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regnat 93eadd5803 Make the post-build-hook use the daemon Nix package Having the `post-build-hook` use `nix` from the client package can lead to a deadlock in case there’s a db migration to do between both, as a `nix` command running inside the hook will run as root (and as such will bypass the daemon), so might trigger a db migration, which will get stuck trying to get a global lock on the DB (as the daemon that ran the hook already has a lock on it).		2021-11-05 11:11:33 +01:00
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doc/manual	docs: Correct fallback user config path	2021-11-04 11:41:29 +01:00
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scripts	Reword "we"s to "I"s for consistency	2021-11-03 18:42:32 -06:00
src	Add helper function to check whether a function arg is 'X' or '_X'	2021-11-04 14:52:35 +01:00
tests	Make the post-build-hook use the daemon Nix package	2021-11-05 11:11:33 +01:00
.dir-locals.el	.dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix	2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
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.gitignore	gitignore the `libstore-tests` executable	2021-10-08 10:12:27 +02:00
.version	Bump version to 2.5	2021-10-07 17:39:30 +02:00
boehmgc-coroutine-sp-fallback.diff	Fix leaking pthread_attr_t	2021-11-03 22:54:16 +01:00
bootstrap.sh	bootstrap: Simplify & make more robust.	2011-09-06 12:11:05 +00:00
configure.ac	configure: explicit dependency on lowdown library	2021-09-14 07:54:37 +02:00
COPYING	* Change this to LGPL to keep the government happy.	2006-04-25 16:41:06 +00:00
default.nix	Simplify shell.nix and default.nix	2020-06-17 19:21:46 +02:00
flake.lock	flake.lock: Update	2021-10-06 12:41:23 +02:00
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README.md	throw freenode down the memory hole	2021-05-27 21:48:39 +02:00
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README.md

Nix

Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.

Installation

On Linux and macOS the easiest way to install Nix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):

$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.

Building And Developing

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.