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docs: increase awareness of NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1
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@ -107,8 +107,13 @@ let
You can install it anyway by whitelisting this package, using the You can install it anyway by whitelisting this package, using the
following methods: following methods:
a) To temporarily allow all insecure packages, you can use an environment variable
for a single invocation of the nix tools:
$ export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1
a) for `nixos-rebuild` you can add ‘${getName attrs}’ to b) for `nixos-rebuild` you can add ‘${getName attrs}’ to
`nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages` in the configuration.nix, `nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages` in the configuration.nix,
like so: like so:
@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ let
]; ];
} }
b) For `nix-env`, `nix-build`, `nix-shell` or any other Nix command you can add c) For `nix-env`, `nix-build`, `nix-shell` or any other Nix command you can add
‘${getName attrs}’ to `permittedInsecurePackages` in ‘${getName attrs}’ to `permittedInsecurePackages` in
~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix, like so: ~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix, like so: