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27 Jan 2026
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)well, for me, its more of an philosephical thing, I like the idea of flakes but not how they are implemented08:14:18
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her) * 08:14:37
@vczf:matrix.orgvczf
In reply to @sofiedotcafe:matrix.org
i want to switch off but I haven't found an integration guide to npins

I’m using eval-config.nix in my /etc/nixos/default.nix. Essentially,

let
  system = “x86_64-linux”;
  pins = import ./npins;
  pkgs = import pins.nixpkgs { inherit system; };
in
import “${pins.nixpkgs}/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix” {
  inherit pkgs;
  modules = [ ./configuration.nix ];
}

Then nixos-rebuild -f /etc/nixos switch works fine. My actual config is more complex with per-host modules and overlays and import-tree and a fun mess, but that’s the bones

08:58:51
@vczf:matrix.orgvczf

Here’s my flake alias lol:

fk = “nix --extra-experimental-features flakes”;
09:00:59
@vczf:matrix.orgvczfI’ve been avoiding flakes the second time around since it wasn’t helping me understand nix code in general09:01:59
@vczf:matrix.orgvczf* I’ve been avoiding flakes the second time trying to learn nix since it wasn’t helping me understand nix code in general09:02:17
@neobrain:matrix.orgneobrainWhy aren't you enabling it in your nix.conf directly?09:29:52
@neobrain:matrix.orgneobrain(Or in configuration.nix)09:30:26
@vczf:matrix.orgvczf I don’t need it except occasionally. I use comma instead of nix run and , -s nix shell 09:47:12
@vczf:matrix.orgvczf* I don’t need it except occasionally. I use comma instead of nix run and , -s rather than nix shell09:47:25
@vczf:matrix.orgvczf My biggest lifesaver with this config so far is DankMaterialShell being upstreamed into nixpkgs. Not sure if I’d have been able to figure out how to integrate their flake into my config 09:50:22
@neobrain:matrix.orgneobrainthat's the nix-command feature, not flakes. Enabling either feature doesn't disable the "old" interfaces afaik. but whatever works for you :)09:52:22
@vczf:matrix.orgvczf You need flakes enabled in order to nix run nixpkgs#cowsay hello
Unless I am mistaken, that nixpkgs is a reference to the system flake registry entry for nixpkgs
10:01:38
@neobrain:matrix.orgneobrainright10:29:26
@jez:cooperative.computerJez (he/him) 🐦‍⬛ joined the room.10:51:59
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)is there something like flakes but using npins?13:42:21
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)near how it works but standard13:42:28
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)and which doesnt break every second like flakes does13:42:38
@k900:0upti.meK900Well it depends on which part of flakes13:43:45
@k900:0upti.meK900https://git.afnix.fr/sprinkles/sprinkles handles the "standardized output schema" bit but it's far less widely adopted13:44:05
@delroth:delroth.netdelrothit's definitely a standard if you count something not stable and used by < 10 projects as a standard13:52:40
@delroth:delroth.netdelrothI think there are ad-hoc default.nix templates that are more standard than sprinkles13:52:51
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)Can anyone reproduce an issue with GNOME which crashes on unstable if an device which uses SCO audio is connected16:09:11
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)ah, doesnt seem to be related to SCO audio16:13:10
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)updated nixos-unstable yesterday16:13:29
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her) [74112.140667] .org.gnome.Naut[223905]: segfault at 18 ip 00007f575084b0c0 sp 00007ffe61d427e8 error 4 in libgtk-3.so.0.2419.32[44b0c0,7f575061b000+3cb000] likely on CPU 0 (core 0, socket 0) 16:13:54
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her) 74077.804034] Bluetooth: hci0: corrupted SCO packet
[74082.356851] Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 3584
16:14:00
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her) WARN: invalid context state for evaluate context command.
reset full-speed USB device
xHC error in resume, USBSTS 0x401, Reinit
16:15:23
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)moving to offtopic16:16:16
@sofiedotcafe:matrix.orgSofie 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her)I can upload my full dmesg for anyone intrested16:16:25

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