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XMLLINT = $(ENV) $(xmllint) $(xmlflags) --catalogs
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XSLTPROC = $(ENV) $(xsltproc) $(xmlflags) --catalogs
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SOURCES = book.xml introduction.xml installation.xml nix-reference.xml \
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SOURCES = book.xml introduction.xml installation.xml \
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nix-store-reference.xml \
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troubleshooting.xml bugs.xml
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book.is-valid: $(SOURCES)
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$(XMLLINT) --noout --valid book.xml
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touch $@
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man1_MANS = nix.1 fix.1
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man1_MANS = nix-store.1 nix-instantiate.1
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man nix.1 fix.1: $(SOURCES) book.is-valid
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man $(MANS): $(SOURCES) book.is-valid
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$(XSLTPROC) $(docbookxsl)/manpages/docbook.xsl book.xml
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book.html: $(SOURCES) book.is-valid
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@ -24,4 +25,6 @@ install-data-local: book.html
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$(INSTALL) -d $(datadir)/nix/manual
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$(INSTALL_DATA) book.html $(datadir)/nix/manual
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EXTRA_DIST = $(SOURCES) book.html nix.1 fix.1 book.is-valid
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EXTRA_DIST = $(SOURCES) book.html book.is-valid $(MANS)
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DISTCLEANFILES = book.html book.is-valid $(MANS)
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[
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<!ENTITY introduction SYSTEM "introduction.xml">
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<!ENTITY installation SYSTEM "installation.xml">
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<!ENTITY nix-reference SYSTEM "nix-reference.xml">
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<!ENTITY fix-reference SYSTEM "fix-reference.xml">
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<!ENTITY nix-store-reference SYSTEM "nix-store-reference.xml">
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<!ENTITY nix-instantiate-reference SYSTEM "nix-instantiate-reference.xml">
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<!ENTITY troubleshooting SYSTEM "troubleshooting.xml">
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<!ENTITY bugs SYSTEM "bugs.xml">
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]>
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@ -28,34 +28,10 @@
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&introduction;
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&installation;
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<chapter>
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<title>A Guided Tour</title>
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<para>
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</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Nix Syntax and Semantics</title>
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<para>
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</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Fix Language Reference</title>
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<para>
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</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Writing Builders</title>
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<para>
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</para>
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</chapter>
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<appendix>
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<title>Command Reference</title>
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&nix-reference;
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&fix-reference;
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&nix-store-reference;
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&nix-instantiate-reference;
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</appendix>
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&troubleshooting;
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<para>
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Nix can be obtained from its <ulink
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url='http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/repos/trace/nix/trunk'>Subversion
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repository</ulink>. For example, the following command will check out
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url='http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/repos/trace/nix/trunk'>Subversion
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repository</ulink>. For example, the following command will check out
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the latest revision into a directory called <filename>nix</filename>:
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</para>
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<para>
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Likewise, specific releases can be obtained from the <ulink
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url='http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/repos/trace/nix/tags'>tags
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directory</ulink> of the repository. If you don't have Subversion, you
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url='http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/repos/trace/nix/tags'>tags
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directory</ulink> of the repository. If you don't have Subversion, you
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can download a <ulink
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url='http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/dist/trace/'>compressed
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tar-file</ulink> of the latest revision of the repository.
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url='http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl:12080/dist/trace/'>compressed
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tar-file</ulink> of the latest revision of the repository.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<warning>
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<para>
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It is advisable <emphasis>not</emphasis> to change the installation
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prefix, since doing so will in all likelihood make it impossible to use
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derivates built on other systems.
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It is advisable <emphasis>not</emphasis> to change the installation
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prefix, since doing so will in all likelihood make it impossible to use
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derivates built on other systems.
