[Nix-dev] The .nixpkgs/config.nix file and user configuration

John Ramsden ramsdenj at shaw.ca
Fri May 5 00:41:59 CEST 2017


Oh I see, that clear things up a bit.

On Wed, May 3, 2017, at 11:50 PM, Marc Weber wrote:
> configuration.nix option nixpkgs.config is what ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix is
> for the user in case you missed it.
> 
> Thus:
> 
>   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
>   nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = p: .. 
> 
> You don't have to use config.nix if this is all you need.
> 
> Marc Weber



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