while useGlobalPkgs=true, nixpkgs.config can be set without error message if nixpkgs.overlays is null (and vice versa)
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This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/setting-nixpkgs-overlays-in-home-manager-config-does-nothing/55928/5 |
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I decided to work on a pull request for this and found an assertion that should handle this exact case... unsure why it didn't apply when i was having this problem |
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A-ha! The assertion uses an OR where it should use an AND! I can set >:( |
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nixpkgs.overlays while home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = trueuseGlobalPkgs=true, nixpkgs.config can be set without error message if nixpkgs.overlays is null (and vice versa)
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Description
When
home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true, settingnixpkgs.overlaysin the home configuration has no effect. I unknowingly haduseGlobalPkgsenabled in my config and struggled for days with overlays not applying. There should be a warning emitted if a user tries to add an overlay to nixpkgs in their home configuration whileuseGlobalPkgsis enabled, informing them of this relationship.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: