Replace URL in `nix upgrade-nix` with one that gives us lix #17

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opened 2024-03-11 06:22:27 +00:00 by jade · 4 comments

jade commented

2024-03-11 06:22:27 +00:00

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Currently this is hardcoded to a github URL pointing somewhere in nixpkgs. We need to change that to Something Else :D

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raito commented

2024-03-11 12:11:27 +00:00

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Seems like there's a Nix option in the DS installer to change that URL.

jade commented

2024-03-11 18:01:51 +00:00

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Seems like there's a Nix option in the DS installer to change that URL.

requires a grahamc patch we don't really want, and tbh the installer should handle upgrades in case it has to do actual migrations instead of only knowing how to change nix version in the default profile.

i think I'm more for a solution that guts it to instead call into some installer configured path so the ux still works, but we'd have to figure out a migration strategy to transition users to lix. i think the answer might well be "lix installer or you already know how to do it, don't worry about it".

> Seems like there's a Nix option in the DS installer to change that URL. requires a grahamc patch we don't really want, and tbh the installer should handle upgrades in case it has to do actual migrations instead of only knowing how to change nix version in the default profile. i think I'm more for a solution that guts it to instead call into some installer configured path so the ux still works, but we'd have to figure out a migration strategy to transition users to lix. i think the answer might well be "lix installer or you already know how to do it, don't worry about it".

jade added this to the v2.90 milestone 2024-03-14 06:35:05 +00:00

jade added this to the Release engineering project 2024-03-14 18:32:15 +00:00

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2024-03-19 02:43:58 +00:00

running `nix profile` against /nix/var/nix/profiles/default breaks `nix upgrade-nix` #16