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Coreutils is multi-output and the `info` output doesn't seem to be included on the install disk, failing like this (because now nix-env wants to build coreutils): ```` machine# these derivations will be built: machine# /nix/store/0jk4wzg11sa6cqyw8g7w5lb35axji969-bison-3.0.4.tar.gz.drv ... machine# /nix/store/ybjgqwxx63l8cj1s7b8axx09wz06kxbv-coreutils-8.25.drv machine# building path(s) ‘/nix/store/4xvdi5740vq8vlsi48lik3saz0v5jsx0-coreutils-8.25.tar.xz’ machine# downloading ‘http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-8.25.tar.xz’... machine# error: unable to download ‘http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-8.25.tar.xz’: Couldn't resolve host name (6) machine# builder for ‘/nix/store/5j3bc5sjr6271fnjh9gk9hrid8kgbpx3-coreutils-8.25.tar.xz.drv’ failed with exit code 1 machine# cannot build derivation ‘/nix/store/ybjgqwxx63l8cj1s7b8axx09wz06kxbv-coreutils-8.25.drv’: 1 dependencies couldn't be built machine# error: build of ‘/nix/store/ybjgqwxx63l8cj1s7b8axx09wz06kxbv-coreutils-8.25.drv’ failed ````
Nixpkgs is a collection of packages for the Nix package manager. It is periodically built and tested by the hydra build daemon as so-called channels. To get channel information via git, add nixpkgs-channels as a remote:
% git remote add channels git://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git
For stability and maximum binary package support, it is recommended to maintain
custom changes on top of one of the channels, e.g. nixos-16.03 for the latest
release and nixos-unstable for the latest successful build of master:
% git remote update channels
% git rebase channels/nixos-16.03
For pull-requests, please rebase onto nixpkgs master.
NixOS linux distribution source code is located inside
nixos/ folder.
- NixOS installation instructions
- Documentation (Nix Expression Language chapter)
- Manual (How to write packages for Nix)
- Manual (NixOS)
- Nix Wiki
- Continuous package builds for unstable/master
- Continuous package builds for 16.03 release
- Tests for unstable/master
- Tests for 16.03 release
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