NixOS / nix

Document <nix/fetchurl.nix> documentation

#3493 opened Apr 13, 2020 by PkmX

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Document builtins.storePath documentation

#3526 opened Apr 22, 2020 by domenkozar

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Rebuild sqlite db from scratch? documentation question

#3091 opened Sep 16, 2019 by bhipple

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Document builtins.mapAttrs documentation

#2992 opened Jul 14, 2019 by chreekat

Progress bar documentation

#3352 opened Feb 10, 2020 by kirelagin

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Rename 'nix run' flakes improvement new cli

#3524 opened Apr 22, 2020 by edolstra

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Make `nix search` without search terms show the help message improvement

#3553 opened May 1, 2020 by aepsil0n

URL parsing when using fetchGit does not accept the SSH URL that Github suggests anymore

#3503 opened Apr 16, 2020 by rbvermaa

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Manual: Explain pros and cons of single and multi user installation documentation

#2799 opened May 11, 2019 by nomeata

man warning in nix-store.1: can't break line

#3267 opened Dec 13, 2019 by thkoch2001

Confusing behavior when installing part of a split-output derivation UX

#3538 opened Apr 25, 2020 by bdesham

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add debugging/stepping commands to nix repl improvement

#3535 opened Apr 24, 2020 by LouisTakePILLz

Can't install nix on arch/linux documentation

#2671 opened Feb 8, 2019 by janat08

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Unexpected unclean exit when tab-completing properties from an import of non-existing file.

#3404 opened Mar 11, 2020 by arachnist

Allow derivations in `meta` documentation

#2532 opened Nov 11, 2018 by Ekleog

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Document the `--system` command line option

#3029 opened Aug 7, 2019 by basvandijk

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Inconsistency in license declaration LGPL-2.1 or LGPL-2.1+?

#3390 opened Mar 8, 2020 by thkoch2001

Use /etc/zshenv instead of /etc/zshrc on macOS Catalina

#3456 opened Mar 30, 2020 by surajbarkale

Nix installer mis-modifies .bash_profile installer

#3393 opened Mar 9, 2020 by rendaw

nix-store --help is not intuitive

#3320 opened Jan 14, 2020 by chrissound

Nix garbage collector is implemented differently from how it is documented bug

#3060 opened Aug 26, 2019 by arianvp

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AD (active directory) NIX_USER_PROFILE_DIR uses user name, but actual dir is user id number

#3257 opened Dec 6, 2019 by vertexcite

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Add documentation how to build from git branch (e.g. PR)

#3061 opened Aug 26, 2019 by davidak

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Nix installer information/documentation could be improved for dealing with certain errors installer

#3040 opened Aug 10, 2019 by MateuszKubuszok

`nix show-config` in multi-user installation doesn't yield actual nix-daemon's config

#3215 opened Nov 9, 2019 by knedlsepp

Document builtins.fetchGit when used on a local path

#2936 opened Jun 11, 2019 by nomeata

Unquoted URI syntax documentation does not match the implementation

#2893 opened May 26, 2019 by 7c6f434c

GC Warning: pthread_getattr_np when trying to install nix package manager

#3235 opened Nov 22, 2019 by pheelLikeWater

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allowSubstitutes not documented in nix manual documentation

#2379 opened Aug 29, 2018 by cdepillabout

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`nix search` throws incorrect error about empty regex for many inputs

#3047 opened Aug 16, 2019 by lilyball

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Nix symlinks to non-existent profile in multi-user setup

#3051 opened Aug 19, 2019 by jakubgs

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Add command that output system information like nix-info

#3085 opened Sep 4, 2019 by davidak

A discrepancy between implication operator documentation and implementation.

#2620 opened Jan 10, 2019 by d2km

Wanted: Documentation on using sandbox with single-user install

#2732 opened Mar 16, 2019 by lilyball

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`nix eval` doesn't understand expressions that don't begin with a paren

#3032 opened Aug 7, 2019 by lilyball

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Failure to copy closures: ... lacks a valid signature. documentation

#2127 opened May 1, 2018 by antifob

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The pan newsreader example in the manual doesn't build

#2922 opened Jun 5, 2019 by JorisE

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How do I set s3 credentials? documentation

#2143 opened May 8, 2018 by arianvp

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Using flakes is not obvious, and no documentation has been written flakes

#2825 opened May 10, 2019 by grahamc

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Manual: "Inheriting attributes" should have example of inherit in a let

#2876 opened May 16, 2019 by lilyball

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Undownloadable search path entry should be an error UX documentation

#2081 opened Apr 16, 2018 by copumpkin

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Vim in nix-shell starts non-interactive bash on :shell and :terminal bug documentation

#2034 opened Apr 1, 2018 by pandaman64

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Feature: Enable specifying scheduling priority of nix builds

#3020 opened Aug 1, 2019 by chreekat

nix-build takes undocumented -p flag

#2747 opened Mar 27, 2019 by deliciouslytyped

"waiting for locks or build slots" is not a very helpful message UX documentation

#2069 opened Apr 11, 2018 by ledettwy

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Nix manual should include verification instructions.

