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675 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Antoine Eiche
ea6d37c2bb dockerTools.pullImage: release note regarding sha256 argument value 2017-09-17 08:26:02 +01:00
Robert
1b1fc65505 NixOS Manual: document assertions and warnings (#29206)
* NixOS Manual: document assertions and warnings

* NixOS manual: re-wrap assertions text
2017-09-11 17:12:50 +01:00
Thomas Bach
4d101993bf manual: reworked submodule section for better readability
The section was strange to read, as the initial example already used
`listOf' which is mentioned in the very first paragraph. Then you read
in a subsection about `listOf' and the exact same example is given
once again.
2017-09-10 20:51:50 +02:00
Thomas Bach
f37a1e155e manual: fixed remaining placeholder literal 2017-09-10 20:51:50 +02:00
Thomas Bach
572726a570 manual: name' is not an argument for mkOption' 2017-09-10 20:51:50 +02:00
Franz Pletz
1bed4773f5
postgresql92: remove last references 2017-09-05 18:20:56 +02:00
Graham Christensen
83043c948e
release notes: gnupg programs are no longer suffixed 2017-09-03 09:02:41 -04:00
Joachim Fasting
268eb4adb7
nixos: purge remaining grsecurity bits
:(

Fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/28859
2017-09-02 20:35:24 +02:00
Joachim Fasting
9935806894
nixos/release-notes: grsecurity support removed for 17.09 2017-09-02 20:35:07 +02:00
Graham Christensen
9d2777a5a5
Mark synaptics as deprecated 2017-08-30 20:32:45 -04:00
Franz Pletz
5d5be9706e
Impala makes packaging a life-long addiction
Take that recursive acronym, GNU!
2017-08-30 23:13:56 +02:00
Franz Pletz
6a7066eb53
release documentation: reorder beta steps 2017-08-30 22:51:32 +02:00
Robin Gloster
de31f879bd
release documentation: update to current procedure 2017-08-30 22:24:34 +02:00
Frederik Rietdijk
6d4bd78fad Merge commit '2858c41' into HEAD 2017-08-30 21:07:07 +02:00
Graham Christensen
128cdeffd0
compiz: drop 2017-08-30 06:59:20 -04:00
Franz Pletz
7d1d019650 Merge pull request #27826 from Infinisil/radicale
radicale: update to version 2
2017-08-30 02:17:34 +02:00
Tom Hunger
d269d8dbd6 Uppercase GNOME version. 2017-08-28 19:50:59 +01:00
Linus Heckemann
b73e3b6095 GNOME: 3.22 -> 3.24
This is a squash commit of the joint work from:

* Jan Tojnar (@jtojnar)
* Linus Heckemann (@lheckemann)
* Ryan Mulligan (@ryantm)
* romildo (@romildo)
* Tom Hunger (@teh)
2017-08-28 15:32:49 +01:00
Frederik Rietdijk
31ba3649ec Merge pull request #28189 from Nadrieril/ffsync-non-root
firefox syncserver service: run as non-root user by default
2017-08-24 20:47:52 +02:00
Michael Peyton Jones
e675296a9c Release notes: add note for overlays via file 2017-08-17 22:13:39 +00:00
Silvan Mosberger
e16a0988bc
radicale: 1.1.4 -> 2.1.2
This commit readds and updates the 1.x package from 1.1.4 to 1.1.6 which
also includes the needed command for migrating to 2.x

The module is adjusted to the version change, defaulting to radicale2 if
stateVersion >= 17.09 and radicale1 otherwise. It also now uses
ExecStart instead of the script service attribute. Some missing dots at
the end of sentences were also added.