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</para>
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</warning>
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<title>Build management</title>
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<para>
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Build management tools are used to perform <emphasis>software
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builds</emphasis>, that is, the construction of derived products
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(<emphasis>derivates)</emphasis>) such as executable programs from
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source code. A commonly used build tool is Make, which is a standard
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tool on Unix systems. These tools have to deal with several issues:
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<itemizedlist>
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Build management tools are used to perform <emphasis>software
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builds</emphasis>, that is, the construction of derived products
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(<emphasis>derivates)</emphasis>) such as executable programs from
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source code. A commonly used build tool is Make, which is a standard
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tool on Unix systems. These tools have to deal with several issues:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Efficiency</emphasis>. Since building large systems
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can take a substantial amount of time, it is desirable that build
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steps that have been performed in the past are not repeated
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unnecessarily, i.e., if a new build differs from a previous build
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only with respect to certain sources, then only the build steps
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that (directly or indirectly) <emphasis>depend</emphasis> on
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those sources should be redone.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Efficiency</emphasis>. Since building large systems
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can take a substantial amount of time, it is desirable that build
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steps that have been performed in the past are not repeated
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unnecessarily, i.e., if a new build differs from a previous build
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only with respect to certain sources, then only the build steps
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that (directly or indirectly) <emphasis>depend</emphasis> on
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those sources should be redone.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Correctness</emphasis> is this context means that the
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derivates produced by a build are always consistent with the
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sources, that is, they are equal to what we would get if we were
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to build the derivates from those sources. This requirement is
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trivially met when we do a full, unconditional build, but is far
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from trivial under the requirement of efficiency, since it is not
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easy to determine which derivates are affected by a change to a
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source.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Correctness</emphasis> is this context means that the
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derivates produced by a build are always consistent with the
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sources, that is, they are equal to what we would get if we were
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to build the derivates from those sources. This requirement is
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trivially met when we do a full, unconditional build, but is far
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from trivial under the requirement of efficiency, since it is not
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easy to determine which derivates are affected by a change to a
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source.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Variability</emphasis> is the property that a software
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system can be built in a (potentially large) number of variants.
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Variation exists both in <emphasis>time</emphasis>---the
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evolution of different versions of an artifact---and in
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<emphasis>space</emphasis>---the artifact might have
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configuration options that lead to variants that differ in the
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features they support (for example, a system might be built with
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or without debugging information).
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Variability</emphasis> is the property that a software
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system can be built in a (potentially large) number of variants.
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Variation exists both in <emphasis>time</emphasis>---the
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evolution of different versions of an artifact---and in
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<emphasis>space</emphasis>---the artifact might have
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configuration options that lead to variants that differ in the
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features they support (for example, a system might be built with
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or without debugging information).
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</para>
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<para>
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Build managers historically have had good support for variation
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in time (rebuilding the system in an intelligent way when sources
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change is one of the primary reasons to use a build manager), but
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not always for variation in space. For example,
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<command>make</command> will not automatically ensure that
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variant builds are properly isolated from each other (they will
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in fact overwrite each other unless special precautions are
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taken).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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Build managers historically have had good support for variation
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in time (rebuilding the system in an intelligent way when sources
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change is one of the primary reasons to use a build manager), but
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not always for variation in space. For example,
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<command>make</command> will not automatically ensure that
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variant builds are properly isolated from each other (they will
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in fact overwrite each other unless special precautions are
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taken).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>High-level system modelling language</emphasis>. The
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language in which one describes what and how derivates are to be
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produced should have sufficient abstraction facilities to make it
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easy to specify the derivation of even very large systems. Also,
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the language should be <emphasis>modular</emphasis> to enable
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components from possible different sources to be easily combined.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>High-level system modelling language</emphasis>. The
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language in which one describes what and how derivates are to be
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produced should have sufficient abstraction facilities to make it
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easy to specify the derivation of even very large systems. Also,
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the language should be <emphasis>modular</emphasis> to enable
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components from possible different sources to be easily combined.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<title>Package management</title>
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<para>
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After software has been built, is must also be
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<emphasis>deployed</emphasis> in the intended target environment, e.g.,
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the user's workstation. Examples include the Red Hat package manager
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(RPM), Microsoft's MSI, and so on. Here also we have several issues to
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contend with:
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>
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The <emphasis>creation</emphasis> of packages from some formal
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description of what artifacts should be distributed in the
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package.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <emphasis>deployment</emphasis> of packages, that is, the
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mechanism by which we get them onto the intended target
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environment. This can be as simple as copying a file, but
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complexity comes from the wide range of possible installation
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media (such as a network install), and the scalability of the
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process (if a program must be installed on a thousand systems, we
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do not want to visit each system and perform some manual steps to
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install the program on that system; that is, the complexity for
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the system administrator should be constant, not linear).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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After software has been built, is must also be
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<emphasis>deployed</emphasis> in the intended target environment, e.g.,
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the user's workstation. Examples include the Red Hat package manager
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(RPM), Microsoft's MSI, and so on. Here also we have several issues to
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contend with:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <emphasis>creation</emphasis> of packages from some formal
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description of what artifacts should be distributed in the
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package.
