In reply to @wucke13:matrix.org
just1602 That works without doubt, of course. But I would expect the mechanism advertised on https://lix.systems/add-to-config/ to work, too. And of course having the overlay is a bit more convenient.

random consideration, would it make sense to add some parameters to nix log (and related) so it is easier to wrangle it to a file, specify explicitely if it should use a pager and such niceties

or is this too much polishing a 💩, while the ways of handling this with normal unix tricks makes sense to most

Does Lix support the lfs input attribute? I'm trying to follow https://github.com/Gigahawk/sarugetchu_mm_patcher/blob/master/README.md#usage but Lix doesn't seem to support them.

$  nix build -L --refresh 'git+https://github.com/Gigahawk/sarugetchu_mm_patcher.git?lfs=1#iso-patched'
error: unsupported input attribute 'lfs' for the 'git' scheme

In reply to @wucke13:matrix.org

So, a bit more tinkering revealed that most but not all of the overrides cause the issue:

• nixpkgs-review: causes infinite recursion
• nix-eval-jobs: No problem
• nix-fast-build: causes infinite recursion
• colmena: causes infinite recursion

Here is a minimal repro for playing:

{ pkgs, ... }:

{
  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "x86_64-linux";

  # TODO debug why this yields infinite recursion
  nixpkgs.overlays = [
    (final: prev: {
      inherit (prev.lixPackageSets.stable)
        nixpkgs-review
        nix-eval-jobs
        nix-fast-build
        colmena
        ;
    })
  ];

  nix.package = pkgs.lixPackageSets.stable.lix;
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    nixpkgs-review
    nix-eval-jobs
    nix-fast-build
    colmena
  ];

  boot.isContainer = true;
  fileSystems."/".fsType = "tmpfs";
}

Hi, I try to build an SD card image for my raspberry pi 3. I use the following command and the following imports.

"${modulesPath}/profiles/base.nix"
"${modulesPath}/installer/sd-card/sd-image.nix"

nixos-generate \
  --format sd-aarch64-installer \
  --system aarch64-linux \
  --configuration ./pi-sdcard.nix \
  --out-link sd-image

But I get the following error which states that the kernel is incompatible with the aarch64-linux host platform.

 error: Package ‘linux-rpi-6.6.51-stable_20241008’ in /nix/store/4xrrqhrrrxyfdf2npr5pmwrgyckdz183-source/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-rpi.nix:22 is not available on the requested hostPlatform:
         hostPlatform.config = "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
         package.meta.platforms = [
           "armv5tel-linux"
           "armv6l-linux"
           "armv7a-linux"
           "armv7l-linux"
         ]
         package.meta.badPlatforms = [ ]
       , refusing to evaluate.

Do I need to specify another kernel or host platform?