I added a paragraph in the release notes on how to update to a newer
version.
2017-08-13 17:23:43 +02:00
Nadrieril
69a4836df5 firefox syncserver service: run as non-root user by default 2017-08-12 14:42:50 +01:00
davidak
3270aa896b replace "Mac OS X" and "OS X" with "macOS"
as it is the official name since 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_operating_systems#Desktop

exception are parts refering to older versions of macOS like

"GUI support for Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.12. Note that Emacs 23 and later [...]"
2017-08-07 21:41:30 +02:00
Franz Pletz
0f4179aed2
fixup! reword 2017-08-06 15:16:57 +02:00
Linus Heckemann
0abf9d2b12 Document timezone changes in release notes 2017-08-05 12:06:31 +01:00
John Ericson
a753f2fef7 17.09 release-notes: New breaking change: cc-wrapper exports more env vars 2017-08-04 13:43:38 -04:00
Remy Goldschmidt
7fa034de56 Improved nixos-option manpage 2017-08-04 03:30:35 +02:00
Robin Gloster
dc13376ee2
wvdial: remove 2017-08-04 02:24:07 +02:00
Robin Gloster
a4647bc33f
tlsdate: remove
Dead and does not build with openssl 1.1.
Debian has removed it, too.
2017-08-04 02:24:03 +02:00
Robin Gloster
2799a94963
zfs, spl: 0.6.5.11 -> 0.7.0 2017-07-27 19:00:54 +02:00
Graham Christensen
ef95175ba3
manual: update mailing list links 2017-07-18 07:54:36 -04:00
Domen Kožar
d03178aae3
Point to the new mailing list by replacing the old link 2017-07-18 13:44:10 +02:00
Nadrieril
8669fb1f96 tinc service: BindToAddress and ListenAddress are different options, they should not be mistaken 2017-07-17 13:07:49 +02:00
Pascal Bach
f71d556e18 mysql service: add changelog for changed dataDir 2017-07-08 00:28:01 +02:00
nonsequitur
8210d86041 Release notes: Fix syntax in code sample 2017-07-05 16:39:19 +03:00
Graham Christensen
1eb979db0e
nixos manual: combine XML and validate separately 2017-06-29 11:25:03 -04:00
Graham Christensen
4f3f926906
nixos manual: Remove trailing newline in version XML 2017-06-28 19:58:06 -04:00
Franz Pletz
ba1330b12e Merge pull request #26605 from mayflower/disable-ssh-agent
ssh module: disable agent by default
2017-06-18 22:03:59 +02:00
Manuel Bärenz
858c47c18e Manual: Add paragraph on xserver keyboard layout 2017-06-17 21:37:25 +02:00
Franz Pletz
994ffc01a0
ssh module: disable agent by default 2017-06-15 19:27:01 +02:00
Edward Tjörnhammar
3dcecf09fc
Remove aiccu package and service due to sunsetting.
https://www.sixxs.net/main/
2017-06-15 06:58:08 +02:00
Franz Pletz
ac5258edb2
caddy service: don't use extra dotdir in dataDir 2017-06-13 21:21:59 +02:00
Jan Tojnar
e35f3c0679
doc: Fix some typos 2017-06-11 22:13:42 +02:00
Emmanuel Rosa
4bee34dcc5
doc: clarify building-nixos CD/DVD instructions
This change updates the instructions for building a NixOS ISO so that it's clear how to do it.

Previously, the instructions stated to set NIXOS_CONFIG prior to running `nix-build`, yet the example provided by-passed NIXOS_CONFIG anyway. But the *really* important missing piece is the need for nixos/default.nix. See #21840.

This change removes the NIXOS_CONFIG verbiage, and adds steps to clone nixpkgs and (most importantly) cd'ing into nixpkgs/nixos. That way, the reader may think: *Oh, so I need a default.nix and a configuration.nix. Ahhh, OK.*

I purposely added the redundant default.nix argument.
2017-06-02 21:13:19 -04:00
Pascal Bach
de52d2450e Cleanup PostgreSQL for state version 17.09 (#25753)
* postgresql service: make 9.6 the default version for 17.09

* postgresql service: change default superuser for 17.09

Change the default superuser from `root` to `postgres` for state
version 17.09

* postgresql service: change default data directory for 17.09

The new directory includes the schema version of the database.
This makes upgrades easier and is more consistent with other distros.

