oh how embarrassing. I didn't see this although looking at it for sooo long.
One thing I don't understand: what does 'nixpkgs=/etc/nixos/nixpkgs' mean in NIX_PATH? It doesn't exist on my system, so I gues it is referring to something…? thank you very much! Eike Luca Bruno <[email protected]> writes: > 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 >> -- gpg: AD7AC35E finger print: 137F BB0B 1639 D25F DC5D E59C B412 C5F5 AD7A C35E _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
