CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog.

Unreleased

0.12.0 - 2024-07-12

Added

• Make the C++ -std flag configurable. See #557.
• Add module extension for nodejs toolchain. See #505.
• Add bzlmod version of example to the guide. See #556.

Changed

• Update to Bazel 6. See #503.
• Update the rules_nixpkgs guide. See #554.

Fixed

• Make rules_nixpkgs_java depend on remote_java_tools properly. See #497.
• Catch case in which find_children is called on an empty dir by @numine777 in #526
• Make nixpkgs_java_configure work with Bazel 7. See #499.
• Fix java_test failure with JDK 17+. See #553.
• Fix CPU detection on Darwin with Bazel 7. See #554.
• Fix cc toolchain on Darwin using nixpkgs >= 23.11. See #543.

0.11.0 - 2024-03-27

Added

• support for Go 1.21 and newer. See #417.
• support for rules_go 0.42.0 and newer. See #422.
• nixpkgs_flake_package now works even when the experimental features nix-command and flakes are disabled. See #465.
• sigtool and codesign for the cc toolchain on macOS. See #489.

Changed

• nixpkgs_flake_package now only copies the directory containing the nix_flake_file, including any subdirectories, to the nix store. nixpkgs_flake_package would previously copy the entire containing Git repository to the nix store if nix_flake_file was contained in a Git repository. This is achieved via nix' path: syntax. This is a breaking change for nix_flake_files inside a subdirectory of a Git repository that references a path outside its subdirectory. See #450.

Fixed

• Build failure when using -fsanitize=address with the cc toolchain. See #437.
• The Go toolchain now disables the GOEXPERIMENT CoverageRedesign following the example of rules_go and. See #440.
• NixOS dynamic loader issue for Java tools like ijar and singlejar. See #451.
• nixpkgs_cc_configuren with Bazel 7 was causing a syntax error at '%': expected expression" because of a missingtemplate tsubstitution for conly_flags. See #466.
• Build failures with linker errors caused by a missing -F${SystemConfiguration}/Library/Frameworks cc command line option. See #475.
• Processes getting killed on macOS during linking caused by using some tools form darwin.cctools instead of stdenv.cc. See #479.

Removed

• Python 2 support has been removed. See #486.

0.10.0 - 2023-10-18

Added

• nixpkgs_nodejs_configure to import a NodeJS toolchain. See #222.
• nixpkgs_nodejs_configure_platforms for platform transparent npm_install. See [#309].
• nixkpgs_python_configure generates an interpreter target. See #255.
• nixpkgs_go_configure gained an attribute_path attribute. See #288.
• nixpkgs_cc_configure gained the ability to configure CXX_FLAGS. See #298.
• nixpkgs_local_repository now accepts a flake.lock file to generate a nixpkgs repository. See #338.
• nixpkgs_python_repository can import Nix provided Python packages, e.g. through poetry. See #343.
• nixpkgs_http_repository can download a nixpkgs repository over HTTP. See #356.
• nixpkgs_flake_package can add a Nix package from a flake. See #380.
• rules_nixpkgs gained the ability to copy generated Nix store paths to a remote store for remote execution support. See #404.
• rules_nixpkgs_core gained bzlmod module extensions nix_repo and nix_pkg to import nixpkgs repositories and packages in MODULE.bazel files directly. See #423.

Changed

• nixpkgs_cc_configure now supports cross compilation toolchains. See #241 and #401.
• rules_nixpkgs_dependencies takes a toolchains parameter to specify which rules_nixpkgs components to imoprt. See #257
• nixpkgs_cc_configure now works without an explicit nix_file or nix_file_content attribute. See #334.
• nixpkgs_python_configure now exposes the requirements.json file. See #407.

Fixed

• A performance issue with nixpkgs_package on MacOS due to slow file copies was resolved. See #256.
• A performance issue with nixpkgs_package due to repeated rule restarts was resolved. See #263.
• Compatibility issues with Bazel 6 for nixpkgs_configure_java were resolved. See #273.
• C++ build errors on MacOS due to -Welaborated-enum-base were fixed. See #382.
• Hard to read error reporting was improved. See #389.
• The http_archive type attribute is now forwarded to rules_nixpkgs component imports. See #411.
• Configuration issues when cross-compiling from Linux to MacOS were fixed. See #413.

Breaking changes

• rules_nixpkgs_go: Custom derivations passed to nixpkgs_go_configure (via nix-file, nix-file-content or attribute_path) must now contain a version attribute. See #385.

0.9.0 - 2022-07-19

Added

• nixpkgs_cc_configure gained a flag to disable automatic registration of the toolchain it creates. See #179
• Support registering a Java toolchain for Bazel 5 See #185
• Rust toolchain and example See #178
• python-container example See #226
• Allow to specify platform constraints in nixpkgs_cc_configure See #164
• add fail_not_supported to nixpkgs_go_configure` See #167
• add exec/target constraints parameters to python toolchain macro See #169
• Support codesigning on MacOs See #224

Changed

• Split into separate components in preparation for bzlmod See #182

• Detect whether compiler is Clang at nix eval time See #216

  Note: If you have previously passed a custom cc toolchain to nixpkgs_cc_configure you need to provide a boolean isClang attribute now, e.g.:

  pkgs.buildEnv {
        name = "bazel-nixpkgs-cc";
        paths = [ cumstom-cc ];
        pathsToLink = [ "/bin" ];
        passthru = {
          isClang = custom-cc.isClang;
        };
      }

