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authorMichael Raskin <7c6f434c@mail.ru>2019-02-21 09:45:42 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-02-21 09:45:42 +0000
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Merge pull request #54980 from danbst/etc-relative
nixos: make symlinks in `/etc` relative (except `/etc/static`)
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@@ -537,6 +537,20 @@
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
+     Symlinks in <filename>/etc</filename> (except <filename>/etc/static</filename>)
+     are now relative instead of absolute. This makes possible to examine
+     NixOS container's <filename>/etc</filename> directory from host system
+     (previously it pointed to host <filename>/etc</filename> when viewed from host,
+     and to container <filename>/etc</filename> when viewed from container chroot).
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     This also makes <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> adhere to
+     <link xlink:href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html">the standard</link>
+     for NixOS containers.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
       Flat volumes are now disabled by default in <literal>hardware.pulseaudio</literal>.
       This has been done to prevent applications, which are unaware of this feature, setting
       their volumes to 100% on startup causing harm to your audio hardware and potentially your ears.