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2006-03-01* Simplification.Eelco Dolstra
2006-03-01* Make it easy to run individual tests from the command line.Eelco Dolstra
2005-04-08* nix-store: `--substitute' -> `--register-substitutes'.Eelco Dolstra
2005-02-09* Propagate the deriver of a path through the substitute mechanism.Eelco Dolstra
* Removed some dead code (successor stuff) from nix-push. * Updated terminology in the tests (store expr -> drv path). * Check that the deriver is set properly in the tests.
2005-01-25* Re-enable all tests.Eelco Dolstra
2005-01-25* Fix the `--fallback' switch.Eelco Dolstra
* Fix the substitutes tests.
2004-12-20* I love test sets.Eelco Dolstra
2004-06-28* Typo.Eelco Dolstra
2004-06-28* Added a switch `--fallback'. From the manual:Eelco Dolstra
Whenever Nix attempts to realise a derivation for which a closure is already known, but this closure cannot be realised, fall back on normalising the derivation. The most common scenario in which this is useful is when we have registered substitutes in order to perform binary distribution from, say, a network repository. If the repository is down, the realisation of the derivation will fail. When this option is specified, Nix will build the derivation instead. Thus, binary installation falls back on a source installation. This option is not the default since it is generally not desirable for a transient failure in obtaining the substitutes to lead to a full build from source (with the related consumption of resources).