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Nix packages on a non-nix distro : what to do when a package isn't working properly ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by nobloat@lemmy.ml to c/nixos@lemmy.ml

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I hope this is the right place to ask. I am new to Nix and trying to use it for now as a universal package manager. I installled Stremio using Nix but the app doesn't work properly. I see that it's several versions out of date. The same app works fine using Flatpak. Is there a way to let the maintainer know? I'd also love some documentation that can help me update it myself. I can just use the Flatpak but I just want to have one less package manager to worry about.

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[–] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually now you can just leave it empty and it'll use a hash of all zeroes.

[–] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is how fakeHash is defined, its just a bit more clear whats intended.

[–] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Right, but why would you need to show what's intended for something that you would not commit anyway? My point is if I add or update a package and don't know the hash for a particular derivation I need to put something temporarily to let nix fail and show me the hash it found out. And there I have the choice between typing something like lib.fakeHash or just "", of which imho the latter is way easier.