From c4338a0276a304551e26a9e99c97feea23da8ac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?benjamin=20melan=C3=A7on?= <ben@agaric.coop>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:35:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Allow getting packages from unstable by prefixing unstable in
 package list

---
 configuration.nix | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index a25bd4d..9ada0aa 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -372,8 +372,16 @@
   # programs.appimage.enable = true;
   # programs.appimage.binfmt = true;
 
-  # Allow unfree packages
-  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
+  nixpkgs.config = {
+    # Allow unfree packages
+    allowUnfree = true;
+    # Allow getting packages from unstable by prefixing unstable in package list.
+    packageOverrides = pkgs: {
+      unstable = import <nixpkgs> {
+        config = config.nixpkgs.config;
+      };
+    };
+  };
 
   # TODO remove this when Logseq gets its act together
   # nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = [