From 6fa690291a0ca81ded59ab3db1745ce2dfef84fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:14:47 +0100
Subject: Add 'nix upgrade-nix' command

This command upgrades Nix to the latest stable version by installing a
store path obtained from

  https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/raw/master/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix

which is the same store path that the installer at
https://nixos.org/nix/install.sh uses.

The upgrade fails if Nix is not installed in a profile (e.g. on NixOS,
or when installed outside of the Nix store).
---
 doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml
index 29943e3e6e97..89ec920949b6 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
 
       <listitem><para><command>nix add-to-store</command> (970366266b8df712f5f9cedb45af183ef5a8357f).</para></listitem>
 
+      <listitem><para><command>nix upgrade-nix</command> upgrades Nix
+      to the latest stable version. This requires that Nix is
+      installed in a profile. (Thus it won’t work on NixOS, or if it’s
+      installed outside of the Nix store.)</para></listitem>
+
       <listitem><para>Progress indicator.</para></listitem>
 
       <listitem><para>All options are available as flags now
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