Issue when used to install nix on Mac OS Ventura 13.1

[rgasper]

I see the following in the logs when installing Nix. Not entirely sure this is going to be an issue in using devbox, but there's definitely a bug:

~~> Setting up the basic directory structure
chown: /nix/.Trashes: Operation not permitted
chown: /nix/.Trashes: Operation not permitted

[loreto]

Thanks for reporting! We'll take a look. It might take us a bit longer than usual as we're entering the holiday season and some of the team is away; but we'll report back on this ticket once we address.

[mikeland73]

Thanks for the report! Two quick questions:

1. Is this your first nix install? Or is this a reinstall? (This error can happen when you have an existing /nix directory before the install)
2. If you try to install nix directly (https://nixos.org/download.html#nix-install-macos) do you get same issue?

It is possible this doesn't affect devbox. If that's the case let us know as well!

Thanks!

[Lagoja]

I tested this on Mac OS Ventura 13.1 with Devbox 0.2.0. I did get the same error in my logs, but the nix install seemed to proceed as normal, and I got a successful Nix installation that worked with Devbox. So right now this doesn't seem to affect Devbox

I think this may happen when a /nix store already exists on the machine. If it does end up breaking the install, the correct next steps would be to uninstall Nix completely and try again.

[Lagoja]

Should be addressed by the new installer, but the chown: /nix/.Trashes: Operation not permitted error seems to be something happening on the NixOS Installer, so the bug would need to be filed there