[Nix-dev] Openssl and fast security updates

[Shea Levy]

Pass in the system derivation and use nix-env --set to switch your
system to the resultant derivation.

I have used it in the past but only for short periods while waiting for
a rebuild.

On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 05:44:01PM +0200, Luca Bruno wrote:
> On 05/06/2014 17:16, Shea Levy wrote:
> > See the replaceDependency function in nixpkgs:
> >
> > https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/80a60810ca7e59360e8babf47c4d967f108c1e46/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix#L407-L409
> Also, replaceDependency seems to work with a single drv, but then how to
> apply the new openssl to all the drvs in pkgs?
> Other than just linking it in the mailing list, are you using it in
> reality Shea?
>