No the argument is currently this pull request, where you can force the system to use a particular package (under some condition) without doing a full rebuild: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/2837
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Shell Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > So is the argument that it should be possible to update the channel > with the new package definition before the binary cache has finished > building, thus letting people rebuild their systems locally if need > be? That seems reasonable. > > For the moment, though, checking out the release-14.04 branch from git > and building from that is exactly equivalent. > > Shell > > On 5 June 2014 20:05, Luca Bruno <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, it's not too early. Other distros immediately packaged the new > version > > and provided it in their security channel. > > It's never too early when it concerns security. > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 8:04 PM, Peter Simons <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Luca, > >> > >> > It takes too much time to deliver the new packages from the nixos > >> > channel, and it would take equally long to compile them on production > >> > servers. > >> > >> that OpenSSL update was committed 5 hours ago. Isn't it a wee bit early > >> to say that the update takes "too much time"? > >> > >> Also, note that you don't have to wait for the channel to update to get > >> binaries. Running > >> > >> $ nix-build nixos -A system -I nixpkgs=$PWD --dry-run --option > >> binary-caches http://hydra.nixos.org > >> > >> in a checked-out copy of the release-14.04 branch shows that a good > >> portion of Nixpkgs has been compiled by Hydra already, and compiling the > >> rest locally is not a serious problem, IMHO. > >> > >> I agree that the ability to make quick-and-dirty replacements of core > >> libraries in a running system would be nice to have. Personally, I doubt > >> I'd ever bother with that kind of hackery though, because the normal > >> update channels are quick enough, IMHO. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Peter > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> nix-dev mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > > > > > > > > -- > > www.debian.org - The Universal Operating System > > > > _______________________________________________ > > nix-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > -- www.debian.org - The Universal Operating System
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