| 28 Sep 2021 |
 edrex | it's really both a programming language community and a linux distro, which is kind of unique. | 23:09:44 |
| 29 Sep 2021 |
|  Robert Pearce joined the room. | 01:37:24 |
| 1 Oct 2021 |
| edrex | what's the deal with the "packages .. have the same priority messages when trying to nix profile install nixUnstable or bashInteractive? | 17:56:27 |
| edrex | * what's the deal with the "packages .. have the same priority" messages when trying to nix profile install nixUnstable or bashInteractive? | 17:56:48 |
| edrex | * what's the deal with the "packages .. have the same priority" messages when trying to nix profile install nixpkgs#nixUnstable or bashInteractive? | 17:57:15 |
 Las | edrex: You're trying to install packages that provide the same binaries. | 18:03:06 |
| Las | You likely already have a package with the binary in your profile. | 18:03:18 |
| edrex | you're right, i had regular bash. i'm unclear how to replace my nix package atomically ( need latest nixpkgs-unstable) | 18:05:16 |
| edrex | i should be using a flake.nix with home-manager etc, just trying to get something done real quick interactively. | 18:06:10 |
 Jez (he/him) 🌦️ | nix shell might be a better option for that? | 18:12:43 |
| edrex | I should ask, "how can I update the system nix to a different branch of nixpkgs"? | 18:15:31 |
| edrex | any other package, i would nix profile remove N and reinstall | 18:15:51 |
| edrex | (this is single user mode | 18:16:15 |
 Roos | In reply to @edrex:matrix.org
I should ask, "how can I update the system nix to a different branch of nixpkgs"? If using flakes, you can add --override-input nixpkgs github:NixOS/nixpkgs/foo, where foo is the target branch (or commit). If not using flakes, you can probably just export NIX_PATH="nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/myuser/channels/mychannel:$NIX_PATH" before running your nix command. | 18:21:16 |
| edrex | In reply to @jez:petrichor.me
nix shell might be a better option for that? nix shell nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable#nixUnstable gives
which nix => /home/eric/.nix-profile/bin/nix, which isn't what I expect (the version in my profile isn't from nixpkgs-unstable) | 18:27:36 |
| edrex | In reply to @roosemberth:orbstheorem.ch
If using flakes, you can add --override-input nixpkgs github:NixOS/nixpkgs/foo, where foo is the target branch (or commit). If not using flakes, you can probably just export NIX_PATH="nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/myuser/channels/mychannel:$NIX_PATH" before running your nix command. Roos: i'm not using a flake for this rn. i have home-manager set up with my nixos hosts but not on laptop yet. To override NIX_PATH in that way, i guess I would have to create another channel with the branch set to nixpkgs-unstable? | 18:31:49 |
| Roos | Yes. | 18:32:07 |
| Roos | In reply to @edrex:matrix.org
nix shell nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable#nixUnstable gives
which nix => /home/eric/.nix-profile/bin/nix, which isn't what I expect (the version in my profile isn't from nixpkgs-unstable) Where is the nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable flake coming from? (You can use nix registry list to list the ones nix can see) | 18:33:01 |
| Roos | Unless nixpkgs/foo is some syntax I do not know. | 18:33:11 |
| edrex | for context, I'm trying to install a nix with the workaround for https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/issues/113 so I can do something other than mess around with nix :D | 18:33:16 |
| edrex | In reply to @roosemberth:orbstheorem.ch
Unless nixpkgs/foo is some syntax I do not know. i mean, the flake output specifier can have the form nixpkgs/release-20.09#hello | 18:36:35 |
| Roos | TIL :D | 18:37:44 |
| edrex | In reply to @roosemberth:orbstheorem.ch
If using flakes, you can add --override-input nixpkgs github:NixOS/nixpkgs/foo, where foo is the target branch (or commit). If not using flakes, you can probably just export NIX_PATH="nixpkgs=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/myuser/channels/mychannel:$NIX_PATH" before running your nix command. * Roos: i'm not using a flake for this rn. i have home-manager set up with my nixos hosts but not on laptop yet. To override NIX_PATH in that way, i guess I would have to create another channel with the branch set to nixpkgs-unstable?
note: first sent a few minutes ago, matrix troubles
| 18:44:44 |
 bew | In reply to @edrex:matrix.org
nix shell nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable#nixUnstable gives
which nix => /home/eric/.nix-profile/bin/nix, which isn't what I expect (the version in my profile isn't from nixpkgs-unstable) I use realpath `which nix` to get the full path to the current nix, then remove its package and use the fullpath to the previous nix to install new nix version | 19:54:16 |
| 2 Oct 2021 |
|  nf changed their profile picture. | 00:16:52 |
| Las | The issue with that is that GC might remove the Nix in that small available timeframe. | 10:14:17 |
| Las | * The issue with that is that GC might remove the Nix in that small timeframe. | 10:14:24 |
| Las | The best solution is likely installing the new Nix with a higher priority, then uninstalling the old one. | 10:15:04 |
| bew | In reply to @Las:matrix.org
The issue with that is that GC might remove the Nix in that small timeframe. You have automatic gc running? You could always open a nix shell with a nix version, this way you always have one (which cannot be gc'ed)
| 12:06:29 |
| Las | That is another solution. Lots of people have automatic GC running. | 12:07:06 |
