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New NixOS 17.03 Release
- rdtsc 10y agoPackages: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/release-17.03 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/release-17.03 * Nix packages can be extended via overlays https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-overlays-install https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-overlays-install * GCC = 5.4.0, systemd = 232. Linux kernel = 4.9 * Packages in nixpkgs can be marked as insecure through listed vulnerabilities
- zzzzzzzza 10y agoso what's the difference between overlays and package overriding?
- nbpname 10y agoOverlays is a way to extend Nixpkgs in a format which can easily be shared, imported and combined. An overlay can add or override packages, like any user could do before with packageOverrides. An example of overlay is the rust overlay provided in the nixpkgs-mozilla[1] repository, which package all latest versions of the rust compiler[2]. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla [2] https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla/blob/master/rust-overlay.nix https://github.com/mozilla/nixpkgs-mozilla/blob/master/rust-...