| 27 Jan 2026 |
 Sofie 🏳️⚧️ (she/her) | i want to switch off but I haven't found an integration guide to npins | 08:12:15 |
 m | In reply to @k900:0upti.me
If flakes work for you, use flakes It's more like the only thing I've used 😅 | 08:12:48 |
 K900 | Well is it causing you problems? | 08:13:05 |
 Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | the thing that made me switch off was that i found myself circumventing flakes more than i used them | 08:13:39 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | like importing default/package.nix instead of using flake attrs | 08:13:59 |
| m | nope | 08:14:15 |
| Sofie 🏳️⚧️ (she/her) | well, for me, its more of an philosephical thing, I like the idea of flakes but not how they are implemented | 08:14:18 |
| Sofie 🏳️⚧️ (she/her) | * | 08:14:37 |
 vczf | 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 | Here’s my flake alias lol:
fk = “nix --extra-experimental-features flakes”;
| 09:00:59 |
| vczf | I’ve been avoiding flakes the second time around since it wasn’t helping me understand nix code in general | 09:01:59 |
| vczf | * I’ve been avoiding flakes the second time trying to learn nix since it wasn’t helping me understand nix code in general | 09:02:17 |
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 mjm | lix is now in nixos-unstable, what's the best way to use it in a NixOS config? | 15:47:41 |
| K900 | nix.package = pkgs.lix | 15:47:54 |
| K900 | Probably | 15:47:58 |
| K900 | Or just keep using the module | 15:48:02 |
 puck | you can use nix.package = pkgs.lix; if you want; but using the overlay will guarantee more updates (tho less binary cache) | 15:48:44 |
| mjm | well, the module/overlay doesn't easily support using the one from nixpkgs | 15:48:44 |
| mjm | i do want more binary cache | 15:49:21 |
| mjm | yeah i guess i'll just do nix.package then | 15:50:43 |
 raitobezarius | to have binary cache and HEAD, we will probably need to track the channels and bolt a lix on there and rebuild with our own CI then push in our binary cache | 17:33:17 |
 Charles | What's lix using as its binary cache? Attic? | 17:34:36 |
|  Arian left the room. | 17:37:44 |
 @tc424:glasgow.social | Last I heard they were using garage as the back end, and think about attic | 17:39:11 |
| @tc424:glasgow.social | I don't know if that means they're just pushing directly into garage's s3 interface for the moment | 17:39:36 |
| @tc424:glasgow.social | * Last I heard they were using garage as the back end, and thinking about attic | 17:39:57 |
| raitobezarius | In reply to @charles:computer.surgery
What's lix using as its binary cache? Attic? garage without attic | 17:41:16 |
