[Nix-dev] Best way to install nix packages from github repo

[Profpatsch]

On 16-06-25 07:38pm, Daniel Hlynskyi wrote:
> All approaches listed here share common pitfall - you have to download not
> only latest Nixpkgs tarball, but whole new stdenv and co to use that 1
> package.
> 
> But often cherry-picking that new package and deps to local Nixpkgs is the
> only thing required, without all of that updated stdenv.

Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Normally you want a consistent
package set (except in situations with very little drive space).

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