doc: add release note credits and categories for all the changes in Lix
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synopsis: Concise error printing in `nix repl`
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prs: 9928
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cls: 811
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category: Improvements
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credits: 9999years
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Previously, if an element of a list or attribute set threw an error while
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synopsis: "`--debugger` can now access bindings from `let` expressions"
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prs: 9918
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issues: 8827
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category: Fixes
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credits: 9999years
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Breakpoints and errors in the bindings of a `let` expression can now access
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synopsis: Enter the `--debugger` when `builtins.trace` is called if `debugger-on-trace` is set
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prs: 9914
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category: Features
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credits: 9999years
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If the `debugger-on-trace` option is set and `--debugger` is given,
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synopsis: Stop vendoring toml11
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cls: 675
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category: Packaging
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credits: winter
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We don't apply any patches to it, and vendoring it locks users into
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synopsis: Fix handling of truncated `.drv` files.
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prs: 9673
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category: Fixes
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credits: horrors
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Previously a `.drv` that was truncated in the middle of a string would case nix to enter an infinite loop, eventually exhausting all memory and crashing.
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synopsis: Duplicate attribute reports are more accurate
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cls: 557
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credits: horrors
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category: Improvements
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Duplicate attribute errors are now more accurate, showing the path at which an error was detected rather than the full, possibly longer, path that caused the error.
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synopsis: Disallow empty search regex in `nix search`
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prs: 9481
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credits: [iFreilicht, horrors]
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category: Miscellany
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[`nix search`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-search.md) now requires a search regex to be passed. To show all packages, use `^`.
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synopsis: The `--debugger` will start more reliably in `let` expressions and function calls
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prs: 9917
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issues: 6649
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credits: [9999years, horrors]
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category: Fixes
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Previously, if you attempted to evaluate this file with the debugger:
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synopsis: Reduce eval memory usage and wall time
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prs: 9658
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cls: 207
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credits: horrors
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category: Improvements
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Reduce the size of the `Env` struct used in the evaluator by a pointer, or 8 bytes on most modern machines.
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synopsis: Add new `eval-system` setting
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prs: 4093
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credits: [matthewbauer, horrors]
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category: Features
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Add a new `eval-system` option.
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synopsis: Creating setuid/setgid binaries with fchmodat2 is now prohibited by the build sandbox
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prs: 10501
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credits: ma27
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category: Fixes
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The build sandbox blocks any attempt to create setuid/setgid binaries, but didn't check
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synopsis: Fix nested flake input `follows`
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prs: 6621
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cls: 994
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credits: [Kha, ma27]
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category: Fixes
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significance: significant
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Previously nested-input overrides were ignored; that is, the following did not
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synopsis: Nested debuggers are no longer supported
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prs: 9920
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credits: 9999years
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category: Improvements
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Previously, evaluating an expression that throws an error in the debugger would
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synopsis: consistent order of lambda formals in printed expressions
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prs: 9874
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credits: horrors
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category: Fixes
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Always print lambda formals in lexicographic order rather than the internal, creation-time based symbol order.
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synopsis: fix duplicate attribute error positions for `inherit`
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prs: 9874
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credits: horrors
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category: Fixes
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When an inherit caused a duplicate attribute error the position of the error was not reported correctly, placing the error with the inherit itself or at the start of the bindings block instead of the offending attribute name.
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When an inherit caused a duplicate attribute error, the position of the error was not reported correctly, placing the error with the inherit itself or at the start of the bindings block instead of the offending attribute name.
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synopsis: "`inherit (x) ...` evaluates `x` only once"
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prs: 9847
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category: Fixes
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credits: horrors
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`inherit (x) a b ...` now evaluates the expression `x` only once for all inherited attributes rather than once for each inherited attribute.
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synopsis: Store paths are allowed to start with `.`
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issues: 912
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prs: [9867, 9091, 9095, 9120, 9121, 9122, 9130, 9219, 9224]
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credits: [roberth, horrors]
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category: Fixes
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Leading periods were allowed by accident in Nix 2.4. The Nix team has considered this to be a bug, but this behavior has since been relied on by users, leading to unnecessary difficulties.
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synopsis: Lix turns more internal bugs into crashes
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cls: [797, 626]
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credits: jade
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category: Packaging
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significance: significant
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Lix now enables build options such as trapping on signed overflow and enabling
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synopsis: rename 'nix show-config' to 'nix config show'
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issues: 7672
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prs: 9477
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cls: 993
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credits: [thufschmitt, ma27]
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category: Improvements
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`nix show-config` was renamed to `nix config show` to be more consistent with the rest of the command-line interface.
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Running `nix show-config` will now print a deprecation warning saying to use `nix config show` instead.
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synopsis: Fix `nix-env --query --drv-path --json`
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prs: 9257
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credits: [Artturin, horrors]
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category: Fixes
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Fixed a bug where `nix-env --query` ignored `--drv-path` when `--json` was set.