* updated nixos release notes
2017-05-30 21:05:39 +01:00
Silvan Mosberger
df8a7d956d ipfs service: dataDir backwards compatibility (#25782)
Fixes dataDir existance detection. Fixes #25759, #26069.
2017-05-24 20:51:02 +02:00
Nikolay Amiantov
ee4f8c2dc9 nixos doc: document coercedTo type
Also mention about docs in types.nix and fix a small error in related
documentation.

Fixes #26055.
2017-05-24 15:52:26 +03:00
Niklas Hambüchen
2df7d4d63a manual: Fix addCheck example having arguments in wrong order.
`addCheck` takes first the type, then the check.
2017-05-21 15:03:16 +02:00
Jörg Thalheim
f279508648 Merge pull request #25934 from nh2/nixos-manual-module-option-never-fix
Fix typo in manual about options without defaults
2017-05-21 09:13:59 +01:00
Niklas Hambüchen
aed1986f2f Fix typo about options without defaults 2017-05-20 17:05:02 +02:00
Antonio Malara
f1ab9f3175 removing the advise to add virtualbox's guest additions in configuration.nix
... because `nixos-generate-config` currently understand it's running under virtualbox, and correctly adds the configuration in `/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix`
2017-05-15 14:23:50 +02:00
aszlig
9dca737d62
Merge pull request #15353 (improve xrandrHeads)
When you have a setup consisting of multiple monitors, the default is
that the first monitor detected by xrandr is set to the primary monitor.

However this may not be the monitor you need to be set as primary. In
fact this monitor set to primary may in fact be disconnected.

This has happened for the original submitter of the pull request and it
affected these programs:

 * XMonad: Gets confused with Super + {w,e,r}
 * SDDM: Puts the login screen on the wrong monitor, and does not
         currently duplicate the login screen on all monitors
 * XMobar: Puts the XMobar on the wrong monitor, as it only puts the
           taskbar on the primary monitor

These changes should fix that not only by setting a primary monitor in
xrandrHeads but also make it possible to make a different monitor the
primary one.

The changes are also backwards-compatible.
2017-05-02 23:14:26 +02:00
Peter Marheine
fd1f1aca9e release notes: incompatible flexget upgrade 2017-05-01 10:10:34 +02:00
Vladimír Čunát
eb4792a03f
nixos manual: add a note about "nofail" FS option
Close #1858, as I think the points have been well resolved.
2017-04-30 14:10:30 +02:00
Jörg Thalheim
fa5196e47e Merge pull request #25005 from Lassulus/copytoram
nixos/stage1: add copytoram support
2017-04-30 11:22:45 +02:00
lassulus
87a4615e27 nixos/stage1: add copytoram support 2017-04-28 20:48:09 +02:00
Данило Глинський (Danylo Hlynskyi)
84b1c0c481 Fix imperative container code examples
Since some time Nixos has firewall enabled by default, so update example.
Also, remove newline escaping (it isn't needed).

Closes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/25174
2017-04-24 22:31:02 +02:00
aszlig
d7a8876c13
nixos/doc: Improve release notes for xrandrHeads
The xrandrHeads option has been there since a long time, so there is no
need to advertise it as a new feature.

Instead, let's focus on just what has changed, which is that we now
assign one head to be primary.

