Why I'm Leaving NixOS After a Year? (Uğur Erdem Seyfi) (www.rugu.dev)

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[-] Laser@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

For instance, I recently discovered the structuredExtraConfig option for patching the kernel straight up does not work. This means you cannot unset any kernel options

From reading, I thought this option was for adding options, not removing them. Sure, you might be able to set options to "no", but I don't think this will override the defaults...

[-] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

You're supposed to be able to use lib.kernel.unset to unset them. In any case, that's just one problem. The main issue is the entire option is ignored because of a typo in nixpkgs.

[-] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago

Would you mind opening a PR to fix that typo? Would be useful for others as well!

[-] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm planning to, I'm waiting for the kernel to finish building rn lol

EDIT: PR got merged BTW (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/431115).

[-] ruffsl@programming.dev 2 points 16 hours ago

Thank you for your work!
I would not have liked encountering this bug in the wild.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

K900 Commented 5 hours ago

Ooof.

lol

[-] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

Haha, perfect 😄

[-] Laser@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

I see, thanks

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