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| author | Tuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas@tuxera.com> | 2016-08-30 04:46:59 +0300 |
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| committer | Tuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas@tuxera.com> | 2016-08-30 04:46:59 +0300 |
| commit | 03fb2c1f32825dd7d43a456667db5848b47f4ea3 (patch) | |
| tree | 33c06f952cb615835dfde63f2d66e759113a1a74 /nixos | |
| parent | d75596995e4afc44df3d348ca08bd9b98b66a48f (diff) | |
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doc: Document changes to multiple-output conventions
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| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml | 11 |
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml index 1245411be179..29fdc104a7de 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1609.xml @@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ following incompatible changes:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>A large number of packages have been converted to use the multiple outputs feature + of Nix to greatly reduce the amount of required disk space. This may require changes + to any custom packages to make them build again; see the relevant chapter in the + Nixpkgs manual for more information. (Additional caveat to packagers: some packaging conventions + related to multiple-output packages + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/14766">were changed</link> + late (August 2016) in the release cycle and differ from the initial introduction of multiple outputs.) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>Shell aliases for systemd sub-commands <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/15598">were dropped</link>: <command>start</command>, <command>stop</command>, |