Re: [Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released
Hi, On 07/03/14 04:18, Kevin Quick wrote: > Looks like I've got a bit of a catch-22 situation here. My current > thinking is to get the nix definitions from github and look for a commit > that's old-enough to let me run nix-env to update nix, but that is a bit > awkward. Does anyone have any better advice to help me roll back my > package descriptions or roll forward my nix-env? You can upgrade a 1.6.1 release from http://hydra.nixos.org/release/nix/nix-1.6.1 using nix-install-package. For instance, if you're on x86_64-linux: $ nix-install-package --non-interactive --url http://hydra.nixos.org/build/6695697/nix/pkg/nix-1.6.1-x86_64-linux.nixpkg If nothing else works, you can install from the binary tarball: $ bash <(curl https://nixos.org/nix/install) -- Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/ ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
Re: [Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released
Hi. On 03/07/2014 04:18 AM, Kevin Quick wrote: I have an older NixOS installation that hadn't been updated recently. After running a channel update, I can unfortunately no longer run nix-env. Yes, it's not uncommon for people to have this problem, so it is time to create a wiki page for it, I guess. IIRC a couple of people confirmed this solution does work. https://nixos.org/wiki/How_to_update_when_nix_is_too_old_to_evaluate_nixpkgs Vlada smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
Re: [Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released
Hi folks,
I have an older NixOS installation that hadn't been updated recently.
After running a channel update, I can unfortunately no longer run
nix-env. I believe it to be due to the nix-channel-obtained
all-packages.nix taking advantage of the new lazy with described below,
but my version 1.5.2 nix-env cannot parse that.
$ nix-env -u nix --show-trace
error: while evaluating the function at
`/nix/store/afbq2l02995n243s8398sshkcrjw5n2r-nixos-14.04pre40034.c4d5757/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:8:1':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/store/afbq2l02995n243s8398sshkcrjw5n2r-nixos-14.04pre40034.c4d5757/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:116:26':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/store/afbq2l02995n243s8398sshkcrjw5n2r-nixos-14.04pre40034.c4d5757/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:134:19':
infinite recursion encountered
$ nix-env --version
nix-env (Nix) 1.5.2
I tried downloading the nix source below and building it, but I get:
$ ./configure
...
checking for BZ2_bzWriteOpen in -lbz2... no
configure: error: Nix requires libbz2, which is part of bzip2. See
http://www.bzip.org/.
$
Looks like I've got a bit of a catch-22 situation here. My current
thinking is to get the nix definitions from github and look for a commit
that's old-enough to let me run nix-env to update nix, but that is a bit
awkward. Does anyone have any better advice to help me roll back my
package descriptions or roll forward my nix-env?
Thanks!
Kevin
Eelco Dolstra writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm pleased to announce the availability of a new stable release of the
> Nix package manager. Release 1.6 can be found at
>
> http://hydra.nixos.org/release/nix/nix-1.6
>
> and
>
> http://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-1.6/
>
> In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has several new features:
>
> * The command nix-build --run-env has been renamed to nix-shell.
>
> * nix-shell now sources $stdenv/setup inside the interactive shell, rather
> than in a parent shell. This ensures that shell functions defined by
> stdenv
> can be used in the interactive shell.
>
> * nix-shell has a new flag --pure to clear the environment, so you get an
> environment that more closely corresponds to the "real" Nix build.
>
> * nix-shell now sets the shell prompt (PS1) to ensure that Nix shells are
> distinguishable from your regular shells.
>
> * nix-env no longer requires a * argument to match all packages, so nix-env
> -qa is equivalent to nix-env -qa '*'.
>
> * nix-env -i has a new flag --remove-all (-r) to remove all previous
> packages
> from the profile. This makes it easier to do declarative package
> management
> similar to NixOS's environment.systemPackages. For instance, if you have a
> specification my-packages.nix like this:
>
> with import {};
> [ thunderbird
> geeqie
> ...
> ]
>
> then after any change to this file, you can run:
>
> $ nix-env -f my-packages.nix -ir
>
> to update your profile to match the specification.
>
> * The `with' language construct is now more lazy. It only evaluates its
> argument if a variable might actually refer to an attribute in the
> argument. For instance, this now works:
>
> let
> pkgs = with pkgs; { foo = "old"; bar = foo; } // overrides;
> overrides = { foo = "new"; };
> in pkgs.bar
>
> This evaluates to "new", while previously it gave an "infinite recursion"
> error.
>
> * Nix now has proper integer arithmetic operators. For instance, you can
> write x + y instead of builtins.add x y, or x < y instead of
> builtins.lessThan x y. The comparison operators also work on strings.
