On 2014-12-16 at 10:37, Eelco Dolstra <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 16/12/14 00:04, Daniel Bergey wrote: > >> For the last few days, any attempt to install with nix-env gives the >> message: >> >> error: file ‘CYCLE’ was not found in the Nix search path (add it using >> $NIX_PATH or -I) >> >> Can someone explain to me why this is and how to fix it? > > Did you use a Nix 1.8 prerelease at some point? You may have a corrupted > manifest.nix in your profile resulting from a bug fixed in > https://github.com/NixOS/nix/commit/a17c23426e7b2724639cd90c23759299cdaffbb7. > In > that case, you should roll back your profile to a generation before the > corruption.
Thank you both. I believe I was using a 1.8 prerelease, and that commit explains my problem. James's hack also works. bergey
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