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nixpkgs: setup self-referential symlink #39682

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@lukateras lukateras commented Apr 29, 2018 •
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This allows to use fork of nixpkgs as a nix-channel:

$ sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/yegortimoshenko/nixpkgs nixos
$ sudo nix-channel --update
$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Currently this results in the following error:

warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs' does not exist, ignoring
error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)

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This allows to, for example, use fork of nixpkgs as a nix-channel:

$ sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/serokell/nixpkgs nixos
$ sudo nix-channel --update
$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Currently this results in the following error:

warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs' does not exist, ignoring
error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)
@lukateras lukateras force-pushed the 20180429.200322/nixpkgs-symlink branch from 1f3d639 to b7858be Compare April 29, 2018 20:09
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Seems to evaluate :-)

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Would like to go ahead and merge this unless there are objections.

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matthewbauer commented May 5, 2018 •
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So, would it be possible to get nix-channel to just recognize the new NixOS/nixpkgs format? IIRC the main reason it is set up like this was because NixOS & Nixpkgs used to be separate repos. Maybe there is a simple fix?

The main concern is just the hackiness of this. Right now I think you can just add a separate channel for nixpkgs:

$ sudo nix-channel --add https://github.com/yegortimoshenko/nixpkgs nixpkgs
$ sudo nix-channel --update

(of course then you have two channels that need to updated)

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Right now I think you can just add a separate channel for nixpkgs: [...]

I think current NIX_PATH order would not allow that.

Maybe there is a simple fix?

One proposed in this pull request :-)

Kidding. I think changing NIX_PATH nixpkgs entry to /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos (i.e. removing /nixpkgs suffix) should also work.

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#40016 would be an alternative resolution of the issue.

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lukateras commented May 5, 2018 •
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Going to close this in favor of #40016, will reopen if there are any issues with that.

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