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <emphasis>deployment</emphasis> of packages, that is, the
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mechanism by which we get them onto the intended target
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environment. This can be as simple as copying a file, but
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complexity comes from the wide range of possible installation
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media (such as a network install), and the scalability of the
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process (if a program must be installed on a thousand systems, we
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do not want to visit each system and perform some manual steps to
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install the program on that system; that is, the complexity for
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the system administrator should be constant, not linear).
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</para>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Reliable dependencies.</emphasis> Builds of file system
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objects depend on other file system object, such as source files,
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tools, and so on. We would like to ensure that a build does not
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refer to any objects that have not been declared as inputs for that
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build. This is important for several reasons. First, if any of the
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inputs change, we need to rebuild the things that depend on them to
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maintain consistency between sources and derivates. Second, when we
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<emphasis>deploy</emphasis> file system objects (that is, copy them
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to a different system), we want to be certain that we copy everything
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that we need.
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Reliable dependencies.</emphasis> Builds of file system
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objects depend on other file system object, such as source files,
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tools, and so on. We would like to ensure that a build does not
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refer to any objects that have not been declared as inputs for that
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build. This is important for several reasons. First, if any of the
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inputs change, we need to rebuild the things that depend on them to
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maintain consistency between sources and derivates. Second, when we
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<emphasis>deploy</emphasis> file system objects (that is, copy them
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to a different system), we want to be certain that we copy everything
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that we need.
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</para>
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<para>
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Nix ensures this by building and storing file system objects in paths
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that are infeasible to predict in advance. For example, the
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artifacts of a package <literal>X</literal> might be stored in
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<filename>/nix/store/d58a0606ed616820de291d594602665d-X</filename>,
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rather than in, say, <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. The path
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component <filename>d58a...</filename> is actually a cryptographic
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hash of all the inputs (i.e., sources, requisites, and build flags)
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used in building <literal>X</literal>, and as such is very fragile:
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any change to the inputs will change the hash. Therefore it is not
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sensible to <emphasis>hard-code</emphasis> such a path into the build
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scripts of a package <literal>Y</literal> that uses
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<literal>X</literal> (as does happen with <quote>fixed</quote> paths
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such as <filename>/usr/lib</filename>). Rather, the build script of
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package <literal>Y</literal> is parameterised with the actual
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location of <literal>X</literal>, which is supplied by the Nix
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system.
