[arch] nix-env -qa not showing any packages when following tutorial

[sbarzowski]

After installing nix and running the commands from the tutorial I'm getting an empty set of available packages (through nix-env -qa).

More precisely:

➜  ~ nix-channel --list                                             
nixpkgs https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
➜  ~ sudo nix-channel --update -with-sandbox-shell=/usr/bin/busybox 
unpacking channels...
➜  ~ nix-env -qa                                                    
➜  ~

I expected the last command to return some available derivations, but I got none. I have Nix installed from Arch Linux AUR.

Is there something I can do to diagnose the issue?

Perhaps related: #968

[dsakurai]

I have the same problem with the latest package found on Arch AUR.
With nix 2.1.3-1 (which I installed with AUR's git repository with commit hash be00bfe3c552d815361085d77657981702897ce5) the problem doesn't happen.

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