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Release X.Y (202?-??-??)

  • Various nix commands can now read expressions from stdin with --file -.

  • nix store make-content-addressable has been renamed to nix store make-content-addressed.

  • New experimental builtin function builtins.fetchClosure that copies a closure from a binary cache at evaluation time and rewrites it to content-addressed form (if it isn't already). Like builtins.storePath, this allows importing pre-built store paths; the difference is that it doesn't require the user to configure binary caches and trusted public keys.

    This function is only available if you enable the experimental feature fetch-closure.

  • New experimental feature: impure derivations. These are derivations that can produce a different result every time they're built. Here is an example:

    stdenv.mkDerivation {
      name = "impure";
      __impure = true; # marks this derivation as impure
      buildCommand = "date > $out";
    }
    

    Running nix build twice on this expression will build the derivation twice, producing two different content-addressed store paths. Like fixed-output derivations, impure derivations have access to the network. Only fixed-output derivations and impure derivations can depend on an impure derivation.