Difference between revisions of "Talk:Nix command/show-derivation"

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(Updating to note the problem reported by l0b0 is fixed.)
 
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[[User:L0b0|L0b0]] ([[User talk:L0b0|talk]]) 04:42, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 
[[User:L0b0|L0b0]] ([[User talk:L0b0|talk]]) 04:42, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
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I've fixed this. I believe it should be:
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<pre>$ nix show-derivation 'nixpkgs.hello'</pre>
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This works for me whereas using '#' produced the same error L0b0 reported.
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--[[User:Cpu|Cpu]] ([[User talk:Cpu|talk]]) 20:23, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 20:23, 30 December 2021

The first example doesn't work

$ nix show-derivation 'nixpkgs#hello'
error: don't know what to do with argument 'nixpkgs#hello'
Try 'nix --help' for more information.

L0b0 (talk) 04:42, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

I've fixed this. I believe it should be:

$ nix show-derivation 'nixpkgs.hello'

This works for me whereas using '#' produced the same error L0b0 reported.

--Cpu (talk) 20:23, 30 December 2021 (UTC)