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<title>Release 15.09 (“Dingo”, 2015/09/??)</title>
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<para>In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights:
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<para>In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release
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has the following highlights:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The Haskell packages infrastructure has been re-designed from the ground up.
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NixOS now distributes the latest version of every single package registered on
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<link xlink:href="http://hackage.haskell.org/">Hackage</link>, i.e. well over
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8000 Haskell packages. Further information and usage instructions for the
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improved infrastructure are available at <link
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xlink:href="https://nixos.org/wiki/Haskell">https://nixos.org/wiki/Haskell</link>.
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Users migrating from an earlier release will find also find helpful information
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below, in the list of backwards-incompatible changes.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Users running an SSH server who worry about the quality of their
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<literal>/etc/ssh/moduli</literal> file with respect to the <link
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xlink:href="https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html">vulnerabilities
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discovered in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange</link> can now replace OpenSSH's
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default version with one they generated themselves using the new
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<literal>services.openssh.moduliFile</literal> option.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The Haskell packages infrastructure has been re-designed
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from the ground up. NixOS now distributes the latest version of
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every single package registered on <link
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xlink:href="http://hackage.haskell.org/">Hackage</link>, i.e. well
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over 8000 Haskell packages. Further information and usage
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instructions for the improved infrastructure are available at
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<link
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xlink:href="https://nixos.org/wiki/Haskell">https://nixos.org/wiki/Haskell</link>.
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Users migrating from an earlier release will also find helpful
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information below, in the list of backwards-incompatible changes.</para>
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</listitem>
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>Nix has been updated to version 1.10, which among other
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improvements enables cryptographic signatures on binary caches for
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improved security.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>You can now keep your NixOS system up to date automatically
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by setting
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<programlisting>
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system.autoUpgrade.enable = true;
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</programlisting>
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This will cause the system to periodically check for updates in
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your current channel and run <command>nixos-rebuild</command>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>This release is based on Glibc 2.21, GCC 4.9 and Linux
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3.18.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the
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system.stateVersion = "14.12";
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</programlisting>
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(The new option <option>system.stateVersion</option> ensures that
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The new option <option>system.stateVersion</option> ensures that
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certain configuration changes that could break existing systems (such
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as the <command>sshd</command> host key setting) will maintain
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compatibility with the specified NixOS release.)</para></listitem>
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compatibility with the specified NixOS release. NixOps sets the state
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version of existing deployments automatically.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><command>cron</command> is no longer enabled by
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default, unless you have a non-empty
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@ -72,9 +86,9 @@ false</option>.</para></listitem>
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and old <literal>steam</literal> package -- to <literal>steamOriginal</literal>.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>CMPlayer has been renamed to bomi upstream. Package <literal>cmplayer</literal>
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was accordingly renamed to <literal>bomi</literal>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>CMPlayer has been renamed to bomi upstream. Package
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<literal>cmplayer</literal> was accordingly renamed to
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<literal>bomi</literal> </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Atom Shell has been renamed to Electron upstream. Package <literal>atom-shell</literal>
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was accordingly renamed to <literal>electron</literal>
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which contains the latest Elm platform.</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The CUPS printing service has been updated to version <literal>2.0.2</literal>.
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Furthermore its systemd service has been renamed to <literal>cups.service</literal>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Local printers are no longer shared or advertised by default. This behavior
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can be changed by enabling <literal>services.printing.defaultShared</literal>
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or <literal>services.printing.browsing</literal> respectively.
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</para>
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<para>The CUPS printing service has been updated to version
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<literal>2.0.2</literal>. Furthermore its systemd service has been
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renamed to <literal>cups.service</literal>.</para>
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<para>Local printers are no longer shared or advertised by
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default. This behavior can be changed by enabling
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<literal>services.printing.defaultShared</literal> or
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<literal>services.printing.browsing</literal> respectively.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The VirtualBox host and guest options have been moved/renamed more
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consistently and less confusing to be now found in
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The VirtualBox host and guest options have been named more
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consistently. They can now found in
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<literal>virtualisation.virtualbox.host.*</literal> instead of
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<literal>services.virtualboxHost.*</literal> and
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<literal>virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.*</literal> instead of
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@ -207,25 +220,31 @@ nix-env -f "<nixpkgs>" -iA haskellPackages.cabal-install
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</para>
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<para>The following new services were added since the last release:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><literal>brltty</literal></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><literal>marathon</literal></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><literal>tvheadend</literal></para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>Other notable improvements:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>The nixos and nixpkgs channels were unified,
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so one <emphasis>can</emphasis> use <literal>nix-env -iA nixos.bash</literal>
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instead of <literal>nix-env -iA nixos.pkgs.bash</literal>.
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See <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/2cd7c1f198">the commit</link> for details.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Users running an SSH server who worry about the quality of their
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<literal>/etc/ssh/moduli</literal> file with respect to the
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<link
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xlink:href="https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html">vulnerabilities
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discovered in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange</link> can now
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replace OpenSSH's default version with one they generated
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themselves using the new
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<literal>services.openssh.moduliFile</literal> option.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</section>
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