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</para>
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<para>
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Nix ensures this by building and storing file system objects in paths
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that are infeasible to predict in advance. For example, the
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artifacts of a package <literal>X</literal> might be stored in
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<filename>/nix/store/d58a0606ed616820de291d594602665d-X</filename>,
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rather than in, say, <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. The path
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component <filename>d58a...</filename> is actually a cryptographic
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hash of all the inputs (i.e., sources, requisites, and build flags)
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used in building <literal>X</literal>, and as such is very fragile:
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any change to the inputs will change the hash. Therefore it is not
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sensible to <emphasis>hard-code</emphasis> such a path into the build
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scripts of a package <literal>Y</literal> that uses
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<literal>X</literal> (as does happen with <quote>fixed</quote> paths
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such as <filename>/usr/lib</filename>). Rather, the build script of
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package <literal>Y</literal> is parameterised with the actual
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location of <literal>X</literal>, which is supplied by the Nix
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system.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Support for variability.</emphasis>
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Support for variability.</emphasis>
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</para>
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<para>
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As stated above, the path name of a file system object contain a
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cryptographic hash of all inputs involved in building it. A change to
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any of the inputs will cause the hash to change--and by extension,
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the path name. These inputs include both sources (variation in time)
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and configuration options (variation in space). Therefore variants
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of the same package don't clash---they can co-exist peacefully within
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the same file system. So thanks to Nix's mechanism for reliably
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dealing with dependencies, we obtain management of variants for free
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(or, to quote Simon Peyton-Jone, it's not free, but it has already
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been paid for).
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</para>
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<para>
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As stated above, the path name of a file system object contain a
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cryptographic hash of all inputs involved in building it. A change to
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any of the inputs will cause the hash to change--and by extension,
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the path name. These inputs include both sources (variation in time)
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and configuration options (variation in space). Therefore variants
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of the same package don't clash---they can co-exist peacefully within
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the same file system. So thanks to Nix's mechanism for reliably
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dealing with dependencies, we obtain management of variants for free
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(or, to quote Simon Peyton-Jone, it's not free, but it has already
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been paid for).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<emphasis>Transparent source/binary deployment.</emphasis>
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Transparent source/binary deployment.</emphasis>
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<emphasis>Easy configuration duplication.</emphasis>
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<emphasis>Easy configuration duplication.</emphasis>
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<emphasis>Automatic storage management.</emphasis>
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<emphasis>Automatic storage management.</emphasis>
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</para>
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<emphasis>Atomic upgrades and rollbacks.</emphasis>
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</para>
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||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis>Atomic upgrades and rollbacks.</emphasis>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis>Support for many simultaneous configurations.</emphasis>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis>Support for many simultaneous configurations.</emphasis>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis>Portability.</emphasis> Nix is quite portable. Contrary
|
||||
to build systems like those in, e.g., Vesta and ClearCase [sic?], it
|
||||
does not rely on operating system extensions.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis>Portability.</emphasis> Nix is quite portable. Contrary
|
||||
to build systems like those in, e.g., Vesta and ClearCase [sic?], it
|
||||
does not rely on operating system extensions.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
|
@ -236,20 +236,20 @@
|
|||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis>Build management.</emphasis> In principle it is already
|
||||
possible to do build management using Fix (by writing builders that
|
||||
perform appropriate build steps), but the Fix language is not yet
|
||||
powerful enough to make this pleasant. The <ulink
|
||||
url='http://www.cs.uu.nl/~eelco/maak/'>Maak build manager</ulink>
|
||||
should be retargeted to produce Nix expressions, or alternatively,
|
||||
extend Fix with Maak's semantics and concrete syntax (since Fix needs
|
||||
a concrete syntax anyway). Another interesting idea is to write a
|
||||
<command>make</command> implementation that uses Nix as a back-end to
|
||||
support <ulink
|
||||
url='http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#legacy'>legacy</ulink>
|
||||
build files.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<emphasis>Build management.</emphasis> In principle it is already
|
||||
possible to do build management using Fix (by writing builders that
|
||||
perform appropriate build steps), but the Fix language is not yet
|
||||
powerful enough to make this pleasant. The <ulink
|
||||
url='http://www.cs.uu.nl/~eelco/maak/'>Maak build manager</ulink>
|
||||
should be retargeted to produce Nix expressions, or alternatively,
|
||||
extend Fix with Maak's semantics and concrete syntax (since Fix needs
|
||||
a concrete syntax anyway). Another interesting idea is to write a
|
||||
<command>make</command> implementation that uses Nix as a back-end to
|
||||
support <ulink
|
||||
url='http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#legacy'>legacy</ulink>
|
||||
build files.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
|
|||
<refentry>
|
||||
<refnamediv>
|
||||
<refname>fix</refname>
|
||||
<refname>nix-instantiate</refname>
|
||||
<refpurpose>generate Nix expressions from a high-level description</refpurpose>
|
||||
</refnamediv>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
|
|||
<cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
<command>fix</command>
|
||||
<group choice='opt' rep='repeat'>
|
||||
<arg><option>--verbose</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-v</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>--verbose</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-v</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>files</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
</cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,444 +0,0 @@
|
|||
<refentry>
|
||||
<refnamediv>
|
||||
<refname>nix</refname>
|
||||
<refpurpose>manipulate or query the Nix store</refpurpose>
|
||||
</refnamediv>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsynopsisdiv>
|
||||
<cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
<command>nix</command>
|
||||
<group choice='opt'>
|
||||
<arg><option>--path</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-p</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group choice='opt' rep='repeat'>
|
||||
<arg><option>--verbose</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-v</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group choice='opt' rep='repeat'>
|
||||
<arg><option>--keep-failed</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-K</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>operation</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
<arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
<arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>arguments</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
</cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
</refsynopsisdiv>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Description</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The command <command>nix</command> provides access to the Nix store. This
|
||||
is the (set of) path(s) where Nix expressions and the file system objects
|
||||
built by them are stored.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<command>nix</command> has many subcommands called
|
||||
<emphasis>operations</emphasis>. These are individually documented
|
||||
below. Exactly one operation must always be provided.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Common Options</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In this section the options that are common to all Nix operations are
|
||||
listed. These options are allowed for every subcommand (although they
|
||||
may not always have an effect).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--path</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Indicates that any identifier arguments to the operation are paths
|
||||
in the store rather than identifiers.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--verbose</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Increases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages printed on
|
||||
standard error. For each Nix operation, the information printed on
|
||||
standard output is well-defined and specified below in the
|
||||
respective sections. Any diagnostic information is printed on
|
||||
standard error, never on standard output.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This option may be specified repeatedly. Currently, the following
|
||||
verbosity levels exist:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>0</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Print error messages only.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>1</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Print informational messages.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>2</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Print even more informational messages.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>3</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Print messages that should only be useful for debugging.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>4</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<quote>Vomit mode</quote>: print vast amounts of debug
|
||||
information.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--keep-failed</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Specifies that in case of a build failure, the temporary directory
|
||||
(usually in <filename>/tmp</filename>) in which the build takes
|
||||
place should not be deleted. The path of the build directory is
|
||||
printed as an informational message.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<!--######################################################################-->
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Operation <option>--install</option></title>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Synopsis</title>
|
||||
<cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
<command>nix</command>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--install</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-i</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>ids</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
</cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Description</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The operation <option>--install</option> realises the Nix expressions
|
||||
identified by <replaceable>ids</replaceable> in the file system. If
|
||||
these expressions are derivation expressions, they are first
|
||||
normalised. That is, their target paths are are built, unless a normal
|
||||
form is already known.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The identifiers of the normal forms of the given Nix expressions are
|
||||
printed on standard output.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<!--######################################################################-->
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Operation <option>--delete</option></title>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Synopsis</title>
|
||||
<cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
<command>nix</command>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--delete</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-d</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>paths</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
</cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Description</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The operation <option>--delete</option> unconditionally deletes the
|
||||
paths <replaceable>paths</replaceable> from the Nix store. It is an
|
||||
error to attempt to delete paths outside of the store.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<warning>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This operation should almost never be called directly, since no
|
||||
attempt is made to verify that no references exist to the paths to
|
||||
be deleted. Therefore, careless deletion can result in an
|
||||
inconsistent system. Deletion of paths in the store is done by the
|
||||
garbage collector (which uses <option>--delete</option> to delete
|
||||
unreferenced paths).
