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Selectively Using Service Modules from NixOS Unstable (lgug2z.com)

submitted 8 months ago by LGUG2Z@lemmy.world to c/nix@programming.dev

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After learning how to add an unstable overlay to nixpkgs, being able to override individual service modules from unstable was something that I still struggled with until fairly recently. Hopefully this helps someone else looking to do common-but-not-very-obvious operation.

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[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You can import unstable as a package override

I've had it in the past where I can specify in the package name (like pkgs.unstable.chromium). You'll be able to do the same with service options as most allow you to set the package they use with a config option

[–] LGUG2Z@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah this is usually the way to go, I think I just got unlucky that this particular service on nixos-23.11 doesn't have a package override option (but it will have in nixos-24.x releases!)