On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:42:15 you wrote: > Ah, I didn't know about that option! That sounds good; where does it copy > it to, though? It isn't clear to me from the docs.
/nix/var/nix/profiles/system*/configuration.nix It's a bit easier to access when dealing with old/multiple profiles. > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:02 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Monday, March 30, 2015 16:16:36 Ryan Trinkle wrote: > > > Ah, great point! This line worked perfectly for me: > > > > > > environment.etc."nixos/current/configuration.nix".text = > > > > builtins.readFile > > > > > ./configuration.nix; > > > > I have been using this option: system.copySystemConfiguration = true; > > > > Placing the current config "closer" to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix makes > > it > > easier to run diff against the active profile. copySystemConfiguration's > > location > > makes it easier to dig older profiles. Maybe it's a good idea to use both > > locations? > > > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Michael Raskin <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > >On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Ryan Trinkle <[email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > >> On a somewhat related note, is there any way to see the exact > > > > >> configuration.nix for a particular generation? It would be great > > > > to be > > > > > > able > > > > > > > > >> to diff generations against each other (e.g.: to figure out whether > > > > a > > > > > > >> channel update caused a problem or whether it was my own change). > > > > > > > > > >You are not the first one to request this feature. > > > > >They are a few issues in the way, but I will open an issue and do it > > > > >as soon as I am done with the httpd rewrite. > > > > > > > > In the meantime just adding /etc/ entry that is a copy of > > > > /etc/nixos/configuration.nix should work… > > > > _______________________________________________ > > nix-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
