Re: [Nix-dev] error in unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh

2015-11-10 Thread Matei David
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:56:29 -0700 "Ericson, John" wrote: > `unshare -urm` should do the trick if you have it. Also check if `man > 2 unshare` describes a CLONE_NEWUSR flag. `man 7 user_namespaces` is > also a good resource. Sorry for the delay. I looked into this, and the unshare version availa

Re: [Nix-dev] error in unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh

2015-10-28 Thread Matei David
On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:35:18 -0400 Matei David wrote: > Strangely, now I see one additional error, about "env" not being > understood: > > Unpacking the bootstrap tools... > Patching the bootstrap tools... > /some-dir/nix/store/...-unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh: line

Re: [Nix-dev] error in unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh

2015-10-28 Thread Matei David
On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:47:13 +0100 Vladimír Čunát wrote: > Hi. > > On 10/28/2015 04:17 PM, Matei David wrote: > > What can I do to fix this or to diagnose it further? > > That's strange, as (1) the bootstrapping seems fine on Hydra > http://hydr

[Nix-dev] error in unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh

2015-10-28 Thread Matei David
Hi, I'm trying to install nix without root priviledges under my home dir. The host is Debian squeeze running on a cluster. I followed the wiki here: https://nixos.org/wiki/How_to_install_nix_in_home_(on_another_distribution) I tried the manual version because I want the binaries to run fast, with