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Gavin Ray 971382cab0 Better diagnostics if no valid signature found I downloaded Nix tonight, and immediately broke it by accidentally removing the default binary caching. After figuring this out, I also failed to fix it properly, due to using the wrong key for Nix's default binary cache If the diagnostic message would have been clearer about what/where a "signature" for a "substituter" is + comes from, it probably would have saved me a few hours. Maybe we can save other noobs the same pain?		2021-12-08 19:55:34 -05:00
.github	Add a github cron to check the hydra status	2021-11-30 17:54:25 +01:00
config	Run autoupdate	2021-06-01 11:42:38 +02:00
contrib	function-trace: always show the trace	2019-09-18 23:23:21 +02:00
doc/manual	Merge pull request #5730 from abathur/darwin_document_fstab_settings	2021-12-07 22:24:40 +01:00
m4	autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04.	2019-07-03 04:32:25 +02:00
maintainers	Update release script	2021-11-02 11:53:25 +01:00
misc	launchd: Set NumberOfFiles to 4096	2021-12-04 20:46:29 +08:00
mk	mk/libraries.mk: fix trace-ld and trace-ar expansions	2021-10-08 22:59:42 +01:00
nix-rust	Apply OS checks to host platform, not build	2021-06-23 15:00:36 +00:00
perl	Document libsodium, which is now mandatory, as a dependency	2021-11-27 23:11:11 +01:00
scripts	Merge pull request #5521 from abathur/clearly_mark_validation_step	2021-12-08 20:04:03 +00:00
src	Better diagnostics if no valid signature found	2021-12-08 19:55:34 -05:00
tests	Inline file	2021-12-07 21:45:09 +01:00
.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	Remove nix-reduce-build and nix-http-export	2021-11-18 21:17:57 +01:00
.version	Change version to X.Y.Z	2021-12-06 13:33:39 +01:00
boehmgc-coroutine-sp-fallback.diff	Fix leaking pthread_attr_t	2021-11-03 22:54:16 +01:00
bootstrap.sh	bootstrap: Simplify & make more robust.	2011-09-06 12:11:05 +00:00
configure.ac	Merge pull request #5678 from t184256/document-libsodium	2021-11-29 11:11:10 +01:00
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
docker.nix	Make docker.nix match Nixpkgs's idioms	2021-11-16 11:04:25 -05:00
flake.lock	flake.lock: Update	2021-10-06 12:41:23 +02:00
flake.nix	Add a matrix of stdenvs to the flake	2021-11-26 10:04:13 +01:00
local.mk	Remove 'dist' target	2020-12-03 16:17:58 +01:00
Makefile	Add a test for RefScanSink and clean up the code	2021-10-04 14:29:42 +02:00
Makefile.config.in	Apply OS checks to host platform, not build	2021-06-23 15:00:36 +00:00
precompiled-headers.h	Config: Use nlohmann/json	2020-08-20 11:02:16 +02:00
README.md	throw freenode down the memory hole	2021-05-27 21:48:39 +02:00
shell.nix	Add back flake-compat shell.nix	2020-07-17 14:58:59 +00:00

README.md

Nix

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.