[Nix-dev] nix-env has different nix-expressions based on the use issuing the command

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 01:23:48PM +0200, Joachim Schiele wrote:
> dear nixers,
> 
> can someone please explain what is going wrong here?
> 
> root # nix-env -qa '*' | grep chromium
> chromium-21.0.1180.89
> chromium-21.0.1180.89-with-plugins
> 
> normal user # nix-env -qa '*' | grep chromium
> chromium-19.0.1061.0-pre124950
> chromium-19.0.1061.0-pre124950-with-plugins
> 
> it seems that root has a different set of nix expressions compared to 
> what my normal user account offers. why ist that?

The answer is inside ~/.nix-defexpr

Regards,
Lluís.