That's awesome idea. But I think we have to add lots of comments to this examples (that help a lot while using live code). Or maybe just provide some ideal configs with comments and other without them.
On 4 November 2014 23:07:04 nix-dev-requ...@lists.science.uu.nl wrote: > Send nix-dev mailing list submissions to > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > nix-dev-requ...@lists.science.uu.nl > > You can reach the person managing the list at > nix-dev-ow...@lists.science.uu.nl > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of nix-dev digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hydra failure types and Nix support (Michael Raskin) > 2. [***SPAM***] configurations repository (Michael Raskin) > 3. Fwd: Re: NixOS Live CD (Graphic) Boot Failure (J. Brian Kelley) > 4. Re: Fwd: Re: NixOS Live CD (Graphic) Boot Failure > (Vladim?r ?un?t) > 5. Re: NixOS Live CD (Graphic) Boot Failure (J. Brian Kelley) > 6. Re: NixOS Live CD (Graphic) Boot Failure (Wout Mertens) > 7. Re: deploying nix-built software to non-nix linux systems > (Paul Colomiets) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:35:06 +0300 > From: Michael Raskin <7c6f4...@mail.ru> > Subject: [Nix-dev] Hydra failure types and Nix support > To: nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > Message-ID: <e1xlg1e-0004dp-8t.7c6f434c-mail...@smtp26.mail.ru> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 16596922 mda_lv2.i686-linux > 16591197 mongodb.x86_64-linux > 16599836 qbittorrent.i686-linux > 16599870 qbittorrent.x86_64-linux > 16590792 syslogng_incubator.i686-linux > 16604362 syslogng_incubator.x86_64-linux > > Of these I think that all failures except mongo are transient, and mongo > has just declared that 10GiB /tmp/ is too small ? rebuilding with > a larger /tmp/ to check. > > 1. Hydra seems to merge ?new failures? and ?still failing? in the same > tab. It may be what we want, but is it intended to call the tab ?still > failing?? > > 2. Apparently real failures end with ?builder failed with code ??. > Should the failures without that line be marked in a different way? > > And yes, mda_lv2, qbittorrent and syslogng_incubator can be restarted? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:00:31 +0300 > From: Michael Raskin <7c6f4...@mail.ru> > Subject: [Nix-dev] [***SPAM***] configurations repository > To: nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > Message-ID: <e1xlgqf-0004cc-qs.7c6f434c-mail...@smtp45.i.mail.ru> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Previously we had configurations repository in SVN. I even continued to > update my configuration there long after Git migration. Its useful > function was that I could easily give a link like ?see viric's > configuration?. > > I don't think comprehensiveness is that important for such a repository, > but as we currently have >50 committers, if half of use commits some > of our configurations, it would again be a useful collection of examples > of live Nix use. > > Should we create it (with the same permissions as NixPkgs, probably)? > I always consider such live documentation a good thing for initial > evaluation of a language? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:26:32 -0500 > From: "J. Brian Kelley" <j...@teksavvy.com> > Subject: [Nix-dev] Fwd: Re: NixOS Live CD (Graphic) Boot Failure > To: Wout Mertens <wout.mert...@gmail.com> > Cc: nix-dev <nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl> > Message-ID: <54590c48.1000...@teksavvy.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Well, I reinstalled Linux Mint 17 (went smoothly) and sadly there is no > /proc/config.gz . > > Is there any means to direct the screen output to my usb flash drive? Or > at least stop it scrolling until I have had a chance to read things? Is > there possibly a "debug" option that can be invoked? > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:35:16 +0100 > From: Vladim?r ?un?t <vcu...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] Fwd: Re: NixOS Live CD (Graphic) Boot Failure > To: nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > Message-ID: <54590e54.5020...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On 11/04/2014 06:26 PM, J. Brian Kelley wrote: > > Well, I reinstalled Linux Mint 17 (went smoothly) and sadly there is no > > /proc/config.gz . > > sudo modprobe configs > may be needed to access that file. > > Vladimir > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: smime.p7s > Type: application/pkcs7-signature > Size: 3251 bytes > Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature > Url : > http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/attachments/20141104/731f46a5/attachment-0001.bin > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:17:41 -0500 > From: "J. Brian Kelley" <j...@teksavvy.com> > Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS Live CD (Graphic) Boot Failure > To: Wout Mertens <wout.mert...@gmail.com> > Cc: nix-dev <nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl> > Message-ID: <54592655.3070...@teksavvy.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > As a last attempt, I burned the minimal ISO and tried booting it. > > Exactly the same result - goes nicely until it shows the login prompt > whereupon the error message triplets start (doesn't even newline down > from the prompt so the first error message is offset somewhat). > > Seems a bit strange that they start at the point that a keyboard input > is required - could the fact that the keyboard is PS/2 connected be a > factor? > > I'm really grasping at straws - do I submit a bug report that simply > says install iso(s) don't work? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:25:09 +0000 > From: Wout Mertens <wout.mert...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS Live CD (Graphic) Boot Failure > To: "J. Brian Kelley" <j...@teksavvy.com> > Cc: nix-dev <nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl> > Message-ID: > <cao3v83jwq3moj5p2mkdzcbufenwe2srneevm4xsdnckm2cy...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Can you try the modprobe configs that was suggested? > > Opening an issue won't help, we can't reproduce and we're the same guys :-) > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014, 20:17 J. Brian Kelley <j...@teksavvy.com> wrote: > > > As a last attempt, I burned the minimal ISO and tried booting it. > > > > Exactly the same result - goes nicely until it shows the login prompt > > whereupon the error message triplets start (doesn't even newline down > > from the prompt so the first error message is offset somewhat). > > > > Seems a bit strange that they start at the point that a keyboard input > > is required - could the fact that the keyboard is PS/2 connected be a > > factor? > > > > I'm really grasping at straws - do I submit a bug report that simply > > says install iso(s) don't work? > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/attachments/20141104/a4568912/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 22:06:34 +0200 > From: Paul Colomiets <p...@colomiets.name> > Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] deploying nix-built software to non-nix linux > systems > To: Anders Papitto <anderspapi...@gmail.com> > Cc: nix-dev <nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl> > Message-ID: > <CAA0gF6rb8bsChF3a9Z_ksSaYKvZq9LhJ1g_Gi4uVp=bivad...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Anders, > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Anders Papitto <anderspapi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm interested in using nix/nixos to build an application with its > > full set of dependencies, and then deploy it to non-nixos machines as > > a self-contained package (up to and including the system libraries), > > without root privileges. Ideally I would like to not require that any > > nix tools be available on the target system. The perfect workflow > > would be something like > > > > # on any linux system > > $ wget https://some/path/to/my-app.tar.gz > > $ tar -xf my-app.tar.gz > > $ ./my-app/bin/my-app # run the application -> it should not try to > > access anything outside ./my-app > > > > Is this possible? I haven't been able to find any resources on > > deploying to a non-nix systems. > > > > Not easily but you can do that in two cases: > > 1. If you haven't root privileges, but can ask admin to make /nix owned by you > > 2. If you have recent kernel (>=3.8) with CONFIG_USER_NS enabled > (which is by default), > > > -- > Paul > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > End of nix-dev Digest, Vol 113, Issue 9 > *************************************** _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev