2.9 KiB
Nixpkgs 25.11 ("Xantusia", 2025.11/??)
Highlights
- The initial work to support native compilation on LoongArch64 has completed, with further changes currently
in preparation. In accordance with the Software Development and Build Convention for LoongArch Architectures,
this release sets the default march level to
la64v1.0, covering the desktop and server processors of 3X5000 and newer series. However, embedded chips without LSX (Loongson SIMD eXtension), such as 2K0300 SoC, are not supported.pkgsCross.loongarch64-linux-embeddedcan be used to build software and systems for these platforms.
Backward Incompatibilities
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The
offrsspackage was removed due to lack of upstream maintenance since 2012. It's recommended for users to migrate to another RSS reader -
base16-buildernode package has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. -
gentiumpackage now providesGentium-*.ttffiles, and notGentiumPlus-*.ttffiles like before. The font identifiersGentium Plus*are available in thegentium-pluspackage, and if you want to use the more recently updated packagegentiumby sil, you should update your configuration files to use theGentiumfont identifier.
Other Notable Changes
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Added
rewriteURLattribute to the nixpkgsconfig, to allow for rewriting the URLs downloaded byfetchurl. -
New hardening flags,
strictflexarrays1andstrictflexarrays3were made available, corresponding to the gcc/clang options-fstrict-flex-arrays=1and-fstrict-flex-arrays=3respectively.
Nixpkgs Library
Breaking changes
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Deprecations
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Additions and Improvements
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neovim: Added support for thevim.o.exrcoption, theVIMINITenvironment variable, and sourcing ofsysinit.vim.See the neovim help page
:help startupfor more information, as well as the nixpkgs neovim wrapper documentation.