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| author | Jade Lovelace <lix@jade.fyi> | 2024-03-18 18:26:52 -0700 |
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| committer | Jade Lovelace <lix@jade.fyi> | 2024-03-18 18:26:52 -0700 |
| commit | 20b4a97af361695fe7e20eb8584b6900deeae3a5 (patch) | |
| tree | d18861579608d3de4ebf848ab94cdb719b162ced /doc/manual/rl-next/nixversion-fake.md | |
| parent | 30233d87f9cd8b450da096bb3c987b912e71931c (diff) | |
Release notes for builtins.nixVersion change
Change-Id: I72c945cab464d26d73f5594ef0a4bb2184545da4
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diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/nixversion-fake.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/nixversion-fake.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1a97e412c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/nixversion-fake.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +synopsis: "`builtins.nixVersion` now returns a fixed value \"2.18.3-lix\"" +# prs: cl 558 +--- + +`builtins.nixVersion` now returns a fixed value `"2.18.3-lix"`. This prevents +feature detection assuming that features that exist in Nix post-Lix-branch-off +might exist, even though the Lix version is greater than the Nix version. + +In the future, check for builtins for feature detection. If a feature cannot be +detected by *those* means, please file a Lix bug. |