release-notes: Add release note about nixos containers directory moves

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adisbladis 4 years ago
parent 81d192cfa6
commit 01e35db278
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      nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
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      nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md

@ -471,6 +471,28 @@
new versions will release.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The configuration and state directories used by
<literal>nixos-containers</literal> have been moved from
<literal>/etc/containers</literal> and
<literal>/var/lib/containers</literal> to
<literal>/etc/nixos-containers</literal> and
<literal>/var/lib/nixos-containers</literal>.
</para>
<para>
If you are changing <literal>system.stateVersion</literal> to
<literal>&quot;22.05&quot;</literal> manually on an existing
system you are responsible for migrating these directories
yourself.
</para>
<para>
This is to improve compatibility with
<literal>libcontainer</literal> based software such as Podman
and Skopeo which assumes they have ownership over
<literal>/etc/containers</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>security.klogd</literal> was removed. Logging of

@ -151,6 +151,16 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
org-contrib, refer to the ones in `pkgs.emacsPackages.elpaPackages` and
`pkgs.emacsPackages.nongnuPackages` where the new versions will release.
- The configuration and state directories used by `nixos-containers` have been
moved from `/etc/containers` and `/var/lib/containers` to
`/etc/nixos-containers` and `/var/lib/nixos-containers`.
If you are changing `system.stateVersion` to `"22.05"` manually on an existing
system you are responsible for migrating these directories yourself.
This is to improve compatibility with `libcontainer` based software such as Podman and Skopeo
which assumes they have ownership over `/etc/containers`.
- `security.klogd` was removed. Logging of kernel messages is handled
by systemd since Linux 3.5.

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