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</warning>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<!--######################################################################-->
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Operation <option>--query</option></title>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Synopsis</title>
|
||||
<cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
<command>nix</command>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--query</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-q</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--list</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-l</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--requisites</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-r</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--expansion</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-e</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--graph</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-g</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>args</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
</cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Description</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The operation <option>--query</option> displays various bits of
|
||||
information about Nix expressions or paths in the store. The queries
|
||||
are described in <xref linkend='nixref-queries' />. At most one query
|
||||
can be specified; the default query is <option>--list</option>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2 id='nixref-queries'>
|
||||
<title>Queries</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--list</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Prints out the target paths of the Nix expressions indicated by
|
||||
the identifiers <replaceable>args</replaceable>. In the case of
|
||||
a derivation expression, these are the paths that will be
|
||||
produced by the builder of the expression. In the case of a
|
||||
slice expression, these are the root paths (which are generally
|
||||
the paths that were produced by the builder of the derivation
|
||||
expression of which the slice is a normal form).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This query has one option:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--normalise</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Causes the target paths of the <emphasis>normal
|
||||
forms</emphasis> of the expressions to be printed, rather
|
||||
than the target paths of the expressions themselves.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--requisites</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Prints out the requisite paths of the Nix expressions indicated
|
||||
by the identifiers <replaceable>args</replaceable>. The
|
||||
requisite paths of a Nix expression are the paths that need to be
|
||||
present in the system to be able to realise the expression. That
|
||||
is, they form the <emphasis>closure</emphasis> of the expression
|
||||
in the file system (i.e., no path in the set of requisite paths
|
||||
points to anything outside the set of requisite paths).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The notion of requisite paths is very useful when one wants to
|
||||
distribute Nix expressions. Since they form a closure, they are
|
||||
the only paths one needs to distribute to another system to be
|
||||
able to realise the expression on the other system.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This query is generally used to implement various kinds of
|
||||
distribution. A <emphasis>source distribution</emphasis> is
|
||||
obtained by distributing the requisite paths of a derivation
|
||||
expression. A <emphasis>binary distribution</emphasis> is
|
||||
obtained by distributing the requisite paths of a slice
|
||||
expression (i.e., the normal form of a derivation expression; you
|
||||
can directly specify the identifier of the slice expression, or
|
||||
use <option>--normalise</option> and specify the identifier of a
|
||||
derivation expression). A <emphasis>cache
|
||||
distribution</emphasis> is obtained by distributing the
|
||||
requisite paths of a derivation expression and specifying the
|
||||
option <option>--include-successors</option>. This will include
|
||||
not just the paths of a source and binary distribution, but also
|
||||
all expressions and paths of subterms of the source. This is
|
||||
useful if one wants to realise on the target system a Nix
|
||||
expression that is similar but not quite the same as the one
|
||||
being distributed, since any common subterms will be reused.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This query has a number of options:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--normalise</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Causes the requisite paths of the <emphasis>normal
|
||||
forms</emphasis> of the expressions to be printed, rather
|
||||
than the requisite paths of the expressions themselves.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--exclude-exprs</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Excludes the paths of Nix expressions. This causes the
|
||||
closure property to be lost, that is, the resulting set of
|
||||
paths is not enough to ensure realisibility.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--include-successors</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Also include the requisites of successors (normal forms).