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synopsis: "`nix flake check` logs the checks"
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issues: 8882
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prs: 8893
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cls: [259, 260, 261, 262]
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credits: [9999years, raito, horrors]
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category: Improvements
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significance: significant
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`nix flake check` now logs the checks it runs and the derivations it evaluates:
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synopsis: "`Overhaul `nix flake update` and `nix flake lock` UX"
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synopsis: "Overhaul `nix flake update` and `nix flake lock` UX"
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prs: 8817
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credits: [iFreilicht, Lunaphied, thufschmitt]
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category: Breaking Changes
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The interface for creating and updating lock files has been overhauled:
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synopsis: "`nix profile` now allows referring to elements by human-readable name, and no longer accepts indices"
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prs: 8678
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cls: [978, 980]
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category: Breaking Changes
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credits: [iFreilicht, Qyriad, edolstra]
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[`nix profile`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile.md) now uses names to refer to installed packages when running [`list`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile-list.md), [`remove`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile-remove.md) or [`upgrade`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-profile-upgrade.md) as opposed to indices. Indices have been removed. Profile element names are generated when a package is installed and remain the same until the package is removed.
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synopsis: "`builtins.nixVersion` now returns a fixed value \"2.18.3-lix\""
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cls: 558
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credits: jade
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category: Breaking Changes
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`builtins.nixVersion` now returns a fixed value `"2.18.3-lix"`. This prevents
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synopsis: re-evaluate cached evaluation errors
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cls: 771
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credits: Qyriad
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category: Fixes
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"cached failure of [expr]" errors have been removed: expressions already in the
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synopsis: Coercion errors include the failing value
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issues: 561
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prs: 9754
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credits: [9999years, horrors]
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category: Improvements
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The `error: cannot coerce a <TYPE> to a string` message now includes the value
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synopsis: Type errors include the failing value
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issues: 561
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prs: 9753
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credits: [9999years, horrors]
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category: Improvements
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In errors like `value is an integer while a list was expected`, the message now
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synopsis: "Visual clutter in `--debugger` is reduced"
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prs: 9919
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category: Improvements
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credits: [9999years, horrors]
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synopsis: Experimental REPL support for documentation comments using `:doc`
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cls: 564
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category: Features
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credits: [Lunaphied, jade]
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significance: significant
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Using `:doc` in the REPL now supports showing documentation comments when defined on a function.
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synopsis: Add `repl-overlays` option
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prs: 10203
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cls: 504
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credits: 9999years
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significance: significant
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category: Features
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A `repl-overlays` option has been added, which specifies files that can overlay
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synopsis: reintroduce shortened `-E` form for `--expr` to new CLI
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cls: 605
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credits: Lunaphied
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category: Improvements
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In the past, it was possible to supply a shorter `-E` flag instead of fully
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In the old CLI, it was possible to supply a shorter `-E` flag instead of fully
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specifying `--expr` every time you wished to provide an expression that would
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be evaluated to produce the given command's input. This was retained for the
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`--file` flag when the new CLI utilities were written with `-f`, but `-E` was
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synopsis: "In the debugger, `while evaluating the attribute` errors now include position information"
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prs: 9915
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credits: 9999years
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category: Fixes
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synopsis: Source locations are printed more consistently in errors
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issues: 561
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prs: 9555
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credits: [9999years, horrors]
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category: Improvements
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Source location information is now included in error messages more
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synopsis: Some stack overflow segfaults are fixed
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issues: 9616
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prs: 9617
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cls: 205
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category: Improvements
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credits: [9999years, horrors]
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The number of nested function calls has been restricted, to detect and report
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synopsis: add --store-path argument to `nix upgrade-nix`, to manually specify the Nix to upgrade to
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synopsis: add `--store-path` argument to `nix upgrade-nix`, to manually specify the Nix to upgrade to
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cls: 953
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credits: Qyriad
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category: Features
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`nix upgrade-nix` by default downloads a manifest to find the new Nix version to upgrade to, but now you can specify `--store-path` to upgrade Nix to an arbitrary version from the Nix store.
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synopsis: using `nix profile` on `/nix/var/nix/profiles/default` no longer breaks `nix upgrade-nix`
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cls: 952
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credits: Qyriad
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category: Fixes
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On non-NixOS, Nix is conventionally installed into a `nix-env` style profile at /nix/var/nix/profiles/default.
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synopsis: Upstart scripts removed
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cls: 574
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category: Packaging
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credits: jade
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Upstart scripts have been removed from Lix, since Upstart is obsolete and has
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synopsis: Better error reporting for `with` expressions
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prs: 9658
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cls: 207
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credits: horrors
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category: Improvements
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`with` expressions using non-attrset values to resolve variables are now reported with proper positions.
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