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19 Feb 2026
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyApple did signal that enough of Rosetta will remain that it's plausible CrossOver can continue using it, though I have no idea how that's actually going to work16:04:11
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeMy understanding is it doesn’t work on Darwin, but I haven’t dug into why.16:04:12
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeFor legacy games. CrossOver also needs to support non-game applications.16:04:43
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyI doubt they can make the system detect whether an app is a game or not :)16:05:21
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyespecially inside Windows emulation16:05:28
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyhttps://github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX/blob/main/Data/nix/WineOnArm/shell.nix uh :D16:05:57
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyapparently FEX's WINE DLLs that they ship are literally built using Nix ^^16:06:14
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeIf CrossOver needs frameworks that aren’t supported under future Rosetta 2, it wouldn’t work. Apple could also limit it to signed games with known team ids.16:30:08
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeWe don’t know because Apple isn’t saying anything about how they will limit it.16:30:40
@validitymaiden:matrix.orgvaliditymaiden Is it ok for nix-darwin to follow nixos-unstable or does it have to follow some variant of *-darwin? 19:10:25
@samasaur:matrix.orgsamasaur
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Is it ok for nix-darwin to follow nixos-unstable or does it have to follow some variant of *-darwin?
It will work but the channel blockers are different and you will probably have a better time following a non-nixos-specific channel
19:15:37
@samasaur:matrix.orgsamasaur For unstable, the corresponding channel is nixpkgs-unstable 19:16:07
@validitymaiden:matrix.orgvaliditymaiden I've been using nixpkgs-unstable for nix-darwin, but I'm now trying to add my this to a monolithic flake for all my systems and I'm not sure how to handle the inputs. For example: nixos on a few platforms with home-manager and nixos-wsl which follow nixos-unstable and nix-darwin on macos, also with home-manager, following nixpkgs-unstable. 19:43:26
@validitymaiden:matrix.orgvaliditymaidenI suppose I'd have to have a bunch of different inputs and the downstream modules would need to use the one appropriate for which channel to follow.19:45:01
@samasaur:matrix.orgsamasauryes :(19:48:04
@validitymaiden:matrix.orgvaliditymaidenWell, no worse than the 2 overlays I have, I guess 😅19:48:33
@samasaur:matrix.orgsamasauryeah it is ugly but in practice you can ignore it most of the time19:49:57
@validitymaiden:matrix.orgvaliditymaidenYeah, I'll get there. Been making good progress with it and so far I'm very impressed tbh. Hopefully I can get proficient enough to start contributing soon.19:54:05
@sarahec:matrix.orgSarah Clark I'm reviewing https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/486412/ to see if it builds on Darwn. It fails in the frontend build when fetchPnpmDeps returns a different hash on Darwin vs. linux. Any ideas for resolving this? 20:12:35
@sandro:supersandro.deSandro 🐧it should definitely use fetcherVersion 320:21:53
@sarahec:matrix.orgSarah ClarkThank you. Testing that so I can suggest the change in a review20:22:32
@sandro:supersandro.deSandro 🐧I think 2 fixed a general darwin issue which works for most packages but we should definitely straight jump to 320:22:55
@sarahec:matrix.orgSarah ClarkDefinitely. Confirmed that 3 fixes the issue, will drop a suggested change on the PR20:26:37
@sarahec:matrix.orgSarah ClarkThanks for your help20:27:50
@sarahec:matrix.orgSarah ClarkThat one's ready for merge. 20:48:03
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