conversions were done using https://github.com/pennae/nix-doc-munge
using (probably) rev f34e145 running
nix-doc-munge nixos/**/*.nix
nix-doc-munge --import nixos/**/*.nix
the tool ensures that only changes that could affect the generated
manual *but don't* are committed, other changes require manual review
and are discarded.
the conversion procedure is simple:
- find all things that look like options, ie calls to either `mkOption`
or `lib.mkOption` that take an attrset. remember the attrset as the
option
- for all options, find a `description` attribute who's value is not a
call to `mdDoc` or `lib.mdDoc`
- textually convert the entire value of the attribute to MD with a few
simple regexes (the set from mdize-module.sh)
- if the change produced a change in the manual output, discard
- if the change kept the manual unchanged, add some text to the
description to make sure we've actually found an option. if the
manual changes this time, keep the converted description
this procedure converts 80% of nixos options to markdown. around 2000
options remain to be inspected, but most of those fail the "does not
change the manual output check": currently the MD conversion process
does not faithfully convert docbook tags like <code> and <package>, so
any option using such tags will not be converted at all.
fixes#158802
Sets the mysql backup systemd service type to "oneshot" to ensure the
service is marked as started after the backup script fully proceeds. This
allows to reliably depend on completing of this service by other services.
* Grants enough privileges to the configured user so that it can run
mysqldump.
* Adds a nixos test.
* Use systemd timers instead of a cronjob (by @fadenb).
* Creates a new user for backups by default, instead of using mysql
user.
* Ensures that backup user has write permissions on backup location.
* Write backup to a temporary file before renaming so that a failed
backup won't overwrite the previous backup, and so that the backup
location will never contain a partial backup.
Breaking changes:
* Renamed period to calendar to reflect the change in how to
configure the backup time.
* A failed backup will no longer result in cron sending an e-mail --
users' monitoring systems must be updated.
Resolves#24728
Using pkgs.lib on the spine of module evaluation is problematic
because the pkgs argument depends on the result of module
evaluation. To prevent an infinite recursion, pkgs and some of the
modules are evaluated twice, which is inefficient. Using ‘with lib’
prevents this problem.
