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2 Apr 2026
@thetechwiz:matrix.orgTechWiz *

hi I'm trying to update from 2.94.0 to 2.95.1 and I got

WARNING: manual intervention will be required to complete this Lix install!
The Lix daemon is now an instanced unit that is fully socket-activated.

This requires a new systemd unit: nix-daemon@.service

'nix upgrade-nix' will provide a profile with a new Lix, likely one of:
/nix/var/nix/profiles/default
/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/profile
It will have the instanced systemd unit file at 'lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service'

You should symlink or copy this file to '/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service',
and then run 'systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart nix-daemon.socket'.
Until you do that, all nix commands will require root and '--store local'.

I'm trying to symlink said file lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service to /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service but it's not there to begin with?

09:09:55
@thetechwiz:matrix.orgTechWiz *

hi I'm trying to update from 2.94.0 to 2.95.1 and I got

WARNING: manual intervention will be required to complete this Lix install!
The Lix daemon is now an instanced unit that is fully socket-activated.

This requires a new systemd unit: nix-daemon@.service

'nix upgrade-nix' will provide a profile with a new Lix, likely one of:
/nix/var/nix/profiles/default
/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/profile
It will have the instanced systemd unit file at 'lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service'

You should symlink or copy this file to '/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service',
and then run 'systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart nix-daemon.socket'.
Until you do that, all nix commands will require root and '--store local'.

I'm trying to symlink said file /lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service to /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service but it's not there to begin with?

09:10:46
@thetechwiz:matrix.orgTechWiz *

hi I'm trying to update from 2.94.0 to 2.95.1 and I got

WARNING: manual intervention will be required to complete this Lix install!
The Lix daemon is now an instanced unit that is fully socket-activated.

This requires a new systemd unit: nix-daemon@.service

'nix upgrade-nix' will provide a profile with a new Lix, likely one of:
/nix/var/nix/profiles/default
/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/profile
It will have the instanced systemd unit file at 'lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service'

You should symlink or copy this file to '/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service',
and then run 'systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart nix-daemon.socket'.
Until you do that, all nix commands will require root and '--store local'.

I'm trying to symlink said file /lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service to /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service but it's not there to begin with?

09:10:57
@thetechwiz:matrix.orgTechWiz *

hi I'm trying to update from 2.94.0 to 2.95.1 w/ the Lix shell script and I got

WARNING: manual intervention will be required to complete this Lix install!
The Lix daemon is now an instanced unit that is fully socket-activated.

This requires a new systemd unit: nix-daemon@.service

'nix upgrade-nix' will provide a profile with a new Lix, likely one of:
/nix/var/nix/profiles/default
/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/profile
It will have the instanced systemd unit file at 'lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service'

You should symlink or copy this file to '/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service',
and then run 'systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart nix-daemon.socket'.
Until you do that, all nix commands will require root and '--store local'.

I'm trying to symlink said file /lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service to /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon@.service but it's not there to begin with?

09:13:46
@k900:0upti.meK900 It is in your profile path 09:16:57
@thetechwiz:matrix.orgTechWizah, duh, right09:17:26
@k900:0upti.meK900 So /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/... 09:17:29
@thetechwiz:matrix.orgTechWizty09:17:35
@thetechwiz:matrix.orgTechWiz set a profile picture.09:18:28
@thetechwiz:matrix.orgTechWiz changed their profile picture.09:19:06
@d-r-a-b:matrix.orgdrab FYI per the support matrix on https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix-installer it does not seem to support non-root installs of lix for x86 or aarch linux (the "root only" column is checked). I think (?) you might be able to do non-root lix via the static binary on hydra, but I haven't tested this. URL is https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/lixStatic.x86_64-linux/latest/download-by-type/file/binary-dist for the x86_64 linux binary if you want to see if it works for you. There's a blog post on using static nix at https://zameermanji.com/blog/2023/3/26/using-nix-without-root/ that might be relevant (i.e. getting around /nix/store) 12:56:10
@tebriel:frodux.nettebriel 80/80 installcheck - lix:fuctional2 is failing on my m4 Mac. Says 418/420 subtests passed, has anyone else seen this on 2.95.1? 16:30:21
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusdo you have more details on which test of f2 failed?16:30:40
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezarius(if you want to open an issue with details, that'd be welcome)16:31:03
@tebriel:frodux.nettebriel I have the nix log but haven’t found the subtest details. I’ll do so thanks. 16:31:15
@tebriel:frodux.nettebriel #1173 still trying to wrangle the nix log to see the subtest failures if you have any advice there I’d love it. 16:37:32
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariuswhat if you try to look at all processes running16:47:12
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusnormally you will see pytest process names16:47:18
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusperhaps you will see the "stuck" process name in the process name16:47:24
@tebriel:frodux.nettebriel Also interesting the output seems to be misaligned with things like 7709stests passed and 248.19s exit status 1ssed 17:02:59
@tebriel:frodux.nettebriel Never say a pytest proc that had stuck in the name, will keep searching 17:13:18
@tebriel:frodux.nettebriel* Never saw a pytest proc that had stuck in the name, will keep searching17:13:35
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusdarn17:21:06
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusI'm asking the F2 experts on this17:21:09
@commentator2.0:elia.gardenRutile (rootile) Cab you build with --keep-failed and send the meson testlog.txt? 17:26:02
@commentator2.0:elia.gardenRutile (rootile)Also, we should re-open the discussion about tap, as this hasnt been the first time people need to dig deep to figure out what failed :/17:26:35
@yuka:yuka.devYureka (she/her)which package are you building specifically? there was a recent issue with the nixpkgs packaging on mac os17:29:24
@nightuser:mozilla.orgnightuser I'm getting errors like error: NAR info file '4dh8j6q43apjc62yjp1fwxh55l2qrzhx.narinfo' is corrupt: expecting '\n' at line 2. The issue disappears when I specify --option substituters https://cache.nixos.org, and indeed curl https://cache.nix.systems/4dh8j6q43apjc62yjp1fwxh55l2qrzhx.narinfo gives the correct output while curl https://cache.lix.systems/0z54cs3y9xif48f4zvgnfgsnzva0fv8y.narinfo outputs some binary data (but still with status code 200). 17:40:25
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezarius Yureka (she/her) ^ 17:41:12
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusit's indeed a corrupted narinfo17:41:39

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