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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml index 4918cc28d706..3dc4c353e257 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml @@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ following incompatible changes:</para> Other more obscure ones are just moved. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The propagation logic has been changed. + The new logic, along with new types of dependencies that go with, is thoroughly documented in the "Specifying dependencies" section of the "Standard Environment" chapter of the nixpkgs manual. + <!-- That's <xref linkend="ssec-stdenv-attributes"> were we to merge the manuals. --> + The old logic isn't but is easy to describe: dependencies were propagated as the same type of dependency no matter what. + In practice, that means that many <function>propagatedNativeBuildInputs</function> should instead be <function>propagatedBuildInputs</function>. + Thankfully, that was and is the least used type of dependency. + Also, it means that some <function>propagatedBuildInputs</function> should instead be <function>depsTargetTargetPropagated</function>. + Other types dependencies should be unaffected. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> |