You can skip signature checking by using root: sudo nix-copy-closure --import example.closure
I found this on the Nix issue tracker somewhere. It might not be documented behaviour. On 14 March 2016 at 20:07, Matthias Beyer <m...@beyermatthias.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm on nixos unstable. As racket does not build and my thinkpad takes hours to > build it, I got myself a debian VM in my university cloud and compiled racket > there. > > How can I retrieve the closure from there? > > I tried _everything_. I cannot nix-copy-closure, as this one does not allow me > to set the SSH port (which isn't 22 but something above 10000). > > I tried to nix-store --export, copy via SCP and then nix-store --import, but > it > fails as the closure is not signed... > > Can someone please help me with this? > > I normally install racket with a nix-shell for my blog environment. I guess I > should make this shell env persistent to be save of GC, though I cannot find > documentation on how to _remove_ a persistent shell env... and I want to know > how to remove it, before making it permanent. > > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüßen, > Kind regards, > Matthias Beyer > > Proudly sent with mutt. > Happily signed with gnupg. > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev