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Diffstat (limited to 'pkgs/stdenv/generic')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix | 9 |
1 files 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: |