clientupdate: disable auto update on NixOS (#11136)

Updates #cleanup

NixOS packages are immutable and attempts to update via our tarball
mechanism will always fail as a result. Instead we now direct users to
update their nix channel or nixpkgs flake input to receive the latest
Tailscale release.

Signed-off-by: Patrick O'Doherty <patrick@tailscale.com>
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@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ func (up *Updater) getUpdateFunction() (fn updateFunction, canAutoUpdate bool) {
return up.updateWindows, true
case "linux":
switch distro.Get() {
case distro.NixOS:
// NixOS packages are immutable and managed with a system-wide
// configuration.
return up.updateNixos, false
case distro.Synology:
// Synology updates use our own pkgs.tailscale.com instead of the
// Synology Package Center. We should eventually get to a regular
@ -522,6 +526,13 @@ func (up *Updater) updateArchLike() error {
you can use "pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade" or "pacman -Syu" to upgrade the system, including Tailscale.`)
}
func (up *Updater) updateNixos() error {
// NixOS package updates are managed on a system level and not individually.
// Direct users to update their nix channel or nixpkgs flake input to
// receive the latest version.
return errors.New(`individual package updates are not supported on NixOS installations. Update your system channel or flake inputs to get the latest Tailscale version from nixpkgs.`)
}
const yumRepoConfigFile = "/etc/yum.repos.d/tailscale.repo"
// updateFedoraLike updates tailscale on any distros in the Fedora family,