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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/release-notes.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nix-env/nix-env.cc | 7 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml index 161643e52d..3b4525129d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml +++ b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ <listitem><para>TODO: <command>nix-env</command> <option>--set-flag</option>. Specific flags: - <literal>active</literal>, - <literal>priority</literal>.</para></listitem> + <literal>active</literal>, <literal>priority</literal>, + <literal>keep</literal>.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><command>nix-env -q</command> now has a flag diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc index 77b7881711..1a4d8ee587 100644 --- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc +++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc @@ -482,8 +482,10 @@ static void installDerivations(Globals & globals, i != installedElems.end(); ++i) { DrvName drvName(i->name); + MetaInfo meta = i->queryMetaInfo(globals.state); if (!globals.preserveInstalled && - newNames.find(drvName.name) != newNames.end()) + newNames.find(drvName.name) != newNames.end() && + meta["keep"] == "true") printMsg(lvlInfo, format("replacing old `%1%'") % i->name); else @@ -543,6 +545,9 @@ static void upgradeDerivations(Globals & globals, { DrvName drvName(i->name); + MetaInfo meta = i->queryMetaInfo(globals.state); + if (meta["keep"] == "true") continue; + /* Find the derivation in the input Nix expression with the same name and satisfying the version constraints specified by upgradeType. If there are multiple matches, take the |