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Update "Upgrading Nix" documentation

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This PR proposes two changes to the "Upgrading Nix" documentation:

* Besides updating `nixpkgs.nix`, we also update `nixpkgs.cacert`, so that the certificates are up-to-date as well.
* Add the instructions for multi-user mode on Linux.
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doc/manual/installation/upgrading.xml
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<para>
Single-user installations of Nix should run this:
<command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix</command>
<command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert</command>
</para>
<para>
Multi-user Nix users on Linux should run this with sudo:
<command>nix-channel --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix nixpkgs.cacert; systemctl daemon-reload; systemctl restart nix-daemon</command>
</para>
</chapter>