From 4be7652dd3c577ce0890ee849c041e4cb59a3db7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Christensen Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:47:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] release notes: note that the multi-user installer is available but not selected for Linux with systemd, and the bug about selinux --- doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml index 9a5f37f66..20a8e4ea6 100644 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml +++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml @@ -49,8 +49,38 @@ new features: nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages. + + The Nix installer will no longer default to the Multi-User + installation for macOS. You can still instruct the installer to + run in multi-user mode. + + + + + The Nix installer now supports performing a Multi-User + installation for Linux computers which are running systemd. You + can select a Multi-User installation by passing the + flag to the installer: sh <(curl + https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon. + + + The multi-user installer cannot handle systems with SELinux. + If your system has SELinux enabled, you can force the installer to run + in single-user mode. + + + + Multi-user Nix users on macOS 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. + + This release has contributions from Adrien Devresse,