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authorleenaars <leenaars@users.noreply.github.com>2018-06-25 00:35:06 +0200
committerxeji <36407913+xeji@users.noreply.github.com>2018-06-25 00:35:06 +0200
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Update message to reflect nix 2.0 availability of imperative nix-update (#36123)
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@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ if ! builtins ? nixVersion || builtins.compareVersions requiredVersion builtins.
 
     This version of Nixpkgs requires Nix >= ${requiredVersion}, please upgrade:
 
-    - If you are running NixOS, use `nixos-rebuild' to upgrade your system.
+    - If you are running NixOS, `nixos-rebuild' can be used to upgrade your system.
+
+    - Alternatively, with Nix > 2.0 `nix upgrade-nix' can be used to imperatively
+      upgrade Nix. You may use `nix-env --version' to check which version you have.
 
     - If you installed Nix using the install script (https://nixos.org/nix/install),
       it is safe to upgrade by running it again: