> The idea is to be able to quickly hack the source and see if it works > or not. No, but you can run make install and test without making /nix/store/your-package valid (is this still true after making the store read only) - at least in the past it was possible.
You can try something else: export DISPLAY=:0.0; rxvt then hack in that shell. If you drop the hack you'll get a new clean hash - thus you don't mess up the store. Marc Weber _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev