[Nix-dev] Some NixOS beginner questions...

[Ben Franksen]

Ben Franksen wrote:
> (4) How do I fix something if it is broken? Note I don't want to upgrade
> my whole NixOS configuration to the unstable branch (as all the
> documentation suggests), just make one or two fixes in certain packages
> (e.g. the nedit package is currently broken, when starting the binary it
> crashes with some X11 bad opcode error). I expected the nixpkgs repository
> to have a 'stable' branch so I could check that out and work from there
> but such a branch seems not to exist. How else can I replace/fix/change
> the nix expression for a single package, leaving the rest of the system as
> is?

Part of the mystery is solved. I don't use git on a regular basis, so I 
missed out on the '-a' switch for git branch. I guess 'release-13.10' is the 
branch I am interested in (please tell me if I am wrong).

Cheers
Ben
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