|
||||
Only the requisites of <emphasis>known</emphasis>
|
||||
successors are included, i.e., the normal forms of
|
||||
derivation expressions that have never been normalised will
|
||||
not be included.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Note that not just the successor of a derivation expression
|
||||
will be included, but also the successors of all input
|
||||
expressions of that derivation expression. I.e., all
|
||||
normal forms of subterms involved in the normalisation of
|
||||
the top-level term are included.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--expansion</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
For each identifier in <replaceable>args</replaceable>, prints
|
||||
all expansions of that identifier, that is, all paths whose
|
||||
current content matches the identifier.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--graph</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Prints a graph of the closure of the expressions identified by
|
||||
<replaceable>args</replaceable> in the format of the
|
||||
<command>dot</command> tool of AT&T's GraphViz package.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</refentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<!--
|
||||
local variables:
|
||||
sgml-parent-document: ("book.xml" "refentry")
|
||||
end:
|
||||
-->
|
||||
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<refentry>
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||||
<refnamediv>
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||||
<refname>nix-store</refname>
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||||
<refpurpose>manipulate or query the Nix store</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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||||
|
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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||||
<cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
<command>nix-store</command>
|
||||
<group choice='opt'>
|
||||
<arg><option>--path</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-p</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group choice='opt' rep='repeat'>
|
||||
<arg><option>--verbose</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-v</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group choice='opt' rep='repeat'>
|
||||
<arg><option>--keep-failed</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-K</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>operation</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
<arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
<arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>arguments</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
</cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
</refsynopsisdiv>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Description</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The command <command>nix</command> provides access to the Nix store. This
|
||||
is the (set of) path(s) where Nix expressions and the file system objects
|
||||
built by them are stored.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<command>nix</command> has many subcommands called
|
||||
<emphasis>operations</emphasis>. These are individually documented
|
||||
below. Exactly one operation must always be provided.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Common Options</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In this section the options that are common to all Nix operations are
|
||||
listed. These options are allowed for every subcommand (although they
|
||||
may not always have an effect).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--path</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Indicates that any identifier arguments to the operation are paths
|
||||
in the store rather than identifiers.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--verbose</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Increases the level of verbosity of diagnostic messages printed on
|
||||
standard error. For each Nix operation, the information printed on
|
||||
standard output is well-defined and specified below in the
|
||||
respective sections. Any diagnostic information is printed on
|
||||
standard error, never on standard output.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This option may be specified repeatedly. Currently, the following
|
||||
verbosity levels exist:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>0</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Print error messages only.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>1</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Print informational messages.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>2</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Print even more informational messages.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>3</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Print messages that should only be useful for debugging.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term>4</term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<quote>Vomit mode</quote>: print vast amounts of debug
|
||||
information.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--keep-failed</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Specifies that in case of a build failure, the temporary directory
|
||||
(usually in <filename>/tmp</filename>) in which the build takes
|
||||
place should not be deleted. The path of the build directory is
|
||||
printed as an informational message.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<!--######################################################################-->
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Operation <option>--install</option></title>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Synopsis</title>
|
||||
<cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
<command>nix</command>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--install</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-i</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>ids</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
</cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Description</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The operation <option>--install</option> realises the Nix expressions
|
||||
identified by <replaceable>ids</replaceable> in the file system. If
|
||||
these expressions are derivation expressions, they are first
|
||||
normalised. That is, their target paths are are built, unless a normal
|
||||
form is already known.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The identifiers of the normal forms of the given Nix expressions are
|
||||
printed on standard output.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<!--######################################################################-->
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Operation <option>--delete</option></title>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Synopsis</title>
|
||||
<cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
<command>nix</command>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--delete</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-d</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>paths</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
</cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Description</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The operation <option>--delete</option> unconditionally deletes the
|
||||
paths <replaceable>paths</replaceable> from the Nix store. It is an
|
||||
error to attempt to delete paths outside of the store.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<warning>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This operation should almost never be called directly, since no
|
||||
attempt is made to verify that no references exist to the paths to
|
||||
be deleted. Therefore, careless deletion can result in an
|
||||
inconsistent system. Deletion of paths in the store is done by the
|
||||
garbage collector (which uses <option>--delete</option> to delete
|
||||
unreferenced paths).
