manuals: document removal of newStdcpp from steam

/cc #29180.

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/doc/package-notes.xml b/doc/package-notes.xml
index e1aea62f7848..122acdc7f75c 100644
--- a/doc/package-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/package-notes.xml
@@ -477,32 +477,18 @@ it. Place the resulting <filename>package.nix</filename> file into
 
   <varlistentry>
   <term>Using the FOSS Radeon or nouveau (nvidia) drivers</term>
-  <listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-  Both the open source radeon drivers as well as the nouveau drivers (nvidia)
-  need a newer libc++ than is provided by the default runtime, which leads to a
-  crash on launch. Use <programlisting>environment.systemPackages =
-  [(pkgs.steam.override { newStdcpp = true; })];</programlisting> in your config
-  if you get an error like
-  <programlisting>
-libGL error: unable to load driver: radeonsi_dri.so
-libGL error: driver pointer missing
-libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi
-libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
-libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast</programlisting>
-  or
-  <programlisting>
-libGL error: unable to load driver: nouveau_dri.so
-libGL error: driver pointer missing
-libGL error: failed to load driver: nouveau
-libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so
-libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast</programlisting></para></listitem>
-  <listitem><para>
-  Steam ships statically linked with a version of libcrypto that
-  conflics with the one dynamically loaded by radeonsi_dri.so.
-  If you get the error
-  <programlisting>steam.sh: line 713: 7842 Segmentation fault (core dumped)</programlisting>
-  have a look at <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/20269">this pull request</link>.
-  </para></listitem>
+  <listitem><itemizedlist>
+    <listitem><para>The <literal>newStdcpp</literal> parameter
+    was removed after 17.09 release and should not be needed anymore.
+    </para></listitem>
+
+    <listitem><para>
+    Steam ships statically linked with a version of libcrypto that
+    conflics with the one dynamically loaded by radeonsi_dri.so.
+    If you get the error
+    <programlisting>steam.sh: line 713: 7842 Segmentation fault (core dumped)</programlisting>
+    have a look at <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/20269">this pull request</link>.
+    </para></listitem>
 
   </itemizedlist></listitem></varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
index 6065a86f60d8..5ed56bde6659 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 <para>This section lists the release notes for each stable version of NixOS
 and current unstable revision.</para>
 
+<xi:include href="rl-1803.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1709.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1703.xml" />
 <xi:include href="rl-1609.xml" />
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml
index ce05cde7b08b..8dded9aaefb6 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ following incompatible changes:</para>
 
 <itemizedlist>
   <listitem>
-    <para>
-    </para>
+    <para>Steam: the <literal>newStdcpp</literal> parameter
+    was removed and should not be needed anymore.</para>
   </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>