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Commits on Nov 13, 2020

  1. nixos/doc: Add note about /usr/sbin and /sbin 

    An installation from Debian buster may fail without adding /usr/sbin to
$PATH because chroot is not in the PATH of a non-root user.
    @FSMaxB @doronbehar
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  2. Merge pull request #75615 from FSMaxB/patch-1 

    Add note about installing NixOS from distributions with /usr/sbin and…
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@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ nixpkgs https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable</screen>
existing systems without the help of a rescue USB drive or similar.
</para>
</warning>
<note>
<para>
On some distributions there are separate PATHS for programs intended only for root.
In order for the installation to succeed, you might have to use <literal>PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin"</literal>
in the following command.
</para>
</note>
<screen><prompt>$ </prompt>sudo PATH="$PATH" NIX_PATH="$NIX_PATH" `which nixos-install` --root /mnt</screen>
<para>
Again, please refer to the <literal>nixos-install</literal> step in