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authorGraham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com>2018-09-01 08:51:32 -0400
committerGraham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com>2018-09-01 10:45:56 -0400
commit51f9682a8b16c4f97856510c1cc99576326c9192 (patch)
tree55b86a0478ad5ab8a14f4d8796a0dc62588a5253 /scripts
parentc3e508d9245f9439343d88d827c2d7c369ebfc88 (diff)
Default to single-user install
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rw-r--r--scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh25
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
index cd71d7947..ab20774bb 100644
--- a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
@@ -30,15 +30,14 @@ if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
fi
fi
-# Determine if we should punt to the single-user installer or not
+# Determine if we could use the multi-user installer or not
if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
- INSTALL_MODE=daemon
+ echo "Note: a multi-user installation is possible. See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-multi-user-installation" >&2
elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ] && [ -e /run/systemd/system ]; then
- INSTALL_MODE=daemon
-else
- INSTALL_MODE=no-daemon
+ echo "Note: a multi-user installation is possible. See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-multi-user-installation" >&2
fi
+INSTALL_MODE=no-daemon
# Trivially handle the --daemon / --no-daemon options
if [ "x${1:-}" = "x--no-daemon" ]; then
INSTALL_MODE=no-daemon
@@ -47,14 +46,18 @@ elif [ "x${1:-}" = "x--daemon" ]; then
elif [ "x${1:-}" != "x" ]; then
(
echo "Nix Installer [--daemon|--no-daemon]"
+
+ echo "Choose installation method."
echo ""
- echo " --daemon: Force the installer to use the Daemon"
- echo " based installer, even though it may not"
- echo " work."
+ echo " --daemon: Installs and configures a background daemon that manages the store,"
+ echo " providing multi-user support and better isolation for local builds."
+ echo " Both for security and reproducibility, this method is recommended if"
+ echo " supported on your platform."
+ echo " See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-multi-user-installation"
echo ""
- echo " --no-daemon: Force a no-daemon, single-user"
- echo " installation even when the preferred"
- echo " method is with the daemon."
+ echo " --no-daemon: Simple, single-user installation that does not require root and is"
+ echo " trivial to uninstall."
+ echo " (default)"
echo ""
) >&2
exit