[Nix-dev] [plea for help] Problems upgrading a system that was installed in December

[Antonio Vargas Gonzalez]

Hi all,

I hope this can be solved, otherwise it spells saving my nixos.config
re-installing for me.

I installed a new system from scratch at the start of last december, and
had it running fine so far without any updates.

Today, I wanted to install a bit more stuff so first I decided to re-sync
my installation, as root:

(nixos was already pointing to unstable)

# nix-channel --update nixos
# nixos-rebuild --switch

[root at nixosito:~]# nixos-rebuild switch --show-trace
building Nix...
error: while evaluating the attribute `config' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix:69:3':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:8:1':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:114:26':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:132:19':
while evaluating the builtin function `isFunction':
while evaluating the attribute `optionDefinitions.nixpkgs' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix:25:3':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:8:1':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:114:26':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:132:19':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:228:25':
while evaluating the attribute `stdenv' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:214:3':
while evaluating the attribute `stdenv' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix:55:3':
while evaluating the attribute `stdenvLinux' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix:264:3':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix:1:1':
while evaluating the builtin function `abort':
evaluation aborted with the following error message: `This version of
Nixpkgs requires Nix >= 1.2, please upgrade!'
error: while evaluating the attribute `pkgs' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix:48:3':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:8:1':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:114:26':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:132:19':
while evaluating the builtin function `isFunction':
while evaluating the attribute `optionDefinitions.nixpkgs' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix:25:3':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:8:1':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:114:26':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:132:19':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:228:25':
while evaluating the attribute `stdenv' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:214:3':
while evaluating the attribute `stdenv' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix:55:3':
while evaluating the attribute `stdenvLinux' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix:264:3':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix:1:1':
while evaluating the builtin function `abort':
evaluation aborted with the following error message: `This version of
Nixpkgs requires Nix >= 1.2, please upgrade!'
error: while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:8:1':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:114:26':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:132:19':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:228:25':
while evaluating the attribute `stdenv' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix:214:3':
while evaluating the attribute `stdenv' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/default.nix:55:3':
while evaluating the attribute `stdenvLinux' at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix:264:3':
while evaluating the function at
`/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix:1:1':
while evaluating the builtin function `abort':
evaluation aborted with the following error message: `This version of
Nixpkgs requires Nix >= 1.2, please upgrade!'



I tried tracing back that and found this commit from early March this year:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/262c21ed464a2593b54ec274a3b84083c0795f2d


Asking on the IRC, I tried unsetting NIX_REMOTE and stopping the
nix-daemon, yet there is no way for me to continue the switch or do any
other administrative work on the machine anymore.

What are my options now? I've tried looking online on the official docs,
irc logs, etc but found no info so far on how to proceed. Only a reference
at

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:rRoNmAs2epUJ:nixos.org/irc/logs/log.20130308+&cd=8&hl=es&ct=clnk

and nothing else to figure out how to fix it.


Thanks in advance -- winden


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