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</warning>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<!--######################################################################-->
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect1>
|
||||
<title>Operation <option>--query</option></title>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Synopsis</title>
|
||||
<cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
<command>nix</command>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--query</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-q</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--list</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-l</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--requisites</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-r</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--expansion</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-e</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<group>
|
||||
<arg><option>--graph</option></arg>
|
||||
<arg><option>-g</option></arg>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
</group>
|
||||
<arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><replaceable>args</replaceable></arg>
|
||||
</cmdsynopsis>
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2>
|
||||
<title>Description</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The operation <option>--query</option> displays various bits of
|
||||
information about Nix expressions or paths in the store. The queries
|
||||
are described in <xref linkend='nixref-queries' />. At most one query
|
||||
can be specified; the default query is <option>--list</option>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<refsect2 id='nixref-queries'>
|
||||
<title>Queries</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--list</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Prints out the target paths of the Nix expressions indicated by
|
||||
the identifiers <replaceable>args</replaceable>. In the case of
|
||||
a derivation expression, these are the paths that will be
|
||||
produced by the builder of the expression. In the case of a
|
||||
slice expression, these are the root paths (which are generally
|
||||
the paths that were produced by the builder of the derivation
|
||||
expression of which the slice is a normal form).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This query has one option:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--normalise</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Causes the target paths of the <emphasis>normal
|
||||
forms</emphasis> of the expressions to be printed, rather
|
||||
than the target paths of the expressions themselves.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--requisites</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Prints out the requisite paths of the Nix expressions indicated
|
||||
by the identifiers <replaceable>args</replaceable>. The
|
||||
requisite paths of a Nix expression are the paths that need to be
|
||||
present in the system to be able to realise the expression. That
|
||||
is, they form the <emphasis>closure</emphasis> of the expression
|
||||
in the file system (i.e., no path in the set of requisite paths
|
||||
points to anything outside the set of requisite paths).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The notion of requisite paths is very useful when one wants to
|
||||
distribute Nix expressions. Since they form a closure, they are
|
||||
the only paths one needs to distribute to another system to be
|
||||
able to realise the expression on the other system.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This query is generally used to implement various kinds of
|
||||
distribution. A <emphasis>source distribution</emphasis> is
|
||||
obtained by distributing the requisite paths of a derivation
|
||||
expression. A <emphasis>binary distribution</emphasis> is
|
||||
obtained by distributing the requisite paths of a slice
|
||||
expression (i.e., the normal form of a derivation expression; you
|
||||
can directly specify the identifier of the slice expression, or
|
||||
use <option>--normalise</option> and specify the identifier of a
|
||||
derivation expression). A <emphasis>cache
|
||||
distribution</emphasis> is obtained by distributing the
|
||||
requisite paths of a derivation expression and specifying the
|
||||
option <option>--include-successors</option>. This will include
|
||||
not just the paths of a source and binary distribution, but also
|
||||
all expressions and paths of subterms of the source. This is
|
||||
useful if one wants to realise on the target system a Nix
|
||||
expression that is similar but not quite the same as the one
|
||||
being distributed, since any common subterms will be reused.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This query has a number of options:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--normalise</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Causes the requisite paths of the <emphasis>normal
|
||||
forms</emphasis> of the expressions to be printed, rather
|
||||
than the requisite paths of the expressions themselves.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--exclude-exprs</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Excludes the paths of Nix expressions. This causes the
|
||||
closure property to be lost, that is, the resulting set of
|
||||
paths is not enough to ensure realisibility.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--include-successors</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Also include the requisites of successors (normal forms).
|
||||
Only the requisites of <emphasis>known</emphasis>
|
||||
successors are included, i.e., the normal forms of
|
||||
derivation expressions that have never been normalised will
|
||||
not be included.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Note that not just the successor of a derivation expression
|
||||
will be included, but also the successors of all input
|
||||
expressions of that derivation expression. I.e., all
|
||||
normal forms of subterms involved in the normalisation of
|
||||
the top-level term are included.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--expansion</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
For each identifier in <replaceable>args</replaceable>, prints
|
||||
all expansions of that identifier, that is, all paths whose
|
||||
current content matches the identifier.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
<varlistentry>
|
||||
<term><option>--graph</option></term>
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Prints a graph of the closure of the expressions identified by
|
||||
<replaceable>args</replaceable> in the format of the
|
||||
<command>dot</command> tool of AT&T's GraphViz package.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
</varlistentry>
|
||||
|
||||
</variablelist>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</refsect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</refentry>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<!--
|
||||
local variables:
|
||||
sgml-parent-document: ("book.xml" "refentry")
|
||||
end:
|
||||
-->
|
||||
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