It turns out, that it is my tex package. If I remove it, it deploys successfully.
Here is a nix file that I tested with: { network.description = "Test"; trivial = { config, pkgs, ... }: { imports = [ <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/scan/not-detected.nix> ]; boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "uhci_hcd" "ehci_pci" "ahci" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "sr_mod" ]; boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ]; boot.extraModulePackages = [ ]; boot.loader.grub.devices = [ "/dev/sda" ]; fileSystems."/" = { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/3bafeea6-2e45-4048-b192-436b5a8f4e3b"; fsType = "ext4"; }; fileSystems."/boot" = { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/f57eea7e-69d2-4629-af51-0fbff1e1a807"; fsType = "ext2"; }; swapDevices = [ { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/6488f5b6-9412-4c35-9f1d-ae7bc442410e"; } ]; nix.maxJobs = pkgs.lib.mkDefault 2; services.openssh.enable = true; environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; let # see https://nixos.org/wiki/TexLive_HOWTO tex = texlive.combine { inherit (texlive) scheme-medium collection-latexextra beamer moderncv moderntimeline cm-super inconsolata libertine; }; in [ tex ]; # I disable this packages, deploy to physical machine works # deployment.targetEnv = "container"; #works in both cases deployment.targetEnv = "none"; deployment.targetHost = "192.168.1.72"; }; } If I remove the tex package, deployment to a physical machine works. Otherwise the “Argument list too long” error appears. Deployment to a nixos container works in both cases. What is going on? Regards Eike Eike <e...@eknet.org> writes: > Unfortunately, the configuration.nix is little complex. You can find it > here [0]. As a test I removed all system packages listed in [1] (that > are included in [0]) and the error disappeared. > > I'll try to make a smaller example that fails. > > Eike > > [0] > https://github.com/eikek/confnix/blob/unstable/systems/lenni/configuration.nix > [1] https://github.com/eikek/confnix/blob/unstable/common-desktop.nix > > nickbh <nick.b.h....@gmail.com> writes: > >> That’s odd, I can’t think why that would happen, though I’m sure I >> don’t know all the workings of nixops. Perhaps someone else on the >> list might have a clue. >> >> If you share the system packages of your config we can see if the >> error can be replicated. >> >>> On 24 Jul 2016, at 13:47, Eike <e...@eknet.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> nixops --version says "1.3.1". I'm running NixOS 16.09pre85931.125ffff >>> (unstable channel) and installed nixops using `nix-env -i nixops'. I >>> noticed that when I remove all system packages from configuration.nix, >>> it doesn't error anymore. So I guess it's because the closure is too >>> large? This would be too bad for me, because I hoped to manage some >>> (physical) desktop machines with nixops that have many system packages. >>> >>> Here is the output of nixops info -d lenni. For me it doesn't provide >>> any hints regarding this problem: >>> >>> Network name: lenni >>> Network UUID: 745c1905-5050-11e6-b200-90e6baf47cb4 >>> Network description: Lenni >>> Nix expressions: >>> /home/eike/workspace/projects/confnix/systems/lenni/deploy.nix >>> >>> >>> +-------+---------------+------+---------------------------------------------------+------------+ >>> | Name | Status | Type | Resource Id >>> | IP address | >>> >>> +-------+---------------+------+---------------------------------------------------+------------+ >>> | lenni | Up / Outdated | none | >>> nixops-745c1905-5050-11e6-b200-90e6baf47cb4-lenni | | >>> >>> +-------+---------------+------+---------------------------------------------------+------------+ >>> >>> Thanks a lot and kind regards >>> Eike >>> >>> >>> nickbh <nick.b.h....@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Apparently that’s a OS error resulting from a size limit on command >>>> line args[0]. Were you able to find the cause? If not, what’s your >>>> 'nixops —version'? Does 'nixops info -d lenni’ show any clues? >>>> >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> [0] http://stackoverflow.com/a/28965439/4386011 >>>>> On 22 Jul 2016, at 22:53, Eike <e...@eknet.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I start using nixops and want to deploy from one machine to >>>>> another. Both have NixOS running. This is the nix file I feed to nixops >>>>> create: >>>>> >>>>> { >>>>> network.description = "Lenni"; >>>>> lenni = >>>>> { config, pkgs, ... }: >>>>> { >>>>> imports = [ ./configuration.nix ]; >>>>> >>>>> deployment.targetEnv = "none"; >>>>> deployment.targetHost = "192.168.1.72"; >>>>> }; >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> The configuration.nix is the same file I used with `nixos-rebuild` >>>>> directly on the target machine. >>>>> >>>>> When I run nixops deploy it builds the configuration and then quits with >>>>> “[Errno 7] Argument list too long” error: >>>>> >>>>> $ nixops deploy -d lenni >>>>> building all machine configurations... >>>>> lenni> copying closure... >>>>> error: [Errno 7] Argument list too long >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure what I did wrong and could not find anything useful when >>>>> searching the internet. Can someone help me out here? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks and regards >>>>> Eike >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> gpg: AD7AC35E >>>>> finger print: 137F BB0B 1639 D25F DC5D E59C B412 C5F5 AD7A C35E >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> nix-dev mailing list >>>>> nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl >>>>> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >>> >>> >>> -- >>> gpg: AD7AC35E >>> finger print: 137F BB0B 1639 D25F DC5D E59C B412 C5F5 AD7A C35E -- gpg: AD7AC35E finger print: 137F BB0B 1639 D25F DC5D E59C B412 C5F5 AD7A C35E _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev