[Nix-dev] mips64el: syntax error in 'replace-dependency.nix'

[Shea Levy]

On 01/12/2013 01:33 PM, Nikita Karetnikov wrote:
>> I believe that if you do 'nix-env -iA nix' (note the 'A'), you'll be
>> able to install the newer nix without hitting the issue in
>> replace-dependency.
> # nix-env -iA nix
> error: attribute `nix' in selection path `nix' not found

Ah, right, you'll need something like nix-env -iA nixos.nixpkgs.nix. If 
that path doesn't work (that's for the nixos channel, you may need 
something different), look for a directory named "nixpkgs" in 
~/.nix-defexpr (or its subdirectories), and do nix-env -iA nix -f 
~/.nix-defexpr/path/to/nixpkgs

> I've found a workaround here [1], but it didn't help.
>
> Do you have any other ideas?  I have some Nix-related binaries in
> '/usr/local/bin' in a different chroot.  Can I somehow reuse those?
>
> Nikita
>
> [1] http://nixos.org/irc/logs/log.20120311