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author | Francesco Gazzetta <fgaz@fgaz.me> | 2020-11-16 17:02:30 +0100 |
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committer | Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> | 2020-11-16 13:20:44 -0500 |
commit | b201f05d921994c455af215b54fdccda45ceb9b3 (patch) | |
tree | 6637eef2ecd53cd24d18f83f4d65adb44ee7a599 /builds.sr.ht | |
parent | e71f2812612b065b0ca895e60d30e883703d11de (diff) | |
download | sr.ht-docs-b201f05d921994c455af215b54fdccda45ceb9b3.tar.gz |
builds.sr.ht/compatibility.md#nixos: default repo
17a873146ab0df176fd4bd24425edd7d288ad0ae in
git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/builds.sr.ht switched to the make-disk-image.nix
script, which adds a "nixos" root channel. This commit documents the
change.
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diff --git a/builds.sr.ht/compatibility.md b/builds.sr.ht/compatibility.md index 0c575fa..3b6a1db 100644 --- a/builds.sr.ht/compatibility.md +++ b/builds.sr.ht/compatibility.md @@ -666,14 +666,29 @@ latest stable version and the latest bleeding edge. The packages array is installed with `nix-env -iA`. Since it's possible to specify multiple channels, you must provide the full selection path, for example -`nixpkgs.hello`. Note that the `nixpkgs` channel is **not** added by default. +`nixos.hello`. **repositories** -To add custom channels, use `repo-name: channel-url`. The repo name is relevant, -since `repo-name: repo-url` will execute the commands `nix-channel --add -repo-url repo-name` and `nix-channel --update repo-name`. Given the nature of -nix, no channels are added by default. +To add custom channels, use `channel-name: channel-url`. The channel name is relevant, +since `channel-name: channel-url` will execute the commands `nix-channel --add +channel-url channel-name` and `nix-channel --update channel-name`. + +Example: + +```yaml +repositories: + nixpkgs: https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable +``` + +By default, no user channels are present. +However, like in a fresh NixOS installation, there is a root channel named +`nixos` set to + +* `https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-XX.YY` in `nixos/latest` and `nixos/XX.YY` +* `https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable` in `nixos/unstable` + +which is the channel the image was built from. ## OpenBSD |