[Nix-dev] nix-env -qc firefox

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:00:39PM -0800, James Cook wrote:
> On 11 January 2013 02:39, Petar Bogdanovic <petar at smokva.net> wrote:
> > something doesn't seem right here:
> >
> >         $ nix-env -qc firefox
> >         firefox-17.0.1-with-plugins  < 18.0-with-plugins
> >
> >         $ nix-env -u firefox
> >
> >         $ nix-env -qc firefox
> >         firefox-17.0.1-with-plugins  < 18.0-with-plugins
> 
> It looks like firefox 17.0.1 has a higher priority right now in
> nixpkgs.  You can install firefox 18 explicitly by
> 
> nix-env -i firefox-18.0-with-plugins
> 
> (Incidentally, firefox 17.0.1 has known security vulnerabilities.
> Wouldn't that be an argument for making 18 the default, even if the
> expression isn't as well-tested?)

I didn't know about the security vulnerabilities, but when I added firefox 18.0,
I didn't know what to do about lowPrio, because sometimes we have had newer
versions with lowPrio.

I always end up using the latest, *if it works*. I guess you propose something
similar.

Regards,
Lluís.