11 This file defines some renaming/removing options for backwards compatibility
13 It should ONLY be used when the relevant module can't define these imports
14 itself, such as when the module was removed completely.
15 See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/61570 for explanation
18 # This alias module can't be where _module.check is defined because it would
19 # be added to submodules as well there
20 (mkAliasOptionModuleMD [ "environment" "checkConfigurationOptions" ] [ "_module" "check" ])
22 # Completely removed modules
23 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "environment" "blcr" "enable" ] "The BLCR module has been removed")
24 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "fonts" "fontconfig" "penultimate" ] "The corresponding package has removed from nixpkgs.")
25 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "hardware" "brightnessctl" ] ''
26 The brightnessctl module was removed because newer versions of
27 brightnessctl don't require the udev rules anymore (they can use the
28 systemd-logind API). Instead of using the module you can now
29 simply add the brightnessctl package to environment.systemPackages.
31 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "hardware" "u2f" ] ''
32 The U2F modules module was removed, as all it did was adding the
33 udev rules from libu2f-host to the system. Udev gained native support
34 to handle FIDO security tokens, so this isn't necessary anymore.
36 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "hardware" "xow" ] ''
37 The xow package was removed from nixpkgs. Upstream has deprecated
38 the project and users are urged to switch to xone.
40 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "networking" "vpnc" ] "Use environment.etc.\"vpnc/service.conf\" instead.")
41 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "networking" "wicd" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
42 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "programs" "gnome-documents" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
43 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "programs" "tilp2" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
44 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "programs" "way-cooler" ] ("way-cooler is abandoned by its author: " +
45 "https://way-cooler.org/blog/2020/01/09/way-cooler-post-mortem.html"))
46 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "security" "hideProcessInformation" ] ''
47 The hidepid module was removed, since the underlying machinery
48 is broken when using cgroups-v2.
50 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "baget" "enable" ] "The baget module was removed due to the upstream package being unmaintained.")
51 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "beegfs" ] "The BeeGFS module has been removed")
52 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "beegfsEnable" ] "The BeeGFS module has been removed")
53 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "cgmanager" "enable"] "cgmanager was deprecated by lxc and therefore removed from nixpkgs.")
54 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "chronos" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
55 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "couchpotato" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
56 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "dd-agent" ] "dd-agent was removed from nixpkgs in favor of the newer datadog-agent.")
57 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "dnscrypt-proxy" ] "Use services.dnscrypt-proxy2 instead")
58 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "exhibitor" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
59 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "firefox" "syncserver" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
60 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "flashpolicyd" ] "The flashpolicyd module has been removed. Adobe Flash Player is deprecated.")
61 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "fourStore" ] "The fourStore module has been removed")
62 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "fourStoreEndpoint" ] "The fourStoreEndpoint module has been removed")
63 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "fprot" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
64 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "frab" ] "The frab module has been removed")
65 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "ihatemoney" ] "The ihatemoney module has been removed for lack of downstream maintainer")
66 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "kippo" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
67 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "mailpile" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
68 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "marathon" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
69 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "mathics" ] "The Mathics module has been removed")
70 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "meguca" ] "Use meguca has been removed from nixpkgs")
71 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "mesos" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
72 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "moinmoin" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
73 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "mwlib" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
74 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "pantheon" "files" ] ''
75 This module was removed, please add pkgs.pantheon.elementary-files to environment.systemPackages directly.
77 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "prey" ] ''
78 prey-bash-client is deprecated upstream
80 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "quagga" ] "the corresponding package has been removed from nixpkgs")
81 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "railcar" ] "the corresponding package has been removed from nixpkgs")
82 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "seeks" ] "")
83 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "ssmtp" ] ''
84 The ssmtp package and the corresponding module have been removed due to
85 the program being unmaintained. The options `programs.msmtp.*` can be
88 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "venus" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
89 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "wakeonlan"] "This module was removed in favor of enabling it with networking.interfaces.<name>.wakeOnLan")
90 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "winstone" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
91 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "displayManager" "auto" ] ''
92 The services.xserver.displayManager.auto module has been removed
93 because it was only intended for use in internal NixOS tests, and gave the
94 false impression of it being a special display manager when it's actually
95 LightDM. Please use the services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin options
96 instead, or any other display manager in NixOS as they all support auto-login.
98 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "multitouch" ] ''
99 services.xserver.multitouch (which uses xf86_input_mtrack) has been removed
100 as the underlying package isn't being maintained. Working alternatives are
101 libinput and synaptics.
103 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "virtualisation" "rkt" ] "The rkt module has been removed, it was archived by upstream")
104 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "racoon" ] ''
105 The racoon module has been removed, because the software project was abandoned upstream.
107 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "shellinabox" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
108 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "gogoclient" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
109 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "virtuoso" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
110 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "openfire" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
111 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "riak" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
112 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "cryptpad" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
113 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "rtsp-simple-server" ] "Package has been completely rebranded by upstream as mediamtx, and thus the service and the package were renamed in NixOS as well.")
114 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "prayer" ] "The corresponding package was removed from nixpkgs.")
116 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "i18n" "inputMethod" "fcitx" ] "The fcitx module has been removed. Please use fcitx5 instead")
117 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "dhcpd4" ] ''
118 The dhcpd4 module has been removed because ISC DHCP reached its end of life.
119 See https://www.isc.org/blogs/isc-dhcp-eol/ for details.
120 Please switch to a different implementation like kea or dnsmasq.
122 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "dhcpd6" ] ''
123 The dhcpd6 module has been removed because ISC DHCP reached its end of life.
124 See https://www.isc.org/blogs/isc-dhcp-eol/ for details.
125 Please switch to a different implementation like kea or dnsmasq.
127 (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "tedicross" ] ''
128 The corresponding package was broken and removed from nixpkgs.
131 # Do NOT add any option renames here, see top of the file