Experiment: Using Determinate + nix-darwin in a way where nix-darwin doesn't manage Nix at all #50
+88
−0
Conversation
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
…in doesn't manage Nix or its configuration. General concept to try: 1. nix-darwin puts their own nix into PATH, overriding the system 2. it creates launch daemons for mounting the store(?) 3. it writes the nix.conf, but shouldn't 4. I think it manages build users? 5. it turns on the daemon by default Co-authored-by: Cole Helbling <[email protected]>
grahamc
commented
Jan 7, 2025
Comment on lines
+32
to
+39
| options.nix.package = lib.mkOption { | ||
| type = lib.types.package; | ||
| default = { | ||
| type = "derivation"; | ||
| outPath = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default"; | ||
| }; | ||
| internal = true; | ||
| }; |
Member
Author
There was a problem hiding this comment.
home-manager needs this to look like a package type or it errors out
Member
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Sounds like a good comment to live in-code :)
Member
Author
|
If a user goes from |
grahamc
changed the title
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
A customer wants to use Determinate, and doesn't want to use the existing nix-darwin module. They want to be able to push out Determinate updates through MDM, without having to have users redeploy their nix-darwin config.
This is a fairly brittle approach, but a first draft exploration.
Users can test this with this flake input: