Nix is 'software distribution platform', not a dev platform. Depending on the task other solutions might be better.
For instance restarting nginx/ apache the nixos way is also slower than edit/restart cycle on 'debian'. So use the right tool / env for your job. There was a hack to impurely rewrite some dependencies for security reasons - forgot about it - so maybe you can force impurity to speed up your workflow. In the kernel case hat takes most time will be 'building it', thus you can try 'get compiled data' from your directory (binary distribution) like, then use something like nixos build-vm or such (disk caching reasons - no restart required). You can also try creating links to your 'dev' directory and switch off sandoxing and add a 'dummy env vars' which you increment to force rebuilding. Marc Weber _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev