Odd error when i try to enable ly

im still pretty new to nixos, but im getting an error along the lines of,

building '/nix/store/9ybk1djwxqqqqawyl8xfd243iidd4sy1-clap.drv'... building '/nix/store/d9g2cbkwkbz4ysp959snam0ciqw2px02-ini.drv'... building '/nix/store/fw7xbg6f3h6bal29xmb0gm49vk6j3zg4-zigini.drv'... building '/nix/store/mns5rjx9j0b26bh390wsjhpwa4i1sv2c-zig-packages.drv'... building '/nix/store/h4ky63q99kk38gxczv3fand3xd1li3ns-ly-1.3.1.drv'... Using versionCheckHook Running phase: unpackPhase unpacking source archive /nix/store/hghn5hzphs3c2s7k2w7kyzbpkg715ai4-source source root is source Running phase: patchPhase ln: failed to create symbolic link '/p': Permission denied error: Cannot build '/nix/store/h4ky63q99kk38gxczv3fand3xd1li3ns-ly-1.3.1.drv'.        Reason: builder failed with exit code 1.        Output paths:          /nix/store/2nizqcqdnran2vdxhqjdslgvb4vli46p-ly-1.3.1 error: Cannot build '/nix/store/257j0znrz0c4mhaghf2rqnfp0957af40-dbus-1.drv'.        Reason: 1 dependency failed.        Output paths:          /nix/store/gd16g285w47511q2cx0x7g91ac8wxzbg-dbus-1 error: Cannot build '/nix/store/p7582246ny36sphixa1ni0r4f1mll0nk-system-path.drv'.        Reason: 1 dependency failed.        Output paths:          /nix/store/7a9j10l03djjx994cdw5djmbqzi0nqlq-system-path error: Cannot build '/nix/store/n553qj9zj5n8jb45792nvkbqs34gpx44-nixos-system-traveling-26.05pre942779.d6c719321308.drv'.        Reason: 1 dependency failed.        Output paths:          /nix/store/9y9jl8lv5nh70d3jzgb7isakgzp65k5a-nixos-system-traveling-26.05pre942779.d6c719321308 Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/nix/store/xyy7qp6k5khrl2xj3hcxcljfks4zm5yk-nixos-rebuild-ng-26.05/lib/python3.13/site-packages/nixos_rebuild/__init__.py", line 378, in main     execute(sys.argv)     ~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^   File "/nix/store/xyy7qp6k5khrl2xj3hcxcljfks4zm5yk-nixos-rebuild-ng-26.05/lib/python3.13/site-packages/nixos_rebuild/__init__.py", line 341, in execute     services.build_and_activate_system(     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^         action=action,         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     ...<6 lines>...         grouped_nix_args=grouped_nix_args,         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     )     ^   File "/nix/store/xyy7qp6k5khrl2xj3hcxcljfks4zm5yk-nixos-rebuild-ng-26.05/lib/python3.13/site-packages/nixos_rebuild/services.py", line 314, in build_and_activate_system     path_to_config = _build_system(         attr=attr,     ...<5 lines>...         grouped_nix_args=grouped_nix_args,     )   File "/nix/store/xyy7qp6k5khrl2xj3hcxcljfks4zm5yk-nixos-rebuild-ng-26.05/lib/python3.13/site-packages/nixos_rebuild/services.py", line 194, in _build_system     path_to_config = nix.build(         attr,     ...<2 lines>...         | grouped_nix_args.build_flags,     )   File "/nix/store/xyy7qp6k5khrl2xj3hcxcljfks4zm5yk-nixos-rebuild-ng-26.05/lib/python3.13/site-packages/nixos_rebuild/nix.py", line 68, in build     r = run_wrapper(run_args, stdout=PIPE)   File "/nix/store/xyy7qp6k5khrl2xj3hcxcljfks4zm5yk-nixos-rebuild-ng-26.05/lib/python3.13/site-packages/nixos_rebuild/process.py", line 156, in run_wrapper     r = subprocess.run(         run_args,     ...<7 lines>...         **kwargs,     )   File "/nix/store/slhpx9glq7vl99bwi93bgrhn3syv98s1-python3-3.13.11/lib/python3.13/subprocess.py", line 577, in run     raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,                              output=stdout, stderr=stderr) subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['nix-build', '<nixpkgs/nixos>', '--attr', 'config.system.build.toplevel', '--no-out-link', '-v']' returned non-zero exit status 100.

and i want to use ly. so.

Could you add the newlines back to your error message, and remove the --verbose flag?

Build failure: ly · Issue #488836 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub should be fixed soon.

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