From 18f953965598ab585cc4b3f9018463905401bdd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Christensen Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:52:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] nixos docs: add release notes for nix 2.0 requiremnt bump --- nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml index db9e13da065..6da67fe6d1e 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml @@ -139,6 +139,50 @@ $ nix-instantiate -E '(import <nixpkgsunstable> {}).gitFull' seen a complete rewrite. (See above.) + + + The minimum version of Nix required to evaluate Nixpkgs is now 2.0. + + + + + For users of NixOS 18.03, NixOS 18.03 defaulted to Nix 2.0, but + supported using Nix 1.11 by setting nix.package = + pkgs.nix1;. If this option is set to a Nix 1.11 package, you + will need to either unset the option or upgrade it to Nix 2.0. + + + + + For users of NixOS 17.09, you will first need to upgrade Nix by setting + nix.package = pkgs.nixStable2; and run + nixos-rebuild switch as the root + user. + + + + + For users of a daemon-less Nix installation on Linux or macOS, you can + upgrade Nix by running curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | + sh, or prior to doing a channel update, running + nix-env -iA nix. + + + If you have already run a channel update and Nix is no longer able to + evaluate Nixpkgs, the error message printed should provide adequate + directions for upgrading Nix. + + + + + For users of the Nix daemon on macOS, you can upgrade Nix by running + sudo -i sh -c 'nix-channel --update && nix-env -iA + nixpkgs.nix'; sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon; sudo launchctl + start org.nixos.nix-daemon. + + + + lib.strict is removed. Use