#2624 opened Jan 11, 2019 by grahamc

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Nix programs keep saying `warning: Nix search path entry ...`

#2982 opened Jul 10, 2019 by kindaro

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Document the existence of nix-store --add-fixed documentation

#2018 opened Mar 27, 2018 by bgamari

idea: nix-collect-garbage option to also respect creation date of a derivation

#2793 opened May 3, 2019 by takeda

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Creating missing state directories if they don't already exist is racey bug

#2706 opened Feb 28, 2019 by grahamc

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builtins.getFile /dev/stdin doesn't work on linux

#2716 opened Mar 8, 2019 by LnL7

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nix-copy-closure halts after previous nix-copy-closure experienced connection problems

#2699 opened Feb 24, 2019 by volth

nix command shouldn't print escape sequence if $TERM is set to dumb

#2477 opened Oct 14, 2018 by lufia

nix repl doesn't respect --arg

#2736 opened Mar 19, 2019 by bgamari

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"hello package" example from the documentation is incomplete or wrong documentation

#1809 opened Jan 20, 2018 by djoerd

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lxc/lxd installation problems installer

#2649 opened Jan 24, 2019 by zoranbosnjak

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Comparison of substituter URI does not consider equivalence

#2711 opened Mar 7, 2019 by dingxiangfei2009

Add a scary warning to the docs that sandboxing doesn't help with untrusted .nix files

#2411 opened Sep 10, 2018 by Ekleog

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`nix repl` tries to resolve symlinks as arguments, fails on pipe redirections

#2771 opened Apr 16, 2019 by lilyball

nix run should provide a flag to indicate the argument is an expression

#2644 opened Jan 22, 2019 by mpickering

Source ./nix.conf file if exists

#2704 opened Feb 26, 2019 by jakubgs

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`warning: unknown setting 'allowed-uris'` despite it being a known setting

#2480 opened Oct 16, 2018 by grahamc

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nix-build --dry-run is undocumented documentation

#1567 opened Sep 15, 2017 by domenkozar

`nix run` sets up PATH with /usr/local/bin ahead of referenced packages

#2672 opened Feb 9, 2019 by lilyball

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Make nix repl accept commands ending with semicolon

#2413 opened Sep 11, 2018 by srghma

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Document usage of --store flag with nix-build and remote stores

#2253 opened Jun 24, 2018 by ledettwy

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nix add-to-store can't add a gc root

#2676 opened Feb 11, 2019 by grahamc

`nix copy` should substitute by default where possible

#2611 opened Jan 3, 2019 by Twey

prim_match and prim_split should preserve string context

#2547 opened Nov 18, 2018 by mightybyte

Useless usermod comment change in standard install script

#2659 opened Jan 27, 2019 by bew

Don't require any env variables and setup on shell start for nix to work

#2625 opened Jan 12, 2019 by thkoch2001

[docs][question] What does wantMassQuery do? documentation

#1503 opened Aug 6, 2017 by dtzWill

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Documentation: document the "temporary location" used for http and https paths...

#1890 opened Feb 22, 2018 by samueldr

Document the store URI syntax documentation

#1556 opened Sep 4, 2017 by taktoa

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Fix/document the behavior of nix build without explicit -f

#2017 opened Mar 27, 2018 by bgamari

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How to use NIX_PATH with URLs containing a colon (port)

#2496 opened Oct 29, 2018 by nh2

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nix repl may not work well under rlwrap

#2537 opened Nov 14, 2018 by cmal

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nix-env -iA pathToPkg.output should install output instead of in pathToPkg.meta.outputsToInstall

#2505 opened Oct 31, 2018 by janpath

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builtins.scopedImport is undocumented documentation

#1450 opened Jul 8, 2017 by lheckemann

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man 1 nix

#1950 opened Mar 5, 2018 by Profpatsch

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Documentation for builtins.fetchurl is incomplete documentation

#1489 opened Jul 25, 2017 by lukego

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repl: history issues with multiline + comments

#2417 opened Sep 12, 2018 by lheckemann

--indirect and --add-root are not documented in the nix-shell manpage

#1908 opened Feb 26, 2018 by velovix

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Manual's build example doesn't build

#2259 opened Jun 27, 2018 by pushcx

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nix command usage error should suggest `nix command --help`

#1898 opened Feb 23, 2018 by robx

'nix-store --realise args' hits 'Argument list too long'

#2256 opened Jun 27, 2018 by volth

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Default Nix installations don't include user channels in NIX_PATH, causing inconsistent tool behavior UX installer question

#2033 opened Apr 1, 2018 by grahamc

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nix-collect-garbage: an interruption during the GC command leaves /nix/store/trash behind

#2226 opened Jun 13, 2018 by AmineChikhaoui

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uninstall documentation is inaccurate on macOS multi user install

#1608 opened Oct 16, 2017 by efx

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Symlink generated by `nix build` and the `--store` parameter is incorrect

#2264 opened Jun 30, 2018 by edude03

nix log requires an attr path new cli

#2066 opened Apr 10, 2018 by lheckemann

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`nix search` should have flag to only search package names UX improvement

#2050 opened Apr 6, 2018 by lilyball

Installation instructions not appropriate for Gnome/Wayland desktop

#2148 opened May 9, 2018 by realcomplex

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`nix copy` silently ignores --no-check-sigs unless user is trusted

#1761 opened Dec 25, 2017 by bgamari

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“See also” section in manpages

#2252 opened Jun 24, 2018 by Profpatsch

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Update builtins documentation in Nix Manual

#1653 opened Oct 31, 2017 by ledettwy

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nix repl doesn't print build log for failed IFDs

#1966 opened Mar 12, 2018 by ledettwy

installer did not have systemd cleanup instructions improvement

#2120 opened Apr 28, 2018 by rpglover64

Nix 2.0: Print out path to stdout with nix build new cli

#1930 opened Feb 28, 2018 by ElvishJerricco

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idea/request: add tests for all examples shown by "--help"

#1894 opened Feb 23, 2018 by dtzWill

fetchTarball and implicit dependencies on tar and gzip? documentation

#1234 opened Feb 13, 2017 by copumpkin

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`nix` should have subcommand `nix show-package` feature

#2039 opened Apr 3, 2018 by lilyball

nix-env -u pulling in many unexpected files bug critical

#1991 opened Mar 19, 2018 by SFrijters

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Darwin: install script fails on user with conflicting UniqueID (multi-user mode)

#2179 opened May 25, 2018 by singles

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Adding logging to the nix-daemon feature

#1829 opened Jan 31, 2018 by catern

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Print helpful message when remote builder key has password

#1879 opened Feb 18, 2018 by cstrahan

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Store is corrupt (missing hashes) in clean install of Nix 2.0

#2001 opened Mar 21, 2018 by bchallenor

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`nix edit` doesn't evaluate EDITOR with the shell

#1924 opened Feb 28, 2018 by lilyball

Evaluation dependence on external tools: docs, purity, fallbacks

#1833 opened Feb 1, 2018 by dtzWill

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Add uninstall information to the manual

#1623 opened Oct 20, 2017 by Munksgaard

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it seems like $ needs to be escaped more than necessary documentation

#1126 opened Nov 11, 2016 by ryantm

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Documenting uninstall for multi-user on macOS

#1551 opened Sep 2, 2017 by grahamc

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nix-prefetch-url documentation doesn't include 1.11 changes documentation

#1044 opened Aug 28, 2016 by DamienCassou

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Spit out input to various hash operations when verbosity is high enough

#1668 opened Nov 7, 2017 by copumpkin

manual for nix-store does not mentions -d flag documentation

#1089 opened Oct 15, 2016 by vandenoever

bash aliases don't work in nix-shell

#1598 opened Oct 12, 2017 by domenkozar

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Enhancement: nix-repl should print lambdas

#1665 opened Nov 5, 2017 by ledettwy

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? operator gives wrong results documentation

#1059 opened Sep 12, 2016 by ericsagnes

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use apropriate unit in download size

#1637 opened Oct 29, 2017 by davidak

nix.conf option "sync-before-registering" is not documented documentation

#966 opened Jul 7, 2016 by bjornfor

Install on Mac Os with zsh fails to update .zshrc file installer question

#1577 opened Sep 23, 2017 by barambani

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Quickstart documentation's example tries to install everything

#1350 opened Apr 20, 2017 by grahamc

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nix-repl still refers to nix-shell, update to nix run

#1638 opened Oct 29, 2017 by davidak

No space left in `nix-collect-garbage -d`

#1515 opened Aug 15, 2017 by danbst

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nix-env: fix documentation for --meta

