error: nix-shell requires a single derivation

[nikclayton-dfinity]

All commands run in the root of a freshly checked out Hydra repository.

% nix --version
nix (Nix) 2.3.6

% git rev-parse HEAD
1831866a52df4a2821faf902c8440136cdf4c827

# This is most recent commit at the time of writing

% nix-shell
error: nix-shell requires a single derivation
Try 'nix-shell --help' for more information.

[edolstra]

Hm, I can't reproduce this...

[knl]

I can't reproduce it on Linux, however, this error pops up on Darwin. I don't know if nix-shell is supported on Darwin, I highly doubt it.

[edolstra]

Good point. The flake.nix doesn't provide a devShell or defaultPackage for x86_64-darwin. The error message could be nicer...