Is it possible to run an unstable Kernel on stable? I tried the following on a virtualbox guest and it fails while trying to build VirtualBox-GuestAdditions’s modules I think.
I have this in my configuration.nix.
nixpkgs.config = {
allowUnfree = true;
packageOverrides = pkgs: {
unstable = import <nixos-unstable> {
config = config.nixpkgs.config;
};
};
};
boot.kernelPackages = with pkgs; unstable.linuxPackages_4_17 ;
sudo nix-channel --list
nixos https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-18.03
nixos-unstable https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable
error
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
[...]
In file included from /tmp/nix-build-VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-5.2.12-4.17.drv-0/install/src/vboxguest-5.2.12/vboxvideo/vbox_drv.h:68:0,
from /tmp/nix-build-VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-5.2.12-4.17.drv-0/install/src/vboxguest-5.2.12/vboxvideo/vbox_ttm.c:31:
/nix/store/apcw8p1lwjk0k0fsqgl11k14v5a8d72i-linux-4.17-dev/lib/modules/4.17.0/source/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h:544:5: note: declared here
int ttm_bo_init(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev, struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
^~~~~~~~~~~
make[5]: *** [/nix/store/apcw8p1lwjk0k0fsqgl11k14v5a8d72i-linux-4.17-dev/lib/modules/4.17.0/source/scripts/Makefile.build:312: /tmp/nix-build-VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-5.2.12-4.17.drv-0/install/src/vboxguest-5.2.12/vboxvideo/vbox_ttm.o] Error 1
make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[4]: *** [/nix/store/apcw8p1lwjk0k0fsqgl11k14v5a8d72i-linux-4.17-dev/lib/modules/4.17.0/source/Makefile:1571: _module_/tmp/nix-build-VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-5.2.12-4.17.drv-0/install/src/vboxguest-5.2.12/vboxvideo] Error 2
make[3]: *** [Makefile:146: sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: *** [Makefile:24: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/nix/store/apcw8p1lwjk0k0fsqgl11k14v5a8d72i-linux-4.17-dev/lib/modules/4.17.0/build'
make[1]: *** [/tmp/nix-build-VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-5.2.12-4.17.drv-0/install/src/vboxguest-5.2.12/vboxvideo/Makefile.include.footer:101: vboxvideo] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/nix-build-VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-5.2.12-4.17.drv-0/install/src/vboxguest-5.2.12/vboxvideo'
make: *** [Makefile:34: all] Error 1
builder for '/nix/store/7sygwdigp0xbpazdg27ism74awh6vcn9-VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-5.2.12-4.17.drv' failed with exit code 2
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/sfg69xc2lh1jlph62gf65mwffvbxcnmy-kernel-modules.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/dywv5c3snqb66byv8n9k1k4k8vrsyh0f-system-path.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/qcy08xa60104pj87j4dx6dsnyjc4i2ix-unit-virtualbox.service.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/x5gznyz2lyab3nhyclz32sccdvybnd2z-xserver.conf.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/brgnirw4xzqrxcdaacbwlxnkrpigi85z-xsession.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/a39ljm42fxyd8b08k1qmi27ajqd4hm73-nixos-system-nixos-18.03.132687.14c248a4ab7.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
error: build of '/nix/store/a39ljm42fxyd8b08k1qmi27ajqd4hm73-nixos-system-nixos-18.03.132687.14c248a4ab7.drv' failed