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diff --git a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
index 4b65783a2..c89e18b51 100644
--- a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
@@ -240,10 +240,16 @@ EOF
}
trap finish_fail EXIT
+channel_update_failed=0
function finish_success {
finish_cleanup
ok "Alright! We're done!"
+ if [ "x$channel_update_failed" = x1 ]; then
+ echo ""
+ echo "But fetching the nixpkgs channel failed. (Are you offline?)"
+ echo "To try again later, run \"sudo -i nix-channel --update nixpkgs\"."
+ fi
cat <<EOF
Before Nix will work in your existing shells, you'll need to close
@@ -734,7 +740,9 @@ setup_default_profile() {
# otherwise it will be lost in environments where sudo doesn't pass
# all the environment variables by default.
_sudo "to update the default channel in the default profile" \
- HOME="$ROOT_HOME" NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE="$NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE" "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX/bin/nix-channel" --update nixpkgs
+ HOME="$ROOT_HOME" NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE="$NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE" "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX/bin/nix-channel" --update nixpkgs \
+ || channel_update_failed=1
+
}