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Frequently Asked Questions
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Nix
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2016-05-20 11:24:40 -04:00
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How do I fix: error: querying path in database: database disk image is malformed
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2016-05-20 11:53:05 -04:00
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No known solution yet.
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How nix decides which parts of the environment affect a derivation and its sha256 hash
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2016-05-20 11:53:05 -04:00
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2016-05-20 11:24:40 -04:00
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What are channels and different branches on github?
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2016-05-20 11:24:40 -04:00
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How do I mirror tarballs?
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2016-05-20 11:30:40 -04:00
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We have a content-addressed tarball mirror at tarballs.nixos.org for this
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purpose. "fetchurl" will automatically use this mirror to obtain files by hash.
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However:
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* The mirroring script was not running lately. I've revived it so 16.03 tarballs
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are mirrored now
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(https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-org-configurations/commit/a17ccf87deae4fb86639c8d34ab5938edd68d8c4).
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* The mirroring script only copies tarballs of packages in the Nixpkgs Hydra
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jobset. Since moreutils is not part of the jobset, it's not mirrored. This can
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be fixed by adding a meta.platforms attribute to moreutils.
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2016-05-20 11:53:05 -04:00
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Are there some known impurities in builds?
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Yes.
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- CPU (we try hard to avoid compiling native instructions, but rather hardcode supported ones)
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- current time/date
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- FileSystem (ext4 has a known bug creating `empty files on power loss <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/15581>`_)
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- Kernel
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- Timing behaviour of the build system (parallel Make not getting correct inputs in some cases)
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2016-05-21 15:52:47 -04:00
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NixOS
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*****
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How to build my own ISO?
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http://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#sec-building-cd
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2016-05-20 11:24:40 -04:00
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Hydra
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What to do if Hydra is down or unreachable?
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2016-05-20 11:53:05 -04:00
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It's best to set binary cache timeout:
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.. code-block:: nix
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nix.extraOptions = ''
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connect-timeout = 10
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'';
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How do I add a new binary cache?
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Using `NixOS`:
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2016-05-20 11:53:05 -04:00
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.. code-block:: nix
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trustedBinaryCaches = [ "https://cache.nixos.org" "https://hydra.snabb.co" ];
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binaryCaches = trustedBinaryCaches;
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binaryCachePublicKeys = [ "hydra.snabb.co-1:zPzKSJ1mynGtYEVbUR0QVZf9TLcaygz/OyzHlWo5AMM=" ];
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Using `Nix`:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ echo "trusted-binary-caches = https://hydra.snabb.co" >> /etc/nix/nix.conf
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$ nix-build helpers/bench.nix --option extra-binary-caches https://hydra.snabb.co`
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