[Nix-dev] firefox + Nix + sha512

[Sergey Mironov]

Thanks for the '--realize' command, it saved my day!
How should I know the right Nix hash to --realize in future?

Regards,
Sergey

2016-05-22 10:45 GMT+03:00 Vladimír Čunát <vcunat at gmail.com>:
> Hi.
>
> On 05/21/2016 04:00 PM, Sergey Mironov wrote:
>> [...] Unfortunately, all the one-click-install packages are 404.
>>
>> Could you help me to understand what is happening? Which settings do
>> people normally use at the moment?
>
> I've got no idea about what people normally use. Perhaps most of them
> update more often.
>
> Instead of one-click-install, I'd use the desired path directly
> nix-store --realize /nix/store/mf9ha2d0yz599wx3aw5r0wdzyk5f8lf7-nix-1.11.2
> (That should be possible since using binary caches.)
>
>
> I expect it isn't enough to have new nix to evaluate the expressions but
> also running as nix-daemon. Therefore, I suggest you first update your
> system without firefox, getting rid of the error and then you can
> continue normally, adding it, etc.
>
> That should be possible in revisions after util-linux using sha256 again
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/15048#issuecomment-219149502
>
>
> --Vladimir
>
>