Atemu to Linux · 1 year agoFlakes aren't real and cannot hurt you: a guide to using Nix flakes the non-flake wayjade.fyiexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down115cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foonixosnixos@infosec.pubnix@programming.dev
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkFlakes aren't real and cannot hurt you: a guide to using Nix flakes the non-flake wayjade.fyiAtemu to Linux · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foonixosnixos@infosec.pubnix@programming.dev
minus-squareAtemuOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago I haven’t used channels in years, but doesn’t that just refer to the running system, not using Nix to build projects? I have no idea what you’re trying to say here.
minus-squaretoastallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAren‘t channels for NixOS, and you’d use overlays for building packages? Now you can do that all with flakes.
minus-squarebrukernavn@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNo, channels are a simply a mechanism for managing what’s in your NIX_PATH.
I have no idea what you’re trying to say here.
Aren‘t channels for NixOS, and you’d use overlays for building packages? Now you can do that all with flakes.
No, channels are a simply a mechanism for managing what’s in your
NIX_PATH.