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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md index be754f99713b..b5973c19a2c4 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md +++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md @@ -20,11 +20,23 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin - This can be disabled through the `environment.stub-ld.enable` option. - If you use `programs.nix-ld.enable`, no changes are needed. The stub will be disabled automatically. +- On flake-based NixOS configurations using `nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem`, NixOS will automatically set `NIX_PATH` and the system-wide flake registry (`/etc/nix/registry.json`) to point `<nixpkgs>` and the unqualified flake path `nixpkgs` to the version of nixpkgs used to build the system. + + This makes `nix run nixpkgs#hello` and `nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A hello` work out of the box with no added configuration, reusing dependencies already on the system. + + This may be undesirable if nix commands are not going to be run on the built system since it adds nixpkgs to the system closure. For such closure-size-constrained non-interactive systems, this setting should be disabled. + + To disable this, set [nixpkgs.flake.setNixPath](#opt-nixpkgs.flake.setNixPath) and [nixpkgs.flake.setFlakeRegistry](#opt-nixpkgs.flake.setFlakeRegistry) to false. + - Julia environments can now be built with arbitrary packages from the ecosystem using the `.withPackages` function. For example: `julia.withPackages ["Plots"]`. - A new option `systemd.sysusers.enable` was added. If enabled, users and groups are created with systemd-sysusers instead of with a custom perl script. +- A new option `virtualisation.containers.cdi` was added. It contains `static` and `dynamic` attributes (corresponding to `/etc/cdi` and `/run/cdi` respectively) to configure the Container Device Interface (CDI). + +- `virtualisation.docker.enableNvidia` and `virtualisation.podman.enableNvidia` options are deprecated. `virtualisation.containers.cdi.dynamic.nvidia.enable` should be used instead. This option will expose GPUs on containers with the `--device` CLI option. This is supported by Docker 25, Podman 3.2.0 and Singularity 4. Any container runtime that supports the CDI specification will take advantage of this feature. + - A new option `system.etc.overlay.enable` was added. If enabled, `/etc` is mounted via an overlayfs instead of being created by a custom perl script. @@ -81,6 +93,8 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m - [RustDesk](https://rustdesk.com), a full-featured open source remote control alternative for self-hosting and security with minimal configuration. Alternative to TeamViewer. +- [Scrutiny](https://github.com/AnalogJ/scrutiny), a S.M.A.R.T monitoring tool for hard disks with a web frontend. + - [systemd-lock-handler](https://git.sr.ht/~whynothugo/systemd-lock-handler/), a bridge between logind D-Bus events and systemd targets. Available as [services.systemd-lock-handler.enable](#opt-services.systemd-lock-handler.enable). ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-release-24.05-incompatibilities} @@ -105,6 +119,8 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m - `nitter` requires a `guest_accounts.jsonl` to be provided as a path or loaded into the default location at `/var/lib/nitter/guest_accounts.jsonl`. See [Guest Account Branch Deployment](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Guest-Account-Branch-Deployment) for details. +- `boot.supportedFilesystems` and `boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems` are now attribute sets instead of lists. Assignment from lists as done previously is still supported, but checking whether a filesystem is enabled must now by done using `supportedFilesystems.fs or false` instead of using `lib.elem "fs" supportedFilesystems` as was done previously. + - `services.aria2.rpcSecret` has been replaced with `services.aria2.rpcSecretFile`. This was done so that secrets aren't stored in the world-readable nix store. To migrate, you will have create a file with the same exact string, and change @@ -155,6 +171,8 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m - The bundled Lua was updated to Lua v5.2, which includes breaking changes. See the [Lua manual](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#8) for more information. - The WebSocket API [was rewritten](https://github.com/MCJack123/craftos2/issues/337), which introduced breaking changes. +- The `gtest` package has been updated past v1.13.0, which requires C++14 or higher. + - The latest available version of Nextcloud is v28 (available as `pkgs.nextcloud28`). The installation logic is as follows: - If [`services.nextcloud.package`](#opt-services.nextcloud.package) is specified explicitly, this package will be installed (**recommended**) - If [`system.stateVersion`](#opt-system.stateVersion) is >=24.05, `pkgs.nextcloud28` will be installed by default. @@ -165,12 +183,18 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m - The `cudaPackages` package scope has been updated to `cudaPackages_12`. +- Ada packages (libraries and tools) have been moved into the `gnatPackages` scope. `gnatPackages` uses the default GNAT compiler, `gnat12Packages` and `gnat13Packages` use the respective matching compiler version. + +- `spark2014` has been renamed to `gnatprove`. A version of `gnatprove` matching different GNAT versions is available from the different `gnatPackages` sets. + - `services.resolved.fallbackDns` can now be used to disable the upstream fallback servers entirely by setting it to an empty list. To get the previous behaviour of the upstream defaults set it to null, the new default, instead. - `xxd` has been moved from `vim` default output to its own output to reduce closure size. The canonical way to reference it across all platforms is `unixtools.xxd`. - The `stalwart-mail` package has been updated to v0.5.3, which includes [breaking changes](https://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server/blob/v0.5.3/UPGRADING.md). +- `services.zope2` has been removed as `zope2` is unmaintained and was relying on Python2. + - `services.avahi.nssmdns` got split into `services.avahi.nssmdns4` and `services.avahi.nssmdns6` which enable the mDNS NSS switch for IPv4 and IPv6 respectively. Since most mDNS responders only register IPv4 addresses, most users want to keep the IPv6 support disabled to avoid long timeouts. |