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Every time I update my configuration running; nixos-rebuild switch
, it rebuilds emacs (Gcc) from scratch (taking forver).
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nixos-rebuild switch
, it rebuilds emacs (Gcc) from scratch (taking forver).
You need to specify a specific Git revision, along with its hash, in order to avoid re-downloading new versions of the overlay constantly. Concretely, that means:
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Ok nice! All working. Thank so much :) Probably a little more complex, but is there any way I can periodically check for updates? |
I know Other solutions exist for automating the boring parts of these manual revision bumps, such as https://github.com/nmattia/niv. TL;DR: Not easily; if you try it, you're on your own. |
Cheers for solving the problem and for all the bonus pointers. I'm gonna close the issue as I don't have time for the rabbit hole right now. |
I have the following in my
configuration.nix
file:(Almost) every time I update my configuration running;
nixos-rebuild switch
, it rebuilds emacs from scratch (taking forver).Whats going on?
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