status-react/nix/KNOWN_ISSUES.md
Jakub Sokołowski 42fb40476c
nix: reafactoring of status-go builds
Changes:
- Fixed `nix/status-go/desktop` builds
- Dropped nimbus wrapper for `status-go` for now
- Split `status-go` builds into subfolders: `mobile`, `desktop`
- Fixed shells for desktop builds: `linux`,`macos`,`windows`
- Added `make status-go-*` targets for building them
- Moved source management to `nix/status-go/source.nix`
- Moved `nix/status-go/build.nix` into `nix/status-go/mobile`
- Moved `nix/desktop/cmake/qtkeychain` to `nix/pkgs/qtkeychain-src`
- Moved `nix/desktop/linux/linuxdeployqt` to `nix/pkgs`
- Moved `nix/desktop/linux/appimagekit` to `nix/pkgs`
- Dropped `nix/tools/mkShell.nix` since it did almost nothing
- Dropped `nix/desktop/cmake/snorenotify` since it's broken
- Moved setup from `nix/tools/mkShell.nix` to `nix/shells.nix`
- Simplified `nix/mobile/ios/status-go-shell.nix`
- Simplified `nix/status-go/default.nix`
- Updated the `nix/DETAILS.md` and `nix/README.md`
- Moved known issues to `nix/KNOWN_ISSUES.md`
- Improved output of `nix/scripts/build.sh`

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sokołowski <jakub@status.im>
2020-05-04 20:55:07 +02:00

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Known Issues

MacOS 10.15 "Catalina"

There is an unsolved issue with the root(/) file system in 10.15 being read-only: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925

Our current recommended workaround is putting /nix under /opt/nix and symlinking it via /etc/synthetic.conf:

sudo mkdir /opt/nix
sudo chown ${USER} /opt/nix
sudo sh -c "echo 'nix\t/opt/nix' >> /etc/synthetic.conf"
reboot

After the system reboots you should see the /nix symlink in place:

 % ls -l /nix
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  8 Oct 11 13:53 /nix -> /opt/nix

In order to be able to use Nix with a symlinked /nix you need to include this in your shell:

export NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE=1

Add it to your .bashrc or any other shell config file.

NOTE: Your old /nix directory will end up in /Users/Shared/Relocated Items/Security/nix after OS upgrade.

Cache Downloads Timing Out

If copying from Nix Cache times out you can adjust the timeout by changing nix/nix.conf:

stalled-download-timeout = 9001

extra-sandbox-paths Is a Restricted Setting

When building Android on NixOS you might encounter the following error:

ignoring the user-specified setting 'extra-sandbox-paths', because it is a restricted setting and you are not a trusted user

You can mitigate this by setting the nix.trustedUsers property.