#1346 opened Apr 19, 2017 by armijnhemel

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nix repl: License compatibility

#1356 opened Apr 26, 2017 by aneeshusa

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document multi-user install documentation

#929 opened Jun 4, 2016 by joelnn

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Nix Copy Returns 0 exit code Despite Failing to Upload Some Archives bug

#1659 opened Nov 2, 2017 by jammerful

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builtins.isFunction does not recognize 'primop-app's

#1424 opened Jun 27, 2017 by roberth

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Any way for LD_LIBRARY_PATH to *not* break nix-env's absolute paths for dynamic libs documentation

#902 opened May 13, 2016 by rrnewton

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Nix installer does not configure proxies correctly for nix-daemon on MacOS

#1669 opened Nov 8, 2017 by ledettwy

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Document how channels are supposed to be used on non-NixOS

#1372 opened May 4, 2017 by nh2

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Document prerequisites documentation

#930 opened Jun 8, 2016 by oleks

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Confusing error message for missing 'in' as part of 'let' expression UX documentation

#867 opened Mar 30, 2016 by domenkozar

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NixOS cleanup freed 124 PB (on a 512GB SSD)

#1310 opened Apr 7, 2017 by sjau

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nix-prefetch-url becomes nonresponsive on darwin darwin

#1175 opened Jan 6, 2017 by pikajude

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"Dumping very large path" message isn't helpful Error Messages UX

#1184 opened Jan 11, 2017 by copumpkin

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No documentation on valid symbol/variable names documentation

#592 opened Jul 25, 2015 by Profpatsch

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eval and print without giving up on bottom values, like nix-repl's `:p`

#1163 opened Dec 27, 2016 by Ericson2314

nix-env ignores default prefix for NIX_CONF_DIR

#1076 opened Sep 30, 2016 by acarrico

Unclear error message when a function is passed to `with`

#934 opened Jun 10, 2016 by domenkozar

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Be transparent about selecting a build machine improvement

#1094 opened Oct 17, 2016 by ajrouvoet

Document builtins.genericClosure documentation

#552 opened Jun 2, 2015 by copumpkin

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nix-push complains about not specifying the --add-root-flag but doesn't accept it.

#1073 opened Sep 25, 2016 by kevincox

Inconsistent behavior in creating new profile generations

#1036 opened Aug 17, 2016 by Gabriel439

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Hacking instructions don't work

#1043 opened Aug 28, 2016 by DamienCassou

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nix-shell should not mess with TZ

#982 opened Jul 19, 2016 by bennofs

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nix-shell documentation seems out of date: no "-i" flag documentation

#660 opened Oct 12, 2015 by tomjridge

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Installer sloppy about /nix/var/nix/profiles, what about profiles/default? installer

#905 opened May 14, 2016 by rrnewton

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`nix-shell` Unhelpful error message if `/run/user/1000` is full UX

#1009 opened Aug 3, 2016 by ashgillman

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nix-prefetch-url: stream the file directly into the store improvement

#1014 opened Aug 6, 2016 by domenkozar

function head ... don't catch nix-instantiate --arg arguments bug

#911 opened May 19, 2016 by ericsagnes

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Option to warn about unused (explicitly) bound variables

#890 opened Apr 29, 2016 by copumpkin

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nix-shell tries to execute binary file

#856 opened Mar 21, 2016 by gilligan

nix-shell does not accept file descriptors

#820 opened Feb 27, 2016 by Profpatsch

Rootless nix-daemon

#789 opened Feb 5, 2016 by aragnon

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install.sh homepage instructions only work without build-user-group installer

#697 opened Nov 13, 2015 by vizanto

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Installation in alternate directory fails installer

#692 opened Nov 10, 2015 by mateidavid

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Error handling (tryEval?) documentation

#356 opened Sep 27, 2014 by jameshfisher

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Nix shouldn't bundle md5/sha1/sha256 from OpenSSL

#655 opened Sep 29, 2015 by Mathnerd314

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nix-shell has ugly terminal "title"

#743 opened Dec 16, 2015 by copumpkin

Confusion with multiple outputs

#639 opened Sep 8, 2015 by pikajude

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nix-env -qP doesn't list attribute names

#642 opened Sep 10, 2015 by domenkozar

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configure script uses bash'ism

#610 opened Aug 21, 2015 by blacklion

nix-shell: Search parent directories for default.nix/shell.nix

#665 opened Oct 17, 2015 by the-kenny

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"getting information about `*/.nix-defexpr`: No such file or directory" after installing nix

#650 opened Sep 23, 2015 by mpscholten

Document string contexts documentation

#280 opened Jun 10, 2014 by kirelagin

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