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author | rnhmjoj <rnhmjoj@inventati.org> | 2020-06-18 10:36:24 +0200 |
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committer | rnhmjoj <rnhmjoj@inventati.org> | 2020-06-18 10:36:24 +0200 |
commit | 4dd95c0cfc19bf7c4b9e5b5f3098d6b28d503037 (patch) | |
tree | e591e23e7c6fdeb1ec89453b5533db3e738f804b /nixos | |
parent | edc6a76cc025ef972979dad6692e0fd5d5cfcbbb (diff) |
nixos/release-notes: mention new man.generateCaches option
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos')
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml index 9bbbecc05692a..31cabce1d5364 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml @@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ systemd.services.mysql.serviceConfig.ReadWritePaths = [ "/var/data" ]; </programlisting> </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Two new option <link linkend="opt-documentation.man.generateCaches">documentation.man.generateCaches</link> + has been added to automatically generate the <literal>man-db</literal> caches, which are needed by utilities + like <command>whatis</command> and <command>apropos</command>. The caches are generated during the build of + the NixOS configuration: since this can be expensive when a large number of packages are installed, the + feature is disabled by default. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> |