[Nix-dev] firefox + Nix + sha512

[Sergey Mironov]

Let me also note, that all Hydra links are 404 on the Wiki page, which
is referenced by the nix command line tools:

   https://nixos.org/wiki/How_to_update_when_Nix_is_too_old_to_evaluate_Nixpkgs

I tried to add the advice Vladimir gave me, but my user (ierton) have
no write permissions any more. Who can I ask to re-gain them?

2016-06-08 20:30 GMT+03:00 Sergey Mironov <grrwlf at gmail.com>:
> 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
>>
>>