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Why does nix-env create 'result' symlinks everywhere? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ok, maybe not everywhere, but at least in all my docker directories and some repo directories.

The symlink points to /nix/store/

This is what's in the target directory:

result
├── lib
│   └── locale
│       └── locale-archive
├── nix-support
│   └── setup-hook
└── share
    └── i18n
        └── SUPPORTED

How do I get it to stop creating this 'result' symlink all over the place? My google-fu failed to find me an answer.

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-- A little more info for clarity: I'm currently running on Ubuntu, I used nix-env to install some apps in the past. What other info is relevant?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Are you using nix-build or nix build a lot? These create result-symlinks to the resulting store-path in order to make it easier to access immediately after the build. They can be safely removed btw.