>I've actually had the same question, recently. I was planning to try a few >things myself before I ask here. But, now that the discussion is there I'll >just chime in... > >Given a case where you can't get the admin to give you `/nix`, and where >you have space/compute constraints on the target, would it be possible to >create the full nix install on your own local machine in the correct paths, >and then just copy it to the target? Maybe a little like your own, small, >on-demand hydra... > >Is there some info on this in the docs? The closest I could find was >cross-compiling [1], but it doesn't seem to address the >`/somepath/nix/store` issue.
You can create a normal Nix installation with non-standard store path on a box you control and then use nix-store --export/import, for example. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
