[Nix-dev] warning: name collision in input Nix expressions

Eelco Dolstra eelco.dolstra at logicblox.com
Wed Oct 16 23:11:18 CEST 2013


Hi,

On 16/10/13 23:05, Bjørn Forsman wrote:

> "nix-env -u --always" has stopped working on my laptop. Any ideas?
> 
> $ nix-env -u --always
> warning: name collision in input Nix expressions, skipping
> `/home/bfo/.nix-defexpr/channels_root/nixos'

You probably also added the "nixos" channel as bfo.  Check
/home/bfo/.nix-defexpr/channels, it probably has a nixos subdirectory as well.
To fix, run "nix-channel --remove nixos" (as bfo, not root).

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


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