From 04cf7c0cd4faa09e36f264bfb326c21e7d63a349 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Taron Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:17:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add release note about `xxd` now being provided by `tinyxxd` instead of `vim.xxd` --- nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md index dd8d377e14ebe..f9672d9bfe571 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md @@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ - The `shadowstack` hardening flag has been added, though disabled by default. +- `xxd` is now provided by the `tinyxxd` package, rather than `vim.xxd`, to reduce closure size and vulnerability impact. Since it has the same options and semantics as Vim's `xxd` utility, there is no user impact. Vim's `xxd` remains available as the `vim.xxd` package. + - `restic` module now has an option for inhibiting system sleep while backups are running, defaulting to off (not inhibiting sleep), available as [`services.restic.backups..inhibitsSleep`](#opt-services.restic.backups._name_.inhibitsSleep). - Support for *runner registration tokens* has been [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/380872)