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Georges Dubus bc6e7ca046 Don't use read-only mode for nix build --dry-run
In dry run mode, new derivations can't be create, so running the command on anything that has not been evaluated before results in an error message of the form `don't know how to build these paths (may be caused by read-only store access)`.

For comparison, the classical `nix-build --dry-run` doesn't use read-only mode.

Closes #1795

(cherry picked from commit 54525682df707742e58311c32e9c9cb18de1e31f)
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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 use read-only mode for nix build --dry-run 2021-09-02 14:50:19 +02:00
tests parseInstallables(): Parse store paths as store paths 2021-09-02 14:18:04 +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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.gitignore Merge pull request #5111 from Pamplemousse/clean 2021-08-09 20:05:03 +02:00
.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.