Get error building gitAndTools on macOS

nikitavoloboev commented 6 years ago

Issue description

Trying to install Git by running on macOS:

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.gitAndTools

I get an error:

copying path '/nix/store/gyqk03k48ll00l4b6s7yik50dk9kysrq-darcs-to-git-2015-06-04' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path '/nix/store/zhc7rd7443rjdy5k3wbig7zh43xwrr5f-persistent-sqlite-2.6.4' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path '/nix/store/alh05gzjwzl84gd2ls9ihcbhq777cya3-esqueleto-2.5.3' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path '/nix/store/khgrba7ssylmqmqk6b1ihi7pabf69xsg-yesod-persistent-1.4.3' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path '/nix/store/pi5rh24633025mzkh0n5rx85bjcvgxl5-lens-4.16.1' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path '/nix/store/8qadw4mygllkp4x84j6r1yhx1abix5n4-yesod-form-1.4.16' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path '/nix/store/w3fhlpgy446zmrh7a7m555v12r2jf96d-yesod-1.4.5' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
copying path '/nix/store/vbaafggycv3rncibhi4jhfr2nkfq3hbp-yesod-test-1.5.9.1' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'...
error: build failed
builder for '/nix/store/3al8xlgszp2pdhlxxfdmwwlixwmhxvrf-git-dit-0.4.0.drv' failed with exit code 101
error: build of '/nix/store/3al8xlgszp2pdhlxxfdmwwlixwmhxvrf-git-dit-0.4.0.drv', '/nix/store/l6vql2d174slaz3y583qbkx5431nx3wx-git-annex-6.20180427.drv', '/nix/store/rdrni9ajk5596dahz6247nv8z8zbvfy2-git-codeowners-0.1.2.drv' failed

Steps to reproduce

Run the command above on macOS.

Technical details

❯ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"x86_64-darwin"`
 - host os: `Darwin 15.6.0, macOS 10.11.6`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `no`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.0.2`
 - channels(nikivi): `"darwin"`
 - channels(root): `"nixpkgs-18.09pre140221.977c207f229"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs`

knedlsepp commented 6 years ago

The problem you're experiencing is that one of the many packages in the gitAndTools attribute set doesn't build on darwin in current master. (git-dit, git-annex and git-codeowners as from your logs). While this certainly needs fixing, you probably only want to install nixpkgs.gitAndTools.gitFull or nixpkgs.gitAndTools.gitMinimal, and not the entirety of all git-related tools. The former includes GUI and SVN support: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/7610c10143ad202a3024c0735fec145c48a7d108/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix#L39-L43 To see what gitAndTools includes, you can use the search subcommand: nix search gitAndTools. I personally think that the way the git-related tools are currently aggregated in gitAndTools adds a confusing additional layer of complexity; we should probably get rid of this additional hierarchy.

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