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release notes: note that the multi-user installer is available but not selected for Linux with systemd, and the bug about selinux

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@ -49,8 +49,38 @@ new features:</para>
<varname>nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages</varname>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The Nix installer will no longer default to the Multi-User
installation for macOS. You can still <link
linkend="sect-multi-user-installation">instruct the installer to
run in multi-user mode</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The Nix installer now supports performing a Multi-User
installation for Linux computers which are running systemd. You
can <link
linkend="sect-multi-user-installation">select a Multi-User installation</link> by passing the
<option>--daemon</option> flag to the installer: <command>sh &lt;(curl
https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon</command>.
</para>
<para>The multi-user installer cannot handle systems with SELinux.
If your system has SELinux enabled, you can <link
linkend="sect-single-user-installation">force the installer to run
in single-user mode</link>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Multi-user Nix users on macOS can upgrade Nix by running
<command>sudo -i sh -c 'nix-channel --update &amp;&amp; nix-env -iA
nixpkgs.nix'; sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon; sudo
launchctl start org.nixos.nix-daemon</command>.
</para>
<para>This release has contributions from
Adrien Devresse,