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| author | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2021-01-22 20:33:55 -0500 |
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| committer | John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems> | 2021-01-23 10:01:28 -0500 |
| commit | 9c213398b312e0f0bb9cdf05090fd20223a82ad0 (patch) | |
| tree | c645a940abedfc4abf51dbb99ce1a8e871e5e799 /nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml | |
| parent | 2bc16b381e09eeb75deefdf6fd5bdc4771b795f3 (diff) | |
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lib: Clean up how linux and gcc config is specified
Second attempt of 8929989614589ee3acd070a6409b2b9700c92d65; see that commit for details. This reverts commit 0bc275e63423456d6deb650e146120c39c1e0723.
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml index 94e42369b60..c706cd30fce 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml @@ -603,6 +603,22 @@ http://some.json-exporter.host:7979/probe?target=https://example.com/some/json/e <literal>/etc/netgroup</literal> defines network-wide groups and may affect to setups using NIS. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Platforms, like <varname>stdenv.hostPlatform</varname>, no longer have a <varname>platform</varname> attribute. + It has been (mostly) flattoned away: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><varname>platform.gcc</varname> is now <varname>gcc</varname></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>platform.kernel*</literal> is now <literal>linux-kernel.*</literal></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <para> + Additionally, <varname>platform.kernelArch</varname> moved to the top level as <varname>linuxArch</varname> to match the other <literal>*Arch</literal> variables. + </para> + <para> + The <varname>platform</varname> grouping of these things never meant anything, and was just a historial/implementation artifact that was overdue removal. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </section> |