[Nix-dev] Fwd: Cannot upgrade old NixOS

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 04/08/13 17:44, Daniel Hlynskyi wrote:

>> The easiest solution is probably to install the latest version of Nix:
>>  http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/trunk/build.x86_64-linux/latest
>> E.g.
>>  $ nix-install-package --non-interactive --url \
>> http://hydra.nixos.org/build/5636025/nix/pkg/nix-1.6pre3181_8e74c0b-x86_64-linux.nixpkg
>>
>> Hopefully nixos-rebuild will then work.  Afterwards you can do "nix-env -e nix".
> 
> Thanks, this command didn't fail and downloaded new packages. BUT new package 
> binaries are NOT RUNNABLE. 

Maybe you have a 32-bit system? In that case you should use

  http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/trunk/build.i686-linux/latest

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Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/