Upgrading docs: easier to copy + link to issue #2429
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With `command`, it's easy for users to accidentally copy the period after the command.
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This is relevant to #2410. |
| Multi-user Nix users on macOS can upgrade Nix by running this: | ||
| <screen>$ sudo -i sh -c 'nix-channel --update && nix-env | ||
| -iA nixpkgs.nix'; sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon; sudo | ||
| launchctl start org.nixos.nix-daemon</screen> |
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We should keep <command> but I don't mind dropping the period, and switching to the running this: part.
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| Single-user installations of Nix should run this: | ||
| <screen>$ nix-channel | ||
| --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix</screen> |
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Probably stick to <command> and drop the $ prompt.
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| Single-user installations of Nix should run <command>nix-channel | ||
| --update; nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix</command>. | ||
| For more information, see <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2410">Issue #2410</link>. |
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Maybe we should keep both the old, and the new link as separate paragraphs.
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I agree they should be separate. Is the diff viewer displaying this incorrectly?
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| -iA nixpkgs.nix'; sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon; sudo | ||
| launchctl start org.nixos.nix-daemon</command>. | ||
| -iA nixpkgs.nix'; sudo launchctl stop org.nixos.nix-daemon; sudo | ||
| launchctl start org.nixos.nix-daemon</command> |
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Does this actually reload the service and start the new version? I think this might explain an upgrade issue I noticed yesterday.
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Yes, that's what it's supposed to do. I've heard of two issues:
- If you have a package installed that depends on
nixversion 1.x, the updated version 2.x might not take over. - For a multi-user installation, you shouldn't install
nixas the current user.
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I included much of this in PR #2434, thank you |
With
command, it's easy for users to accidentally copy the period after the command.