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Bernardo Meurer 6e849e3b0a nix-build: set execfail When starting a nix-shell with `-i` it was previously possible for it to silently fail in the scenario where the specified interpreter didn't exist. This happened due to the `exec` call masking the issue. With this change we enable `execfail`, which causes the script using `nix-shell` as interpreter to correctly exit with code 127. Fixes: #4598		2021-03-04 18:54:45 -08:00
.github	Generate installer script for each PR/push	2021-02-21 15:51:49 +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	distributed builds: load remote builder host key from the machines file	2021-02-25 09:17:34 -05:00
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maintainers	set Content-Type to "text/plain" for install script	2020-08-20 13:21:22 +02:00
misc	Add some missing clean-files	2020-10-18 20:32:59 +02:00
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	fix installer script	2021-02-21 15:51:49 +00:00
src	nix-build: set execfail	2021-03-04 18:54:45 -08:00
tests	Move the CA tests to a sub-directory	2021-03-01 11:08:01 +01:00
.dir-locals.el	.dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix	2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
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.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
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configure.ac	Add x86_64 compute levels as additional system types	2021-02-22 09:11:15 +01:00
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default.nix	Simplify shell.nix and default.nix	2020-06-17 19:21:46 +02:00
flake.lock	flake.lock: Update	2021-02-26 16:03:39 +01:00
flake.nix	Merge pull request #4549 from NixOS/installer-artifact	2021-02-25 16:08:43 +01:00
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	Properly propagate libseccomp linker flags	2021-02-26 23:01:16 +00:00
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

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.