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> If the evaluation involves Nixpkgs, for example, Nix needs to copy Nixpkgs into the Nix store, which is many MB. Only if you use flakes (and this behavior is
by q3k 2y ago
> If the evaluation involves Nixpkgs, for example, Nix needs to copy Nixpkgs into the Nix store, which is many MB.
Only if you use flakes (and this behavior is a good reason to not use them).
- biggestlou 2y agoUsing flakes or not, any store path evaluation involving Nixpkgs is going to be computationally intensive, potentially too intensive for a memory-constrained device.