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author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2013-07-16 23:46:01 +0200 |
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committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2013-07-16 23:46:01 +0200 |
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@@ -36,13 +36,64 @@ to download a substitute. See the manual for details. +*** New ‘--key-download’ option for “guix refresh” + +See the manual for details. ** Programming interfaces +*** New ‘package-cross-derivation’ procedure in (guix derivations) + +See the manual for details. + +*** New ‘%current-target-system’ SRFI-39 parameter + +This parameter is like ‘%current-system’, but for cross-compilation. It +allows code in package definitions (such as in the ‘arguments’ field) to know +whether it is being cross-compiled, and what the target system is. + *** New (guix hash) module; new ‘open-sha256-port’ and ‘sha256-port’ procedures This improves performance of SHA256 computations. + +** GNU distribution + +*** Major updates + +FIXME + +*** Noteworthy new packages + +FIXME + +*** Binary packages now available for i686-linux + +The build farm at http://hydra.gnu.org now provides 32-bit GNU/Linux binaries +(i686-linux), in addition to the x86_64-linux binaries. Both can be +transparently used as substitutes for local builds on these platforms. + +*** Debug info packages + +Some packages now have a “debug” output containing debugging information. The +“debug” output can be used by GDB, and can be installed separately from the +other outputs of the package. See “Installing Debugging Files” in the manual. + +*** Bootstrap binaries can be cross-compiled + +The distribution can now be ported to new architectures (currently +GNU/Linux-only) by cross-compiling the “bootstrap binaries”. See “Porting” +in the manual. + +*** Bootstrapping documented + +See “Bootstrapping” in the manual, for information on how the GNU +distribution builds “from scratch”. + +** Internationalization + +New translations: eo, pt_BR. + ** Bugs fixed *** “guix --help” now works when using Guile 2.0.5 *** Binary substituter multi-threading and pipe issues fixed @@ -59,6 +110,12 @@ some (but not all) of its outputs were already present. See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-06/msg00038.html and https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/122 . + +*** ‘guix package -i foo:out’ no longer removes other outputs of ‘foo’ + +Previously only the ‘out’ output of package ‘foo’ would be kept in the +profile. + * Changes in 0.2 (since 0.1) ** Package management |