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Yeah makes sense. I use ZFS on NixOS and it mostly just works. Sometimes there's a lag of a few weeks between when the kernel gets a minor update but ZFS isn'
by SkyMarshal 4y ago
Yeah makes sense. I use ZFS on NixOS and it mostly just works. Sometimes there's a lag of a few weeks between when the kernel gets a minor update but ZFS isn't yet updated to match, and rebuilding NixOS will fail during that time. Not a showstopper, just a temporary annoyance, but it sounds like that CI pull request will fix this.
- ratorx 4y agoOh, strange I’ve never had issues with this. Do you use unstable? If so that might explain it. I tend to use stable for everything then overlay the unstable/git master versions of the packages I need. EDIT: Actually ignore me, of course stable won’t have problems because updates are held back…. I don’t think the CI thing will help. I think what’s happening here is a build time check that prevents any new kernel version with ZFS until the upstream announces support. I don’t think this check will be removed even if there was better CI. Also, possibly your issues might go away if you used ‘config.boot.zfs.package.latestCompatibleLinuxPackages’ (from NixOS wiki for ZFS). I think that version is only updated once upstream announces support for a newer kernel.