Re: [Nix-dev] Switching to systemd

2012-12-15 Thread Peter Simons
Hi Eelco, There are a few NixOS services that I know don't work yet on systemd, namely mysql, mysql55, and mongodb. This is because they use Upstart-specific job options (extraConfig). There are probably other services that haven't been tested and so might not work properly. I've been

Re: [Nix-dev] Distribution compatibility

2012-12-15 Thread Mathnerd314
On 12/13/2012 12:40 AM, Michael Raskin wrote: It seems like Nix can be installed on pretty much any system (including Windows?), but the reverse does not seem possible: why shouldn't one be able to install any system on NixOS? I cannot clearly understand what your actual goal is here... The

Re: [Nix-dev] Distribution compatibility

2012-12-15 Thread Vladimír Čunát
Hi, I quite don't see why such efforts would be worthwhile (just my personal opinions... and maybe I misunderstand you). 1) Why would you want a snapshot of another distribution's installation in nix store (or anything equivalent)? You would better install into VM (the other distributions

[Nix-dev] [***SPAM***] Re: Distribution compatibility

2012-12-15 Thread Michael Raskin
I cannot clearly understand what your actual goal is here... The goal is to be able to install any system and have it managed completely within Nix. E.g. point Nix at an install of some (non-obscure) linux distro and have it turn into a working install of NixOS, with packages from that distro