>
> * On 64-bit systems, Nix integers are now 64 bits rather than 32 bits.
>
> * When using the Nix daemon, the nix-daemon worker process now runs on the
> same CPU as the client, on systems that support setting CPU affinity. This
> gives a significant speedup on some systems.
>
> * If a stack overflow occurs in the Nix evaluator, you now get a proper
> error
> message (rather than "Segmentation fault") on some systems.
>
> * In addition to directories, you can now bind-mount regular files in
> chroots
> through the (now misnamed) option build-chroot-dirs.
>
> This release has contributions from Domen Kožar, Eelco Dolstra, Florian
> Friesdorf, Gergely Risko, Ivan Kozik, Ludovic Courtès and Shea Levy.
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Re: [Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released
Actually tests are failing since Nix 1.6 upgrade, that's why channel is not updated: http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/tested On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Vladimír Čunát wrote: > On 09/15/2013 10:11 AM, Malcolm Matalka wrote: > >> I am unable to upgrade to 1.6 on one of my machines for an unknown >> reason. >> >> I updated my machine by doing 'nixos-rebuild --upgrade switch' and >> rebooting. >> > > "nixos-rebuild --upgrade" uses the channel. Its current nixpkgs revision > is on 38d54cf, which is *before* the b73deae nix-1.6 update (about four > days commit-time). Therefore, the reason must be somewhere else than > nix-1.6. > > (The channel currently lags a bit, mainly because the FreeBSD build slaves > are a little overloaded.) > > > Vlada > > > > ___ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
Re: [Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released
On 09/15/2013 10:11 AM, Malcolm Matalka wrote: I am unable to upgrade to 1.6 on one of my machines for an unknown reason. I updated my machine by doing 'nixos-rebuild --upgrade switch' and rebooting. "nixos-rebuild --upgrade" uses the channel. Its current nixpkgs revision is on 38d54cf, which is *before* the b73deae nix-1.6 update (about four days commit-time). Therefore, the reason must be somewhere else than nix-1.6. (The channel currently lags a bit, mainly because the FreeBSD build slaves are a little overloaded.) Vlada smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
Re: [Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released
I am unable to upgrade to 1.6 on one of my machines for an unknown
reason.
I updated my machine by doing 'nixos-rebuild --upgrade switch' and
rebooting.
$ nixos-version
13.09pre5022_71365b7-38d54cf (Aardvark)
$ nix-env --version
nix-env (Nix) 1.5.3
$ which nix-env
/run/current-system/sw/bin/nix-env
$ sudo nix-channel --list
nixos http://nixos.org/releases/nixos/channels/nixos-unstable
$ nix-env -qa '*' | grep -e '^nix'
nix-1.5.3
nix-1.6pre3215_2c1ecf8
nix-generate-from-cpan-1
nixops-1.0.1
nixpkgs-lint-1
Interesting fact: on my other machine that did upgrade properly, the
output of the grep is different:
$ nix-env -qa '*' | grep -e '^nix'
nix-1.5.2
nix-1.5.3pre3141_1b6ee8f
nix-generate-from-cpan-1
$ nix-env --version
nix-env (Nix) 1.6pre3215_2c1ecf8
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
/Malcolm
Eelco Dolstra writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm pleased to announce the availability of a new stable release of the
> Nix package manager. Release 1.6 can be found at
>
> http://hydra.nixos.org/release/nix/nix-1.6
>
> and
>
> http://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-1.6/
>
> In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has several new features:
>
> * The command nix-build --run-env has been renamed to nix-shell.
>
> * nix-shell now sources $stdenv/setup inside the interactive shell, rather
> than in a parent shell. This ensures that shell functions defined by
> stdenv
> can be used in the interactive shell.
>
> * nix-shell has a new flag --pure to clear the environment, so you get an
> environment that more closely corresponds to the "real" Nix build.
>
> * nix-shell now sets the shell prompt (PS1) to ensure that Nix shells are
> distinguishable from your regular shells.
>
> * nix-env no longer requires a * argument to match all packages, so nix-env
> -qa is equivalent to nix-env -qa '*'.
>
> * nix-env -i has a new flag --remove-all (-r) to remove all previous
> packages
> from the profile. This makes it easier to do declarative package
> management
> similar to NixOS's environment.systemPackages. For instance, if you have a
> specification my-packages.nix like this:
>
> with import {};
> [ thunderbird
> geeqie
> ...
> ]
>
> then after any change to this file, you can run:
>
> $ nix-env -f my-packages.nix -ir
>
> to update your profile to match the specification.
>
> * The `with' language construct is now more lazy. It only evaluates its
> argument if a variable might actually refer to an attribute in the
> argument. For instance, this now works:
>
> let
> pkgs = with pkgs; { foo = "old"; bar = foo; } // overrides;
> overrides = { foo = "new"; };
> in pkgs.bar
>
> This evaluates to "new", while previously it gave an "infinite recursion"
> error.
>
> * Nix now has proper integer arithmetic operators. For instance, you can
> write x + y instead of builtins.add x y, or x < y instead of
> builtins.lessThan x y. The comparison operators also work on strings.
>
> * On 64-bit systems, Nix integers are now 64 bits rather than 32 bits.
>
> * When using the Nix daemon, the nix-daemon worker process now runs on the
> same CPU as the client, on systems that support setting CPU affinity. This
> gives a significant speedup on some systems.
>
> * If a stack overflow occurs in the Nix evaluator, you now get a proper
> error
> message (rather than "Segmentation fault") on some systems.
>
> * In addition to directories, you can now bind-mount regular files in
> chroots
> through the (now misnamed) option build-chroot-dirs.
>
> This release has contributions from Domen Kožar, Eelco Dolstra, Florian
> Friesdorf, Gergely Risko, Ivan Kozik, Ludovic Courtès and Shea Levy.
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Re: [Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released
> $ nix-env -f my-packages.nix -ir So such usage is officially recommended now? :-) The old solution still applies, because its easy to create multiple "sets" and update one of those sets only: https://nixos.org/wiki/Howto_keep_multiple_packages_up_to_date_at_once Updating "everything" is doable, but sometimes annoying if it takes a lot time to update everything if you only need to update one piece at a given time. Thanks to all contributors. Marc Weber ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
Re: [Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released
On 09/10/2013 05:55 PM, Eelco Dolstra wrote: I'm pleased to announce the availability of a new stable release of the Nix package manager. [...] This release has contributions from Domen Kožar, Eelco Dolstra, Florian Friesdorf, Gergely Risko, Ivan Kozik, Ludovic Courtès and Shea Levy. Thanks all! This looks like a very nice set of updates. Vlada smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
[Nix-dev] Nix 1.6 released
Hi,
I'm pleased to announce the availability of a new stable release of the
Nix package manager. Release 1.6 can be found at
http://hydra.nixos.org/release/nix/nix-1.6
and
http://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-1.6/
In addition to the usual bug fixes, this release has several new features:
* The command nix-build --run-env has been renamed to nix-shell.
* nix-shell now sources $stdenv/setup inside the interactive shell, rather
than in a parent shell. This ensures that shell functions defined by stdenv
can be used in the interactive shell.
* nix-shell has a new flag --pure to clear the environment, so you get an
environment that more closely corresponds to the "real" Nix build.
* nix-shell now sets the shell prompt (PS1) to ensure that Nix shells are
distinguishable from your regular shells.
* nix-env no longer requires a * argument to match all packages, so nix-env
-qa is equivalent to nix-env -qa '*'.
* nix-env -i has a new flag --remove-all (-r) to remove all previous packages
from the profile. This makes it easier to do declarative package management
similar to NixOS's environment.systemPackages. For instance, if you have a
specification my-packages.nix like this:
with import {};
[ thunderbird
geeqie
...
]
then after any change to this file, you can run:
$ nix-env -f my-packages.nix -ir
to update your profile to match the specification.
* The `with' language construct is now more lazy. It only evaluates its
argument if a variable might actually refer to an attribute in the
argument. For instance, this now works:
let
pkgs = with pkgs; { foo = "old"; bar = foo; } // overrides;
overrides = { foo = "new"; };
in pkgs.bar
This evaluates to "new", while previously it gave an "infinite recursion"
error.
* Nix now has proper integer arithmetic operators. For instance, you can
write x + y instead of builtins.add x y, or x < y instead of
builtins.lessThan x y. The comparison operators also work on strings.
* On 64-bit systems, Nix integers are now 64 bits rather than 32 bits.
* When using the Nix daemon, the nix-daemon worker process now runs on the
same CPU as the client, on systems that support setting CPU affinity. This
gives a significant speedup on some systems.
* If a stack overflow occurs in the Nix evaluator, you now get a proper error
message (rather than "Segmentation fault") on some systems.
* In addition to directories, you can now bind-mount regular files in chroots
through the (now misnamed) option build-chroot-dirs.
This release has contributions from Domen Kožar, Eelco Dolstra, Florian
Friesdorf, Gergely Risko, Ivan Kozik, Ludovic Courtès and Shea Levy.
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