Signed-off-by: aszlig <aszlig@redmoonstudios.org>
2017-04-24 11:54:38 +02:00
Roger Qiu
bb6a5b079f nixos/xserver: Changed xrandrHeads to support corresponding monitor section configuration in Xorg 2017-04-21 22:01:29 +10:00
Jörg Thalheim
c84dd4f09e Merge pull request #24526 from miltador/jetbrains
idea: numerous fixes and improvements
2017-04-11 13:56:20 +02:00
Carles Pagès
d5a623cb39 Update 17.03 release notes 2017-04-03 22:54:34 +02:00
Théo Zimmermann
72070e6dfc doc: improve "getting the sources" chapter 2017-04-01 17:56:29 +02:00
Vasiliy Solovey
4fc2a86795 rl-notes 17.09: add note about idea -> jetbrains renaming 2017-04-01 12:46:27 +03:00
Robin Gloster
cbd6fb1b3a
Release Notes: tracking UIDs/GIDs is in 17.09 2017-03-31 15:51:37 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra
e241fb87a1
Update 17.03 release notes 2017-03-31 15:00:30 +02:00
Robin Gloster
163668f6c4
Release Notes 17.03: update on master 2017-03-30 22:52:08 +02:00
Joachim Fasting
c504e14c87
rl-notes 17.03: add notes about changes to the dnscrypt-proxy interface
(cherry picked from commit 9613677176)
2017-03-30 13:36:08 +02:00
Joachim Fasting
8427222eca
rl-notes 17.03: add note about pre-NSS dnscrypt-proxy
(cherry picked from commit de5d4dc147)
2017-03-29 00:05:48 +02:00
Christine Koppelt
e5c927cb8d NixOS Manual: Update version numbers 2017-03-25 20:14:04 +01:00
goibhniu
170b8da281 Merge pull request #24304 from matklad/uefi-install-docs
docs: clarify UEFI bootloader setup
2017-03-25 13:08:06 +01:00
Aleksey Kladov
edac1d3e7a docs: clarify UEFI bootloader setup 2017-03-25 00:48:27 +03:00
Vladimír Čunát
c1a9dc3d37
Merge branch 'master' into staging 2017-03-23 13:31:28 +01:00
Eelco Dolstra
86721a5f78
Allow attaching to non-child processes by default
The inability to run strace or gdb is the kind of
developer-unfriendliness that we're used to from OS X, let's not do it
on NixOS.

This restriction can be re-enabled by setting

  boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.yama.ptrace_scope" = 1;

It might be nice to have a NixOS module for enabling hardened defaults.

Xref #14392.

Thanks @abbradar.
2017-03-21 18:48:35 +01:00
Carlos D
e6a02918ce Expand on creating USB bootable for OS X 2017-03-21 17:31:10 +01:00
Robin Gloster
c93eb74e6a Merge pull request #23838 from mayflower/remove-md5
fetch-*: remove md5 support
2017-03-21 13:27:51 +01:00
Frederik Rietdijk
94eb74eaad Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into HEAD 2017-03-21 13:04:37 +01:00
Frederik Rietdijk
4263c53f66 Python changelog 2017-03-21 11:05:03 +01:00
Robin Gloster
5e0f932de0
rl-notes 17.03: info on python module location
closes #11567
2017-03-20 23:28:51 +01:00
Robin Gloster
c066dc8416
fetch-*: add md5 support removal to rl-notes 2017-03-20 22:26:02 +01:00
Thomas Tuegel
d458b5401a
nixos/fontconfig: add Changelog message about FreeType update 2017-03-20 10:39:48 -05:00
Franz Pletz
8ab2d2ee27
rmilter service: support only one socket 2017-03-17 23:00:34 +01:00
Graham Christensen
0705346de4 Merge pull request #23512 from matthiasbeyer/doc-fix-xfce
doc: Remove indention from program listings
2017-03-06 17:33:13 -05:00
Matthias Beyer
87f57de8e5 Wrap command in <command> 2017-03-05 14:21:45 +01:00
Matthias Beyer
0a18a56375 nixos doc xfce: Tabs -> spaces 2017-03-05 14:20:49 +01:00
Matthias Beyer
1e3dec3baa nixos doc xfce: Fix missing space 2017-03-05 14:20:48 +01:00
Matthias Beyer
c56587eb30 doc: Remove indention from program listings 2017-03-05 14:20:47 +01:00
Daiderd Jordan
35a65a6704
release-nodes: move disabledModules to 17.09 2017-03-05 14:17:00 +01:00
Thomas Tuegel
044c7d091b Merge pull request #23388 from ttuegel/nixos-plasma5
NixOS: Plasma 5 tests and warnings
2017-03-03 09:50:08 -06:00
Thomas Tuegel
ecb65eceaa
nixos/doc/manual: rename plasma5 desktop 2017-03-03 07:29:16 -06:00
Daiderd Jordan
d88721e440
modules: add support for module replacement with disabledModules
This is based on a prototype Nicolas B. Pierron worked on during a
discussion we had at FOSDEM.

A new version with a workaround for problems of the reverted original.
Discussion: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/3f2566689
2017-03-03 13:45:22 +01:00
Vladimír Čunát
fcec3e1c72
Revert "modules: add support for module replacement with disabledModules"
This reverts commit 3f2566689d for now.
Evaluation of the tested job got broken, blocking nixos-unstable.
2017-03-01 21:56:01 +01:00
Vladimír Čunát
b43614a6bb
Merge branch 'staging'
(Truly, this time :-)
2017-03-01 11:34:44 +01:00
Daiderd Jordan
3f2566689d modules: add support for module replacement with disabledModules
This is based on a prototype Nicolas B. Pierron worked on during a
discussion we had at FOSDEM.
2017-02-28 00:14:48 +01:00
Vladimír Čunát
81b43ccd57
17.09 release notes: fix typos 2017-02-27 23:03:16 +01:00
Robin Gloster
755902b543
release-notes: add 17.09 2017-02-27 20:46:34 +01:00
Vladimír Čunát
a1919db7cd
Merge branch 'master' into staging 2017-02-27 20:15:27 +01:00
Frederik Rietdijk
f69292ddc0 Python: explain deterministic builds in release notes 2017-02-26 14:51:26 +01:00
Graham Christensen
a9c875fc2e
nixpkgs: allow packages to be marked insecure
If a package's meta has `knownVulnerabilities`, like so:

    stdenv.mkDerivation {
      name = "foobar-1.2.3";

      ...

      meta.knownVulnerabilities = [
        "CVE-0000-00000: remote code execution"
        "CVE-0000-00001: local privilege escalation"
      ];
    }

and a user attempts to install the package, they will be greeted with
a warning indicating that maybe they don't want to install it:

    error: Package ‘foobar-1.2.3’ in ‘...default.nix:20’ is marked as insecure, refusing to evaluate.

    Known issues:

     - CVE-0000-00000: remote code execution
     - CVE-0000-00001: local privilege escalation

    You can install it anyway by whitelisting this package, using the
    following methods:

    a) for `nixos-rebuild` you can add ‘foobar-1.2.3’ to
       `nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages` in the configuration.nix,
       like so:

         {
           nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = [
             "foobar-1.2.3"
           ];
         }

    b) For `nix-env`, `nix-build`, `nix-shell` or any other Nix command you can add
    ‘foobar-1.2.3’ to `permittedInsecurePackages` in
    ~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix, like so:

         {
           permittedInsecurePackages = [
             "foobar-1.2.3"
           ];
         }

Adding either of these configurations will permit this specific
version to be installed. A third option also exists:

  NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1 nix-build ...

though I specifically avoided having a global file-based toggle to
disable this check. This way, users don't disable it once in order to
get a single package, and then don't realize future packages are
insecure.
2017-02-24 07:41:05 -05:00
Franz Pletz
9b81dcfda2
nixos/release-notes: fix typos 2017-02-22 08:45:30 +01:00
Jörg Thalheim
27d4f8c717 Merge pull request #23046 from Zimmi48/patch-2
nixos/manual/networkmanager: add info on nm-applet
2017-02-22 01:40:50 +01:00
Jörg Thalheim
6a044f1841 Merge pull request #23045 from Zimmi48/patch-1
nixos/manual/xserver: propose more alternatives
2017-02-22 01:38:25 +01:00
Jörg Thalheim
5b14e91717 Merge pull request #22822 from Mic92/iputils
iputils: 20151218 -> 20161105
2017-02-22 00:37:13 +01:00
Jörg Thalheim
45719174c3
nixos/release-notes: mention iputils changes 2017-02-22 00:32:52 +01:00
Théo Zimmermann
0994d6af9d nixos/manual/networkmanager: add info on nm-applet 2017-02-21 15:20:10 +01:00
Théo Zimmermann
361d730f35 nixos/manual/xserver: propose more alternatives 2017-02-21 14:56:26 +01:00
Lorenzo Manacorda
2c4d9c9228
manual: Add link to config section (#22994)
Add link to "Configuration" chapter from "Changing the Configuration" section.

Also, fix grammar error.
(cherry picked from commit a585f987fa)
2017-02-20 14:32:49 +01:00
Graham Christensen
7483ba0932
Revert "nix-daemon: default useSandbox to true"
This reverts commit d0a086770a.
2017-02-14 14:13:39 -05:00
Graham Christensen
3be1388963 Merge pull request #22767 from grahamc/sandbox-by-default
nix-daemon: default useSandbox to true
2017-02-14 13:57:44 -05:00
Parnell Springmeyer
fb6d13c01a
Addressing feedback and fixing a bug 2017-02-14 07:38:45 -06:00
Parnell Springmeyer
9e36a58649
Merging against upstream master 2017-02-13 17:16:28 -06:00
Graham Christensen
d0a086770a
nix-daemon: default useSandbox to true 2017-02-13 18:06:01 -05:00
Robin Gloster
7e5424ac09
php: default to php71 2017-02-13 22:48:45 +01:00
Linus Heckemann
b4cd251c54 Manual: document users.users.<name>.hashedPassword 2017-02-13 13:54:40 +01:00
Vladimír Čunát
3348905cde
xorg-server: major bump 1.18.4 -> 1.19.1
I encountered no problems with it.  Nvidia binary drivers are tested,
and AMD ones now both set `abiCompat` to use older server versions.
2017-02-12 13:24:44 +01:00
Vladimír Čunát
d4bf624f96
nixos manual: add grub option to avoid #21830
Close #22659.  vcunat edited this slightly.
2017-02-11 12:47:15 +01:00
Graham Christensen
d9ab783f58
nixos manual: correct reference to sddm 2017-02-10 22:52:08 -05:00
Graham Christensen
b12564cc1b
nixos: update default cases from KDM/KDE4 to SDDM/KDE5 2017-02-09 21:52:00 -05:00
Edward Tjörnhammar
2f5fdaefec
nixos, doc: dictd dbs move 2017-02-09 22:23:11 +01:00
Edward Tjörnhammar
3c9d73f100
nixos, doc: named nylons 2017-02-09 21:18:57 +01:00
Vladimír Čunát
378662bbba
Merge #22491: Add documentation for Xfce 2017-02-09 18:39:36 +01:00
Vladimír Čunát
a0505989c9
Xfce docs nitpicks
- fix validity
- XFCE -> Xfce, as that seems to be upstream preference
2017-02-09 18:38:01 +01:00
Nikolay Amiantov
504774e223 release notes: mention JRE changes and jre_headless 2017-02-08 21:36:22 +03:00
Matthias Beyer
de592483d1 Add xfce documentation 2017-02-07 17:55:40 +01:00
Matthias Beyer
bf56d17b2c fixup! Add documentation for XFCE 2017-02-06 09:17:52 +01:00
Matthias Beyer
4b5a230d1d Add documentation for XFCE 2017-02-06 09:10:05 +01:00
Nikolay Amiantov
52c7e647ab postfix service: don't empty local_recipient_maps
From Postfix documentation:

With this setting, the Postfix SMTP server will not reject mail with "User
unknown in local recipient table". Don't do this on systems that receive mail
directly from the Internet. With today's worms and viruses, Postfix will become
a backscatter source: it accepts mail for non-existent recipients and then
tries to return that mail as "undeliverable" to the often forged sender
address.
2017-02-06 01:41:27 +03:00
Nikolay Amiantov
5247140e57 Merge pull request #21875 from abbradar/gateway-interface
Allow specifying interface for default gateway
2017-02-03 02:26:31 +03:00
Nikolay Amiantov
4feb0a998a manual: mention needed options for IPv6 2017-02-02 01:53:00 +03:00
Parnell Springmeyer
6777e6f812
Merging with upstream 2017-01-29 05:54:01 -06:00
Parnell Springmeyer
e92b8402b0
Addressing PR feedback 2017-01-28 20:48:03 -08:00
Frederik Rietdijk
46b1ea260a pythonPackages.ansible2: move 2.2 to separate file, make default
`pythonPackages.ansible_2_2` is now the default `ansible`.
2017-01-27 10:15:31 +01:00
Parnell Springmeyer
a26a796d5c
Merging against master - updating smokingpig, rebase was going to be messy 2017-01-26 02:00:04 -08:00
Parnell Springmeyer
025555d7f1
More fixes and improvements 2017-01-26 00:05:40 -08:00
aszlig
d01b9493c9
nixos/doc/installing: Fix typo in <literal/>
The tag wasn't properly closed which caused the manual build to fail.

