From 06e1fc696cc84af8a492097b0b39986c87dd37f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryan Gardiner Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:26:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note that nvd should be obtained through Nixpkgs. It was kindly pointed out to me in merge request !3 that it's not clear that nvd is in Nixpkgs. Nixpkgs is the preferred way to get nvd, or alternatively one of the release tags in this repo, rather than the master branch where things can change willy-nilly. --- README.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 38e6da0..d033399 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ know when versions change. Usually I care most about packages that are included in `environment.systemPackages`, so packages in this list are highlighted and coloured specially and changes to this list are reported. +The recommended way to obtain nvd is through Nixpkgs, where it has the attribute +name `nvd`. + I recommend wrapping your usual `nixos-rebuild` call in a script that compares the result to the current system: