[Nix-dev] Copy a closure to machine with no Nix installed on it

Volth volth at volth.com
Thu Mar 2 18:14:53 CET 2017


Oh, I forgot about it.

Anyway, so far I need to distribute test scripts, not the production
software. It would be too slow to upload big bundle each time.
"nix-copy-closure" or "rsync" would reuse common files from previous
uploads.

On 3/2/17, David Kleuker <post at davidak.de> wrote:
> Hello Volth,
>
> some days ago https://github.com/matthewbauer/nix-bundle was mentioned on
> the ML.
>
> I havn't tested it, so i can't say how mature and stable it is, but it
> should be exactly what you are looking for.
>
> When you have tested it, i would like to know if it works for you.
>
> kind regards
> davidak
>
>>
>>     Volth <volth at volth.com> hat am 2. März 2017 um 17:38 geschrieben:
>>
>>     Hello
>>
>>     What is a good way to copy a closure to a Linux machine where Nix is
>>     not installed (and it is tricky to install: 1. there is only root
>>     account and 2. there may be no Internet access) ?
>>
>


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