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

[Shea Levy]

Hi Antonio,

Go to http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/nixUnstable.x86_64-linux/latest and follow the instructions to download that build result into your store. Then, install it with nix-env -i /full/store/path. Then nixos-rebuild should work (and you can do nix-env -e nix after switching to the new system if you want).

You should ideally run all these steps with the daemon turned back on and NIX_REMOTE set, those are unrelated to this.

Thanks,
Shea

On Mar 29, 2013, at 17:35, Antonio Vargas Gonzalez <windenntw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 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
> 
> 
> -- 
> Antonio Vargas Gonzalez | winden ^ rgba ^ network ^ batman.group | +windenntw | windenntw at gmail.com
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