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release-notes: state that PolyMC has been replaced

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nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml

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          <literal>stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform</literal>.

        </para>

      </listitem>

      <listitem>

        <para>

          The <literal>polymc</literal> package has been removed due to

          a rogue maintainer. It has been replaced by

          <literal>prismlauncher</literal>, a fork by the rest of the

          maintainers. For more details, see

          <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/196624">the

          pull request that made this change</link> and

          <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/196460">this

          issue detailing the vulnerability</link>. Users with existing

          installations should rename

          <literal>~/.local/share/polymc</literal> to

          <literal>~/.local/share/PrismLauncher</literal>. The main

          config file’s path has also moved from

          <literal>~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg</literal> to

          <literal>~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg</literal>.

        </para>

      </listitem>

      <listitem>

        <para>

          The <literal>nixpkgs.hostPlatform</literal> and

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md

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  built for `stdenv.hostPlatform` (i.e. produced by `stdenv.cc`) by evaluating

  `stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform`.



- The `polymc` package has been removed due to a rogue maintainer. It has been

  replaced by `prismlauncher`, a fork by the rest of the maintainers. For more

  details, see [the pull request that made this

  change](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/196624) and [this issue

  detailing the vulnerability](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/196460).

  Users with existing installations should rename `~/.local/share/polymc` to

  `~/.local/share/PrismLauncher`. The main config file's path has also moved

  from `~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg` to

  `~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg`.



- The `nixpkgs.hostPlatform` and `nixpkgs.buildPlatform` options have been added.

  These cover and override the `nixpkgs.{system,localSystem,crossSystem}` options.