Tested with: nix-build nixos/release.nix -A manual.x86_64-linux

Signed-off-by: aszlig <aszlig@redmoonstudios.org>
2017-01-25 21:40:07 +01:00
Pascal Bach
a6968ad43c installing: document how to activate SSH during installation 2017-01-25 21:09:31 +01:00
Franz Pletz
8d5a4c53b8
nixos/release-notes: document conntrack helper changes 2017-01-25 01:14:05 +01:00
John Ericson
7dc4e43837 nixos doc: Mention cross overhaul in 17.03 release notes 2017-01-24 11:37:56 -05:00
Nicolas B. Pierron
0214d94b24 Remove extra "in" keyword from the release notes about overlays.
Thanks to @teh for reporting this issue on the pull request.
2017-01-17 21:24:44 +00:00
Nicolas B. Pierron
8366525cbf Fix release-notes compilation. 2017-01-16 01:17:33 +01:00
Nicolas B. Pierron
2d6532b330 Update overlay documentation by following nits from aneeshusa. 2017-01-16 01:17:33 +01:00
Nicolas B. Pierron
ae7e893de1 Improve the realse notes with the upcoming documentation links, and a better example of how to convert overridePackages usage. 2017-01-16 01:17:33 +01:00
Nicolas B. Pierron
6a83c315ec Add missing line break in the release notes. 2017-01-16 01:17:33 +01:00
Nicolas B. Pierron
f5dfe78a1e Add overlays mechanism to Nixpkgs.
This patch add a new argument to Nixpkgs default expression named "overlays".

By default, the value of the argument is either taken from the environment variable `NIXPKGS_OVERLAYS`,
or from the directory `~/.nixpkgs/overlays/`.  If the environment variable does not name a valid directory
then this mechanism would fallback on the home directory.  If the home directory does not exists it will
fallback on an empty list of overlays.

The overlays directory should contain the list of extra Nixpkgs stages which would be used to extend the
content of Nixpkgs, with additional set of packages.  The overlays, i-e directory, files, symbolic links
are used in alphabetical order.

The simplest overlay which extends Nixpkgs with nothing looks like:

```nix
self: super: {
}
```

More refined overlays can use `super` as the basis for building new packages, and `self` as a way to query
the final result of the fix-point.

An example of overlay which extends Nixpkgs with a small set of packages can be found at:
  https://github.com/nbp/nixpkgs-mozilla/blob/nixpkgs-overlay/moz-overlay.nix

To use this file, checkout the repository and add a symbolic link to
the `moz-overlay.nix` file in `~/.nixpkgs/overlays` directory.
2017-01-16 01:17:33 +01:00
John Ericson
0ef8b69d12 top-level: Modernize stdenv.overrides giving it self and super
Document breaking change in 17.03 release notes
2017-01-13 10:36:11 -05:00
Vladimír Čunát
2b8566f556
release notes: grammar nitpicks in an entry
/cc #21257.
2016-12-18 13:31:56 +01:00
Jörg Thalheim
feb6dbc916 ntp: document new default ntp service in release notes 2016-12-18 12:25:46 +01:00
Théo Zimmermann
fba6537341 doc: correct typo (#21176) 2016-12-15 17:13:44 +01:00
Domen Kožar
073cb330ca doc: remove last mention of <nixos> 2016-12-11 19:51:35 +01:00
David Terry
f067bca841 nixos: docs: note that channels are per user 2016-12-07 09:06:25 +01:00
Eric Sagnes
2b1d67a275 manual: reviewing contributions nixos -> nixpkgs (#20626) 2016-11-22 15:15:02 +01:00