Notices tagged with nix, page 2

@dansup @koen @loops Thanks! A well supported stack in #nixos with many examples in #nixpkgs so packaging it up with #nix shouldn’t be a problem for us. Docker is fine too of course, for wide adoption.

The #Nix docs have a reputation for being not-great, and I got to experience that after reviewing the "Ad hoc Shell Environments" page and attempting to try some things there:

https://nix.dev/tutorials/first-steps/ad-hoc-shell-environments

```
❯ nix-shell -p nodejs-20_x
error: getting status of '/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket': Permission denied
```

Now, why would creating an env specific to my current user require access to a socket owned by another user?

I read somewhere that to solve this #Nix error I needed to add my current user to the `nix-users` group, which I did, but then I got another error:

```
❯ nix-shell -p nodejs-20_x
error: creating directory '/nix/store': Permission denied
```

Again, I'm not running the command as root or with `sudo`, so it's unclear why Nix insists on attempting to run as another user.

`nix-shell` could also provide more useful error messages than "permission denied".

Not a great first impression.

So I created that directory and there's a new error:

```
❯ nix-shell -p nodejs-20_x
error: creating directory '/nix/store/.links': Permission denied
```

Created that directory, and there's another error:

```
❯ nix-shell -p nodejs-20_x
error: creating directory '/nix/var/nix/temproots': Permission denied
```

#Nix has an missed opportunity to here to check for these error states and produce a more useful diagnostic message than "permission denied".

I manually resolved those directory issues with #nix, only to reveal a new category of error:

```
error: file 'nixpkgs' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)
```

Sorry, if trying Nix was supposed to a step towards using #NixOS, the out of the box experience has been poor for me on Arch Linux.

Apparently this issue might be that first `nix-channel` needs to download something? That could have been done automatically or the diagnostic message could say that.

Reepca and I (well, mostly Reepca) just fixed a deadlock in the #Guix build daemon code base inherited from #Nix:
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/31785

I filed the issue 6 years ago, spent hours investigating over the years when it would manifest, and it had always been there!

Hey everyone 👋 , here's my #introduction

I'm a #linux and #bsd enthusiast based in Denmark that has been using #nix and #nixos for the last few years across all my machines.

I code in #elixir, #python, and #golang with plenty of shell scripting.

I love all things #devops , #sailing , and #cybersecurity

I moved from a self-hosted instance to infosec.exchange due to GoDaddy #enshittification in the form of price gouging combined with forced removal of privacy from your domain registrant details if you want to transfer to another registrar in hopes you'll stay.

I'm not a very active poster, I'm here mostly to find out about cool things and offer the occassional comment or boost here and there.

I really like #nix but I don't know if getting more into it will help me net a job.

Are you excited about @spritely? Do you care about decentralized networks? Do you also, potentially, like lisp and scheme? Are you, by any chance, a fan of functional programming or functional package managers like #Nix or #Guix?!

If ANY of these are true, you should come to my talk TODAY, in 2.5 hours, where I'm going to talk about Spritely! WebAssembly! Decentralized networks! And video games! Don't miss it! https://www.meetup.com/guix-social/events/303599147

Guix Social online meetup this Thursday with a talk by @cwebber of the @spritely

Interested in distributed communities and #socialmedia ? Or #guile #lisp and their futures in the web browser due to #WASM ! Or how about #guix / #nix and the future of the OS with distributed Shepherd? Christine is always curious, interesting and creative - so don't miss this one!

Details on the Wiki or Meetup pages:

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/PatchReviewSessions2024

https://www.meetup.com/guix-social/events/303599147/

I managed to get a new package into #nix #nixpkgs: silx (an HDF5 viewer). The review process was a pleasure as usual, once it got started. Now I get a notification about a merge request for a new version of silx, apparently auto-generated by a bot. What's more, after testing this new version, I can just tell the bot via a comment to merge it into master.

This is the only way a huge package repository can be somewhat sustainably developed. Bravo! Do other distributions have something similar?

#Nix #NixOS #ArchLinux

We've had 700 responses to the Guix user and Contributor survey! Thank-you to everyone who's taken it!

If you use, or have have experimented with Guix have you take it yet?

https://guix.limesurvey.net/

I'll leave it up until Sunday (1st December) and then it's gone gone gone. So *now* is the time to get your views into the mix!

#guix #FOSS #nix #fsf #linux #guile #emacs #scheme

Ya va siendo hora de hacer mi #Presentacion

👋 Soy Alberto Merino. Me apasionan la programación y la ciencia, y últimamente estoy muy interesado en formar parte de comunidades y compartir conocimiento.
Actualmente estoy haciendo un doctorado y soy un firme defensor del software libre, tanto en la investigación como en el desarrollo tecnológico.
También me gusta explorar herramientas que mejoren la reproducibilidad y la colaboración, como #Nix

Online #guix social this Friday 22nd. We'll do patch reviews and general Guix chat. Want to learn more about the #nix approach, but love #scheme and #lisp - this is the #linux #distro meetup for you!

See the #libreplanet wiki for details and links to the Meetup:

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/PatchReviewSessions2024

Times are:

18:00 UTC/ London
19:00 CET/Paris
14:00 EST/New York

Subscribe to the Wiki/meetups for updates, or join directly:

https://meet.jit.si/london-guix-meetup

@fabionatali

#fridayfun #freesoftware #development

TIL: `git archive` is used by GitHub and other forges to create an archive of a repo to download. git can do unexpected thing when creating such archive, like variable substitution using the `export-subst` feature. So even if a commit is immutable, you can still download different content if a ref or tag changed.

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-archive/2.46.0#Documentation/git-archive.txt-export-subst

Example: https://github.com/smallstep/cli/blob/master/.VERSION

That's a real problem in context of reproducible builds (or just source-pinning in general).

#ReproducibleBuilds #nixpkgs #nix #git #github

Hey #guix friends! Asking for a friend: are there any resources to help folks move from #nix to #guix? I ask given some of the challenges the nix community is currently facing, and because I think Guix is in a great position to provide another option.

imho, would be great to have some documentation specifically catered to folks coming from nix.

See also: https://lwn.net/Articles/981124/

Submitted the Guix User and Contributor survey to @hkrn :

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42124192

Give it a vote or a comment to get some #hackersnews love for the #guile #guix and connected #linux #emacs #nix communities.

Comments about my dodgy sentence structure, and the incorrect spelling of virtualisation (no z!!) are in bounds!

How do you know somebody is using #Nix? Don't worry, they'll tell you.

Srsly.