From 8ae27030aa4989d42f9335d4b80a5a4d3d6d039c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:39:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add changelog entry for new definition of `system` and
 `stdenv.system`

See the previous commit for details.
---
 nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
index 421208ec0f8c..be225f18c24e 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
@@ -283,6 +283,14 @@ $ nix-instantiate -E '(import &lt;nixpkgsunstable&gt; {}).gitFull'
       from your config without any issues.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+      <literal>stdenv.system</literal> and <literal>system</literal> in nixpkgs now refer to the host platform instead of the build platform.
+      For native builds this is not change, let alone a breaking one.
+      For cross builds, it is a breaking change, and <literal>stdenv.buildPlatform.system</literal> can be used instead for the old behavior.
+      They should be using that anyways for clarity.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>