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Re:My First Impressions of Nix by carlhjerpe on Monday June 19, 2023 @09:59AM (#36391173)
When a nix build fails it'll fail with errors from the build system the package uses. The upside is that your failure is now reproducible.
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Re:My First Impressions of Nix by ParetoOptimal on Monday June 19, 2023 @04:12PM (#36395923)
Good point. I'm much more likely to help others because I know I can get to the exact state they are in and reproduce their issue with a simple `nix build`.
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