When running e.g. `nixos-option boot.kernelPackages` I get an output
like this on the current unstable channel (18.09pre144959.be1461fc0ab):
```
$ nixos-option boot.kernelPackages
Value:
*exit 1*
```
This is fairly counter-intuitive as I have no clue what might went
wrong. `strace` delivers an output like this:
```
read(3, "error: Package \342\200\230cryptodev-linu"..., 128) = 128
read(3, "ux/cryptodev/default.nix:22 is m"..., 128) = 128
read(3, "lowBroken = true; }\nin configura"..., 128) = 128
read(3, "you can add\n { allowBroken = tr"..., 128) = 128
read(3, "n)\n", 128) = 3
read(3, "", 128) = 0
```
`nixos-option` evaluates the system config using `nix-instantiate` which
might break when the evaluation fails (e.g. due to broken or unfree
packages that are prohibited to evaluate by default). The script aborts
due to the shebang `@shell@ -e`.
In order to ensure that no unexpected
behavior occurs due to removing `-e` from the interpreter the easiest
way to work around this was to wrap `nix-instantiate` in `evalNix()`
with a `set +e`. The function checks the success of the evaluation with
`$?` in the end. Additionally `evalNix` shouldn't break, if one
evaluation (e.g. the values that contain a package set by default) to
return additional information like a description.
With the change `nixos-option boot.kernelPackages` delivers the
following output for me:
```
Value:
error: Package ‘cryptodev-linux-1.9-4.14.52’ in /nix/store/47z2s8cwppymmgzw6n7pbcashikyk5jk-nixos/nixos/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cryptodev/default.nix:22 is marked as broken, refusing to evaluate.
Default:
{ __unfix__ = <LAMBDA>; acpi_call = <CODE>; amdgpu-pro = <CODE>; ati_drivers_x11 = <CODE>; batman_adv = <CODE>; bbswitch = <CODE>; bcc = <CODE>; beegfs-module = <CODE>; blcr = <CODE>; broadcom_sta = <CODE>; callPackage = <CODE>; cpupower = <CODE>; cryptodev = <CODE>; dpdk = <CODE>; e1000e = <CODE>; ena = <CODE>; evdi = <CODE>; exfat-nofuse = <CODE>; extend = <CODE>; facetimehd = <CODE>; fusionio-vsl = <CODE>; hyperv-daemons = <CODE>; ixgbevf = <CODE>; jool = <CODE>; kernel = <CODE>; lttng-modules = <CODE>; mba6x_bl = <CODE>; mwprocapture = <CODE>; mxu11x0 = <CODE>; ndiswrapper = <CODE>; netatop = <CODE>; nvidiaPackages = <CODE>; nvidia_x11 = <CODE>; nvidia_x11_beta = <CODE>; nvidia_x11_legacy304 = <CODE>; nvidia_x11_legacy340 = <CODE>; nvidiabl = <CODE>; odp-dpdk = <CODE>; openafs = <CODE>; openafs_1_8 = <CODE>; perf = <CODE>; phc-intel = <CODE>; pktgen = <CODE>; ply = <CODE>; prl-tools = <CODE>; recurseForDerivations = true; rtl8192eu = <CODE>; rtl8723bs = <CODE>; rtl8812au = <CODE>; rtl8814au = <CODE>; rtlwifi_new = <CODE>; sch_cake = <CODE>; spl = <CODE>; splLegacyCrypto = <CODE>; splStable = <CODE>; splUnstable = <CODE>; stdenv = <CODE>; sysdig = <CODE>; systemtap = <CODE>; tbs = <CODE>; tmon = <CODE>; tp_smapi = <CODE>; usbip = <CODE>; v4l2loopback = <CODE>; v86d = <CODE>; vhba = <CODE>; virtualbox = <CODE>; virtualboxGuestAdditions = <CODE>; wireguard = <CODE>; x86_energy_perf_policy = <CODE>; zfs = <CODE>; zfsLegacyCrypto = <CODE>; zfsStable = <CODE>; zfsUnstable = <CODE>; }
Example:
{ _type = "literalExample"; text = "pkgs.linuxPackages_2_6_25"; }
Description:
"This option allows you to override the Linux kernel used by\nNixOS. Since things like external kernel module packages are\ntied to the kernel you're using, it also overrides those.\nThis option is a function that takes Nixpkgs as an argument\n(as a convenience), and returns an attribute set containing at\nthe very least an attribute <varname>kernel</varname>.\nAdditional attributes may be needed depending on your\nconfiguration. For instance, if you use the NVIDIA X driver,\nthen it also needs to contain an attribute\n<varname>nvidia_x11</varname>.\n"
Declared by:
"/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix"
Defined by:
"/home/ma27/Projects/nixos-config/system/boot.nix"
```
* nixos/virtualbox: Adds more options to virtualbox-image.nix
Previously you could only set the size of the disk.
This change adds the ability to change the amount of memory
that the image gets, along with the name / derivation name /
file name for the VM.
* Incorporates some review feedback
This allows non-privileged users to configure local DNS
entries by editing hosts files read by NetworkManager's dnsmasq
instance.
Cherry-picked from e6c3d5a507909c4e0c0a5013040684cce89c35ce and
5a566004a2b12c3d91bf0acdb704f1b40770c28f.
With a config like
{
networking.interfaces."lo".ip4 = [
{ address = "10.8.8.8"; prefixLength = 32; }
];
}
a nixos-rebuild switch would take a long time, and you'd see:
$ systemctl list-jobs
JOB UNIT TYPE STATE
734400 network-interfaces.target start waiting
734450 sys-subsystem-net-devices-lo.device start running
734449 network-link-lo.service start waiting
and:
systemd[1]: sys-subsystem-net-devices-lo.device: Job sys-subsystem-net-devices-lo.device/star>
systemd[1]: sys-subsystem-net-devices-lo.device: Job sys-subsystem-net-devices-lo.device/star>
systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device sys-subsystem-net-devices-lo.device.
This removes the device dependency for `lo` and fixes this bug.
Closes#7227
The deep merge caused all the options to be unset when generating docs, unless quagga was enabled.
Using imports, instead, properly allows the documentation to be generated.
The `.service` file defining the `systemd` unit for `autorandr.service`
which is bundled with the package itself uses `--default default` in the
`ExecStart` section. This can be an issue when having multiple layouts
(e.g. `default` as workstation layout I mostly work on and `mobile` when
I go somewhere else).
When the service gets restarted and `--default` can't be applied,
however the current layout can't be detected (e.g. when working with an
unknown beamer) the service silently fails with a message like this:
```
Jun 22 18:44:46 hauptshuhle autorandr[3168]: /nix/store/h83b72ffm68nm8fyjnppljchp456a94r-xrandr-1.5.0/bin/xrandr: ca>
Jun 22 18:44:46 hauptshuhle autorandr[3168]: Failed to apply profile 'default' (line 718):
Jun 22 18:44:46 hauptshuhle autorandr[3168]: Command failed: /nix/store/h83b72ffm68nm8fyjnppljchp456a94r-xrandr-1.>
```
As discussed in the IRC (see https://botbot.me/freenode/nixos/2018-07-05/?msg=101791455&page=6)
it's a bad long-term solution in terms of maintenance to manually patch
the service file bundled with the derivation, instead the service shall
be configured declaratively. Additionally this makes possible overrides
from the user-space way easier.
The `udev` rule (in `$out/etc/udev/rules.d`) won't' be affected, it
simply runs `systemctl start autorandr.service` when e.g. a new display
is added, so now `udev` communicates with the NixOS systemd unit.
