From ffa51372780ef12c5b198a9124841cf8c200d0f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Geoffrey Huntley Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:16:31 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: increase awareness of NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/496bc90c6c9b54e8200a069862e3c4fad21f9f58/doc/using/configuration.xml#L190 --- pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix index 21ae809a2225..c6c5be39d09b 100644 --- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix +++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix @@ -107,8 +107,13 @@ let You can install it anyway by whitelisting this package, using the following methods: + + a) To temporarily allow all insecure packages, you can use an environment variable + for a single invocation of the nix tools: + + $ export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1 - a) for `nixos-rebuild` you can add ‘${getName attrs}’ to + b) for `nixos-rebuild` you can add ‘${getName attrs}’ to `nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages` in the configuration.nix, like so: @@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ let ]; } - b) For `nix-env`, `nix-build`, `nix-shell` or any other Nix command you can add + c) For `nix-env`, `nix-build`, `nix-shell` or any other Nix command you can add ‘${getName attrs}’ to `permittedInsecurePackages` in ~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix, like so: