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Eelco Dolstra 11882d7c7c Create /etc/passwd *after* figuring out the sandbox uid/gid
Fixes build failures like

  # nix log /nix/store/gjaa0psfcmqvw7ivggsncx9w364p3s8s-sshd.conf-validated.drv
  No user exists for uid 30012
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mk mk/precompiled-headers.mk: Remove special handling for clang 2020-10-06 13:27:09 +02:00
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scripts Installer: Set a known umask 2020-09-30 17:48:49 +02:00
src Create /etc/passwd *after* figuring out the sandbox uid/gid 2020-10-14 12:20:58 +02:00
tests Merge pull request #3958 from obsidiansystems/ca-floating-upstream 2020-09-29 11:37:29 +02:00
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flake.nix Use gold as the linker on Linux 2020-09-23 16:10:31 +02:00
local.mk mk/precompiled-headers.mk: Remove special handling for clang 2020-10-06 13:27:09 +02:00
Makefile Disable FORTIFY_SOURCE when compiling without optims 2020-09-22 10:04:25 +02:00
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README.md Fix a typo (#4073) 2020-09-26 11:33:04 +00:00
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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.