* The statically linked bootstrap tools are now automatically
reproducable, just do:
$ nix-build ./make-bootstrap-tools.nix
The resulting binaries in result/in-nixpkgs go to
stdenv/linux/bootstrap/<platform>/, and the tarballs in
result/on-server go to
https://svn.cs.uu.nl:12443/repos/trace/tarballs/trunk/stdenv-linux/<platform>/<revision>/.
These are checked out on nix.cs.uu.nl under http://.../dist/tarballs.
* The statically linked libraries all use dietlibc now (except
patchelf and glibc), so they are much smaller. This is especially
nice for the tools in the Nixpkgs tree, since it makes Nixpkgs
tarballs smaller.
* Use Binutils 2.17 and GCC 4.1.1 for the bootstrap.
* The stdenv is now based on Glibc 2.5. I hope it works ;-)
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dietlibc to produce small, statically linked binaries. This stdenv
also passes `-Os' to GCC automatically to optimise for size. It
also tries to prevent builders from linking against dynamic
libraries (which dietlibc doesn't support).
* A function `addAttrsToDerivation' that returns a modified stdenv
that always adds the specified attributes to the derivations that it
produces. Example (from curl):
curlDiet = import ../tools/networking/curl {
inherit fetchurl zlib;
stdenv = addAttrsToDerivation {
CFLAGS = "-DHAVE_INET_NTOA_R_2_ARGS=1";
} (useDietLibC stdenv);
};
(This is needed to get curl to build with dietlibc. Also note the
stacking of stdenv-modifying functions.)
* curl-diet: no longer necessary.
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configuration switches, it should be structured. For instance,
{
firefox = {
enableRealPlayer = true;
};
quake3 = {
dataFiles = "/windows/D/Program Files/Quake 3/baseq3";
}
}
Configuration switches can be obtained using the function getConfig,
e.g., `getConfig ["firefox" "enableRealPlayer"] false'.
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$NIXPKGS_CONFIG or $HOME/.nixpkgs/config.nix. E.g., a configuration
file
{ enableRealPlayer = true; }
will cause the RealPlayer plugin to be enabled in the Firefox
wrapper, which isn't the default case. Previously users had to
modify all-packages.nix for this sort of thing, which made it tricky
to keep an installation up-to-date without losing those local
configuration changes (channels would override such changes
completely, for instance).
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* Run `make oldconfig' before building.
* Split buildPhase into configure/build/installPhase.
* Strip the kernel modules for a huge space savings.
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