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Install instructions require installing ~3GB of dependencies #299
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Installing `pkgs.niv` shouldn't pull all of GHC. Fixes nmattia/niv#299
Installing `pkgs.niv` shouldn't pull all of GHC. Fixes nmattia/niv#299
@knl does that solve your issue? |
Seems so. There was another issue at play -- darwin builds. When I checked out the two week old nixpkgs master branch, I got this:
Trying the above command on a two day old master branch resulted again in Nix pulling 3GB of dependencies, as nothing was built upstream. That is, darwin builders are lagging behind the linux builders on Hydra, and I just forgot about that. Thanks for fixing this @zimbatm. |
When I try to install
niv
, following the instructions from the README, with the latest nixpkgs, I get the following. My expectation that a smaller download would be needed, as niv is just a binary and doesn't needghc
to run.nixpkgs version:
Incidentally, the instructions to install the latest version fetch way less (~30x) dependencies:
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