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regnat 497225b07d Don’t create lockfiles with an invalid path name
Store paths are only allowed to contain a limited subset of the
alphabet, which doesn’t include `!`. So don’t create lockfiles that
contain this `!` character as that would otherwise confuse (and break)
the gc.

Fix #5176
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.github fix CI for users with no installer-test cachix 2021-09-01 18:08:38 -05:00
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 #5066 from Radvendii/master 2021-09-01 12:55:04 +02:00
m4 autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04. 2019-07-03 04:32:25 +02:00
maintainers upload-release.pl: Fix deprecated 'nix' calls 2021-07-28 22:58:25 +02:00
misc Merge pull request #4935 from alyssais/host_os 2021-07-08 12:40:54 +02:00
mk mk: prefert inplace library paths to system ones 2021-08-28 13:51:10 +01:00
nix-rust Apply OS checks to host platform, not build 2021-06-23 15:00:36 +00:00
perl Expose a perl method to query a derivation 2021-07-30 11:55:14 +02:00
scripts install: fix addVolume perm issue for some users 2021-09-01 19:02:25 -05:00
src Don’t create lockfiles with an invalid path name 2021-09-02 09:57:41 +02:00
tests Merge pull request #5066 from Radvendii/master 2021-09-01 12:55:04 +02:00
.dir-locals.el .dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix 2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
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.version Revert "Bump version to 3.0" 2020-10-26 11:30:18 +01:00
boehmgc-coroutine-sp-fallback.diff boehmgc: Remove unused code from patch 2021-06-25 17:45:48 +02:00
bootstrap.sh bootstrap: Simplify & make more robust. 2011-09-06 12:11:05 +00:00
configure.ac configure.ac: remove another uname check 2021-08-13 08:19:43 +00:00
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 flake.lock: Update 2021-08-11 19:36:34 +02:00
flake.nix nlohmann_json: Update to 3.9.1, fix use of internal copy 2021-07-15 12:25:53 +02:00
local.mk Remove 'dist' target 2020-12-03 16:17:58 +01:00
Makefile nlohmann_json: Update to 3.9.1, fix use of internal copy 2021-07-15 12:25:53 +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

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.