Hi 胡雨軒 胡雨軒 <pde-b...@isep.fr> writes: > The documentation says Nix conceptually builds package from > source but relies on stores (some package caches) to download > already built packages. So there is some set of fixed package > versions and system update depends on the store update pace, > doesn't it?
yes. But if you desire, you can have more control over that, for example, if you check out nixpkgs repository and install from there. You can choose a commiy, branch or tag or create your own modifications. Or you can customize your packages via ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix for example. If there is an already compiled version in the cache, it will be downloaded. If not, the package will be compiled on your system. > Is it possible to set nix to always download latest versions of > installed packages, built it aside the old version and upgrade > the system automatically? This is what nix does. > I know one could think some latest package may be not compatible > with each other, but this leads me to the next question. I'm > planning to use nix package manager within Arch Linux distro, so > the distro team would do what's necessary to avoid > incompatibilities. I am using nix on ArchLinux atm. There are no incompatibilities because of the way nix works. > Then, is it possible to configure nix to retrieve data both from Arch > repositories and from the AUR? No, nix has its own package language and does not understand ArchLinux packaging format. Cheers, Tomas _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
