dudebout,
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Peter Simons,
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Ryan Trinkle,
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Samuel Dionne-Riel,
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Sean Seefried,
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Shea Levy,
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Symphorien Gibol,
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Tim Engler,
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Tim Sears,
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Tuomas Tynkkynen,
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volth,
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Will Dietz,
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Yorick van Pelt and
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zimbatm.
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</para>
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</section>
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