tvl-depot/ci/scripts/build-socrates.sh

set -euo pipefail

nix-build /home/wpcarro/nixpkgs/nixos \
  -I briefcase="$(pwd)" \
  -I nixos-config=nixos/socrates/default.nix \
  -A system \
  --show-trace
Debug build-socrates.sh - using `set -euo pipefail` for setting recommended failure-modes - using `set -x` and `echo "$PATH"` to debug my failing build Sidenote: I find BuildKite's documentation quite helpful! 2020-08-16 18:38:14 +02:00			`set -euo pipefail`

Attempt nix-build instead of nixos-rebuild switch I've encountered a few problems with attempting to support nixos-rebuild: - the activation step requires `sudo` privileges - the `buildkite-agent` runs on the same machine, socrates, that is rebuilding itself. This means that when the activation step runs, it will attempt to restart `buildkite-agent` when the agent is still working I'm slowly removing places in my nix code that rely on '<bracket>' notation, so that I no longer depend on NIX_PATH being set. I still have more work to do. {covid-uk,sandbox}/default.nix are breaking when I attempt to run my build-socrates.sh script locally, so I'm temporarily disabling them until I can get CI working as I expect. 2020-08-17 10:48:47 +02:00			`nix-build /home/wpcarro/nixpkgs/nixos \`
Revise previous opinions about absolute paths GT <bracket-notation> Unforeseen problem: `buildkite-agent` runs its builds in a separate directory, so if I want the `nix-build` command to build the newly checked out code, I need to set <briefcase> to the CWD. 2020-08-17 11:08:32 +02:00			`-I briefcase="$(pwd)" \`
			`-I nixos-config=nixos/socrates/default.nix \`
Attempt nix-build instead of nixos-rebuild switch I've encountered a few problems with attempting to support nixos-rebuild: - the activation step requires `sudo` privileges - the `buildkite-agent` runs on the same machine, socrates, that is rebuilding itself. This means that when the activation step runs, it will attempt to restart `buildkite-agent` when the agent is still working I'm slowly removing places in my nix code that rely on '<bracket>' notation, so that I no longer depend on NIX_PATH being set. I still have more work to do. {covid-uk,sandbox}/default.nix are breaking when I attempt to run my build-socrates.sh script locally, so I'm temporarily disabling them until I can get CI working as I expect. 2020-08-17 10:48:47 +02:00			`-A system \`
			`--show-trace`