[Nix-dev] How to use binaries from other hosts?

[Matthias Beyer]

Worked for me, btw.

On 14-03-2016 13:03:25, Matthias Beyer wrote:
> That should be:
> 
>     sudo nix-store --import < example.closure
> 
> (note the '<').
> 
> Worked perfectly. Where can I add documentation?
> 
> On 14-03-2016 22:39:02, Brian McKenna wrote:
> > That should be:
> > 
> >     sudo nix-store --import example.closure
> > 
> > On 14 March 2016 at 22:35, Brian McKenna <brian at brianmckenna.org> wrote:
> > > You can skip signature checking by using root:
> > >
> > >     sudo nix-copy-closure --import example.closure
> > >
> > > I found this on the Nix issue tracker somewhere. It might not be
> > > documented behaviour.
> > >
> > > On 14 March 2016 at 20:07, Matthias Beyer <mail at beyermatthias.de> wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I'm on nixos unstable. As racket does not build and my thinkpad takes hours to
> > >> build it, I got myself a debian VM in my university cloud and compiled racket
> > >> there.
> > >>
> > >> How can I retrieve the closure from there?
> > >>
> > >> I tried _everything_. I cannot nix-copy-closure, as this one does not allow me
> > >> to set the SSH port (which isn't 22 but something above 10000).
> > >>
> > >> I tried to nix-store --export, copy via SCP and then nix-store --import, but it
> > >> fails as the closure is not signed...
> > >>
> > >> Can someone please help me with this?
> > >>
> > >> I normally install racket with a nix-shell for my blog environment. I guess I
> > >> should make this shell env persistent to be save of GC, though I cannot find
> > >> documentation on how to _remove_ a persistent shell env... and I want to know
> > >> how to remove it, before making it permanent.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
> > >> Kind regards,
> > >> Matthias Beyer
> > >>
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> 
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
> Kind regards,
> Matthias Beyer
> 
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