I think because you are using the nixpkgs-unstable instead of nixos-unstable, hence the NIX_PATH is wrong. Does /nix/var/nix/ profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/nixos exist? If not, your NIX_PATH is wrong.
On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Eike <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I just encountered a problem that I cannot figure out myself. I switched > from the 14.12 channel to the unstable channel (in NixOS) and when doing > nixos-rebuild build I get the following: > > # nix-channel --list > nixos https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable > > # nixos-rebuild build > building Nix... > error: file ‘nixpkgs/nixos’ was not found in the Nix search path (add > it using $NIX_PATH or -I) > error: file ‘nixpkgs/nixos’ was not found in the Nix search path (add > it using $NIX_PATH or -I) > error: file ‘nixpkgs’ was not found in the Nix search path (add it > using $NIX_PATH or -I) > /tmp/nixos-rebuild.lH7Hoj/nix > building the system configuration... > error: file ‘nixpkgs/nixos’ was not found in the Nix search path (add > it using $NIX_PATH or -I) > > My nix env is this: > > # env |grep -i ^nix > NIX_PROFILES=/run/current-system/sw /nix/var/nix/profiles/default > /root/.nix-profile > NIX_CONF_DIR=/etc/nix > > NIX_PATH=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos:nixpkgs=/etc/nixos/nixpkgs:nixos-config=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix > NIX_OTHER_STORES=/run/nix/remote-stores/*/nix > NIXPKGS_CONFIG=/etc/nix/nixpkgs-config.nix > NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR=/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root > > I can see that the 'nixpkgs=/etc/nixos/nixpkgs' part in NIX_PATH points > to a non-existing thing. But it always did so and the command works in > the same env if the 14.12 channel is active. > > I always wondered about why is nixpkgs pointing to a non-existing thing? > > And why is the unstable channel not building for me? > > Thank you and kind regards > Eike > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > -- NixOS Linux <http://nixos.org>
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