[Nix-dev] How to test my service definition without actually "installing" it?

[Bjørn Forsman]

On 14 May 2015 at 10:07, Matthias Beyer <mail at beyermatthias.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently working on
>
>     https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/7771
>
> (taskwarrior-server service definition for nixos)
>
> How to test my service definition without installing it aka. without
> polluting my boot manager with boot entries? How to "install" it
> without rebuilding my complete system because of the switch from
> the nixos-unstable channel to the "master branch" channel.

I think this is what you're looking for (scroll down to the end):

http://nixos.org/nixos/manual/sec-building-parts.html

- Bjørn