Snippet: how to mix two nixpkgs
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Description
A good example is mixing aarch64-darwin and x86_64-darwin. Another one is using unstable and stable to get different versions of software.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate the relevant cookbook or snippet documentation in the nix.dev repository and review its existing examples. Add a concise example covering mixing aarch64-darwin with x86_64-darwin and mixing unstable with stable to obtain different software versions. Done means both use cases are clearly documented and consistent with the surrounding documentation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- nixos
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100