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Emily 559a504da7 sandbox: allow SystemVersionCompat.plist on Darwin
For whatever reason, many programs trying to access SystemVersion.plist
also open SystemVersionCompat.plist; this includes Python code and
coreutils’ `cat(1)` (but not the native macOS `/bin/cat`). Illustratory
`dtruss(1m)` output:

    open("/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist\0", 0x0, 0x0)		 = 3 0
    open("/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersionCompat.plist\0", 0x0, 0x0)		 = 4 0

I assume this is a Big Sur change relating to the 10.16.x/11.x
version compatibility divide and that it’s something along the lines of
a hook inside libSystem.

Fixes a lot of sandboxed package builds under Big Sur.
2021-05-17 01:24:31 +01:00
.github Bump cachix/cachix-action from v9 to v10 2021-04-12 05:21:11 +00:00
config Update config.guess for proper arm64 macOS detection 2020-12-02 19:14:34 -06:00
contrib function-trace: always show the trace 2019-09-18 23:23:21 +02:00
doc/manual doc/nix-shell: Remove outdated bashrc information 2021-05-11 14:33:35 +02:00
m4 autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04. 2019-07-03 04:32:25 +02:00
maintainers Update nix-fallback-paths.nix only 2021-05-14 14:03:53 +02:00
misc launchd: Use exec to avoid leaving the extra shell wrapper running 2021-05-04 14:33:47 -07:00
mk Merge pull request #4582 from puckipedia/cppflags 2021-03-01 13:08:14 +01:00
nix-rust Remove 'dist' target 2020-12-03 16:17:58 +01:00
perl Make sodium a required dependency 2021-01-06 17:56:53 +01:00
scripts install: Fix hash variable for Darwin.arm64 (#4769) 2021-05-11 15:43:44 +02:00
src sandbox: allow SystemVersionCompat.plist on Darwin 2021-05-17 01:24:31 +01:00
tests Merge pull request #4781 from NixOS/locally_cache_the_remote_realisations 2021-05-10 20:37:57 +02:00
.dir-locals.el .dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix 2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
.editorconfig Add .editorconfig 2017-06-05 22:57:28 +01:00
.gitignore Generate separate manpages for each nix subcommand 2020-12-02 23:23:23 +01:00
.version Revert "Bump version to 3.0" 2020-10-26 11:30:18 +01:00
bootstrap.sh bootstrap: Simplify & make more robust. 2011-09-06 12:11:05 +00:00
configure.ac Drop unused tar dependency 2021-04-15 13:57:04 +02:00
COPYING * Change this to LGPL to keep the government happy. 2006-04-25 16:41:06 +00:00
default.nix Simplify shell.nix and default.nix 2020-06-17 19:21:46 +02:00
flake.lock Use lowdown 0.8.4 2021-04-23 14:20:32 +02:00
flake.nix Use lowdown 0.8.4 2021-04-23 14:20:32 +02:00
local.mk Remove 'dist' target 2020-12-03 16:17:58 +01:00
Makefile Move command plugin interface to libnixcmd 2021-01-26 06:22:24 -05:00
Makefile.config.in Drop libbz2 / zlib / lzma dependency + style fixes 2021-04-15 13:55:22 +02:00
precompiled-headers.h Config: Use nlohmann/json 2020-08-20 11:02:16 +02:00
README.md README: fix link to hacking guide 2020-12-28 09:30:14 -08:00
shell.nix Add back flake-compat shell.nix 2020-07-17 14:58:59 +00:00

Nix

Open Collective supporters Test

Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.

Installation

On Linux and macOS the easiest way to install Nix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):

$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.

Building And Developing

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.