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domenkozar committed Dec 6, 2016
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Nix
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Secrets?
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How do I fix: error: querying path in database: database disk image is malformed
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How nix decides which parts of the environment affect a derivation and its sha256 hash
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How to build reverse dependencies of a package?
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nox-review wip

I'm getting: writing to file: Connection reset by peer
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Too big files in src, out of resources (HDD space, memory)

What are channels and different branches on github?
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Subquestion: how stable is unstable?

How do I mirror tarballs?
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- Timing behaviour of the build system (parallel Make not getting correct inputs in some cases)


What's the reccomended process for building custom packages. E.g. if I git clone nixpkgs how do I use the cloned repo to define new / updated packages?
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NixOS
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http://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#sec-building-cd

How do I mix channels for packages?
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Hydra
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connect-timeout = 10
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How do I add a new binary cache?
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Using precompiled packages within Nix
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Using Nix with
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Docker
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Travis-CI
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