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On 11/12/18 2:34 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 11/12/2018 04:06 PM, Zac Medico wrote: |
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>> On 11/12/18 12:57 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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>>> On 11/12/2018 03:33 PM, Zac Medico wrote: |
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>>>> |
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>>>> QA_INSTALL_PATHS=( /nix ) |
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>>> That really, really, really doesn't belong there. |
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>> I'm open to suggestions for alternatives. Ideas? |
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> /var/lib/nix? |
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> The idea being, to put it in the right place by default, and let people |
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> override it with EXTRA_ECONF if they really want to download random |
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> binaries from strangers and run them. |
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I recommend to add /nix to the whitelist because this is the default |
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location for all operating systems, as shown consistently throughout the |
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installation instructions found at |
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https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-installation. |
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The nix manual also has this explicit warning in the "Building Nix from |
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Source" section found at https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sec-building-source: |
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> Warning: It is best not to change the Nix store from its default, |
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since doing |
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> so makes it impossible to use pre-built binaries from the standard Nixpkgs |
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> channels — that is, all packages will need to be built from source. |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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