Fixed

• Avoid error when include dirs list is empty See #234
• Ensure nixpkgs will work with Bazel build from source See #231
• Fix call to repository_ctx.file using nix_file_content with nixpkgs_local_repository See #210
• Fix python example build on macOS See #189
• nixpkgs_local_repository strips executable bit of nix files See #160

0.8.0 - 2021-02-11

Added

• Bazel Skylib is now included as a dependency on rules_nixpkgs_dependencies. See #125.
• nixpkgs_python_configure now exposes the quiet attribute for the underlying nispkgs_package. See #131.
• The default BUILD file of nixpkgs_package now finds more kinds of C/C++ header files in the include target. See [#137][#137].

Changed

• The implementation of nixpkgs_cc_configure has been replaced by a more hermetic version that no longer uses Bazel's builtin autodetection toolchain under the hood. The previous behavior is now available under the name nixpkgs_cc_configure_deprecated, if required. See #128.
• The values in the nixopts attribute to nixpkgs_package are now subject to location expansion. Any instance of $(location LABEL) in the nixopts attribute will be expanded to the file path of the file referenced by LABEL. To pass a plain $ to Nix it must be escaped as $$. See #132.

Deprecated

• The old implementation of nixpkgs_cc_configure, now available under the name nixpkgs_cc_configure_deprecated, has been marked as deprecated in favor of nixpkgs_cc_configure and will be replaced by it in future. See #128.

Fixed

• Incorrect label contruction for Nix file dependencies. See #124.

0.7.0 - 2020-04-20

Added

• Define rules_nixpkgs_dependencies in //nixpkgs:repositories.bzl.
• Define nixpkgs_go_configure in //nixpkgs:toolchains/go.bzl
• nixpkgs_package now has a quiet attribute.

Changed

• The constraint value for targets to detect whether Nix is available on the current platform is now called @//nixpkgs/constraints:support_nix. The associated constraint setting is @//nixpkgs/constraints:nix. The old constraint @//nixpkgs/constraints:nixpkgs constraint setting is still available. But it is highly recommended to migrate to the new constraint setting, and update platform definitions accordingly. This is a breaking change for users of nixpkgs_python_configure.
• Show Nix output by default, like in releases prior to v0.6.

Fixed

• nixpkgs_local_repository now correctly invalidates the cache when Nix source files change. See #123.

0.6.0 - 2019-11-14

Added

• Check nix_file_deps and fail on undeclared dependencies (breaking change). See #76 and #86.
• Define a nixpkgs platform constraint. See #97.
• Define nixpkgs_python_configure. See #97.
• Define nixpkgs_sh_posix_configure to generate rules_sh POSIX toolchain. See #95.

Changed

• Hide Nix output, following Bazel best practices for a quiet build.
• Disable implicit nixpkgs configuration loading (breaking change). See #83.

Fixed

• Improve distributed caching by not leaking user specific Bazel cache directory, see #67.

0.5.2 - 2019-01-28

Added

• nixpkgs_package now has a new optional argument fail_not_supported allowing the rule to not fail on Windows (when set to False)
• nixpkgs_cc_configure now has a new optional argument nixopts which propagates extra arguments to the nix-build calls.

Fixed

• The nixpkgs_package is now a no-op on non nixpkgs-supported platforms instead of throwing an error.

0.5.1 - 2018-12-18

Changed

• nixpkgs_package now has a new optional argument nixopts allowing to pass extra arguments to the nix-build calls

Fixed

• The various nix_* rules are now only triggered when one of their dependency has changed and not each time the WORKSPACE is modified
• The nixpkgs_cc_configure macro is now much faster
• nixpkgs_cc_configure is now a no-op on non nixpkgs-supported platforms instead of throwing an error
• The lib filegroup provided in the default BUILD file for nixpkgs_package now also works on MacOS

0.4.1 - 2018-11-17

Added

• nixpkgs_cc_configure rule to tell Bazel to configure a toolchain from tools found in the given Nixpkgs repository, instead of from tools found in the ambient environment.
• nixpkgs_local_repository rule. Works like nixpkgs_git_repository but takes a checked-in Nix file or Nix expression as input.

Changed

• The repository attribute is no longer deprecated. Most rules support both repository and repositories as attributes.

Fixed

• Short repository labels work again. That is, you can say repository = "@nixpkgs" as a short form for repository = "@nixpkgs//:default.nix".

0.3.1 - 2018-10-24

Fixed

• repositories is no longer a required argument to nixpkgs_package.

0.3 - 2018-10-23

Added

• nixpkgks_package now supports referencing arbitrarily named nix files. A bug previously only made it possible to reference default.nix files.

Removed

• The path attribute has been removed. See Migration section in README.md for instructions.

Changed

• nixpkgs_packages does not accept implicit <nixpkgs> version. See #25.

[0.2.3] - 2018-07-01

Added

• sha256 attribute to nixpkgs_git_repository.
• Ability to point to a Nixpkgs fork via the new remote attribute to nixpkgs_git_repository.

[0.2.2] - 2018-04-30

[0.2.1] - 2018-03-18

[0.2] - 2018-03-18

[0.1] - 2018-02-21

[0.1.1] - 2017-12-27