On 11/12/18 9:44 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 11/12/2018 06:47 PM, Zac Medico wrote: >>> >>> The idea being, to put it in the right place by default, and let people >>> override it with EXTRA_ECONF if they really want to download random >>> binaries from strangers and run them. >> >> I recommend to add /nix to the whitelist because this is the default >> location for all operating systems, as shown consistently throughout the >> installation instructions found at >> https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-installation. > > I mean... I know... my argument is not that they don't tell you to do > something dumb. If you really want the official experience, you can > close your eyes, cross your fingers, say a prayer to RMS, and then > follow their installation instructions: > > $ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh > > The fact that some people choose to use portage to install it probably > means that they were looking for something a little less yee-haw.
The benefit of using the ebuild is the same as always, it allows for automated upgrade, uninstall, etc. > We > trust the package manager to not let ebuilds do dumb things to our > systems: no surprise network access, no random filesystem reads/writes, > reliable uninstalls, things installed in sensible paths, etc. We > shouldn't make exceptions to those policies without a good reason. What does any of this have to do with the nix having a file store under /nix? >> The nix manual also has this explicit warning in the "Building Nix from >> Source" section found at https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sec-building-source: >> >>> Warning: It is best not to change the Nix store from its default, >> since doing >>> so makes it impossible to use pre-built binaries from the standard Nixpkgs >>> channels — that is, all packages will need to be built from source. > > Do I have to be that guy who suggests that if people don't want to build > from source, then maybe they took a wrong turn back at distrowatch? They're able to choose between building from source or using prebuilt packages, and changing the location of the /nix file store is unnecessary. > You can override the nix store location with EXTRA_ECONF if you really > want to dump stuff in /nix. At which point the warning is just telling > you what's up: you're doing something wrong. What's inherently wrong about nix having a file store under /nix? Is this purely about FHS? -- Thanks, Zac
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