[Nix-dev] nix crashing

[marco-oweber]

> 1. I'm not actually on the nix-dev mailing list. Fortunately, I've been
> polling the archives and saw your response there.
I didn't knew and I don't want to keep this information in my head :-)
I think it's your responsibility to poll the list. So I'm glad as well
that you didn't miss my reply.
I think the common case is being subscribed to the mailinglist.
 
> 2. I'm trying to bootstrap nix, not use an installed nix. You may have
> inferred that on your own, but another responder clearly didn't.
Doesn't matter in your case anyway.
You nix version doesn't fit your nixpkgs version.
In both cases using the latest dev version is best you can do in
general.

  %nix-env --version
  nix-env (Nix) 0.13pre16130

This works for me for gimp etc..
So you still have an old version. 


> I switch from -unstable to -stable [...]
I can't follow you. Are you talking about nix or nixpkgs now?

>   $ nix-env -qa '*'
>   error: undefined variable `gtkLibs', in
> `/home/trost/.nix-defexpr/channels/nixpkgs_unstable/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix'

nix-env -qa \* -f $NIXPKGS_ALL  works fine for me
--out-path is broken due to a multiset issue. I'll fix that asap.
 
Consider joining irc for this case of problem. Then you have less
roundtrips and a result more quickly.

Sincerly
Marc Weber