From 53daf10ea6497d05b941d217272090cd433037ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?benjamin=20melan=C3=A7on?= Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:52:17 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Comment out packages that the build now decides to break on --- configuration.nix | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix index 579f38c..ad163c5 100644 --- a/configuration.nix +++ b/configuration.nix @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ firefox firefoxpwa flameshot # screenshots with annotations - floorp-bin + # floorp-bin # started breaking build 2026-01-01 fsearch getxbook # gimp-with-plugins # Currently breaks build, but works if in nix shell solo @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ losslesscut-bin # simple audio/video editor GUI via https://chaos.social/@nblr/113911420594814380 lshw magic-wormhole - md2pdf + md2pdf # breaking build due to weasyprint tests mdbook meld mise # Mise-en-place, development environment setup tool From b161afdb8b94391e0532f65de151d5a79e98fecd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?benjamin=20melan=C3=A7on?= Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:52:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Leave printing to the default disabled for safety --- configuration.nix | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix index ad163c5..7e8fc19 100644 --- a/configuration.nix +++ b/configuration.nix @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ console.keyMap = "dvorak"; # Enable CUPS to print documents. - services.printing.enable = true; + # services.printing.enable = true; # Add Brother printer drivers, per https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Hardware/Brother services.printing.drivers = [ From ebf87eb4744cd9311bb68a29481e5fdd9c4eced8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?benjamin=20melan=C3=A7on?= Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:53:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Use non-deprecated package name for xkill --- configuration.nix | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix index 7e8fc19..cd772d7 100644 --- a/configuration.nix +++ b/configuration.nix @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ wezterm # Terminal: https://wezterm.org/ wl-clipboard-rs # wrapGAppsHook # for Pomodoro Prompt ; would need to use wrapGAppsHook4 or 3 - xorg.xkill + xkill # xpdf # Simple PDF viewer - currently marked insecure yt-dlp zed-editor From 678de9fea80f3dce35de2b05b9813d114de16821 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?benjamin=20melan=C3=A7on?= Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:54:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Disable some more packages that pretty much always broke build --- configuration.nix | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix index cd772d7..3791b49 100644 --- a/configuration.nix +++ b/configuration.nix @@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ vimPlugins.vim-wayland-clipboard wget whois - vimplugin-wezterm.nvim # WeztermSpawn to start a task in new tab https://github.com/willothy/wezterm.nvim/ - vivaldi # proprietary but privacy-focused web browser + # vimplugin-wezterm.nvim # breaks build, but would be: WeztermSpawn to start a task in new tab https://github.com/willothy/wezterm.nvim/ + # vivaldi # breaks build as of 2026-01-01 but browser was crashing on setup (first startup) anyway: proprietary but privacy-focused web browser vlc vscodium # wcalc - command-line calculator but rink does that plus unit conversion! From 673f3cd15ca523270041afd929a1244d663f5095 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?benjamin=20melan=C3=A7on?= Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:55:29 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Disable packages that the build suddenly decided to break on when i needed to upgrade to fix Signal See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/492121 --- configuration.nix | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix index 3791b49..e911a9b 100644 --- a/configuration.nix +++ b/configuration.nix @@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ ansible authenticator # 2-factor auth, it's for Gnome but it's the only good one (can scan in from the phone etc) backintime - beets + # beets # broke build suddenly :-/ # birdtray bitwarden-cli bitwarden-desktop bitwarden-menu brave btop - calibre + # calibre # MOAR brokenness of things that were working fine cobalt # Static site generator written in Rust - # unstable.comaps + # comaps # hell NixOS just have everything randomly break why don't you colordiff # https://www.colordiff.org/ contrast converseen @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ libinput libreoffice-qt6-still # this is basically unusable, graphics all mis-aligned # light - losslesscut-bin # simple audio/video editor GUI via https://chaos.social/@nblr/113911420594814380 + # losslesscut-bin # suddenly started breaking NixOS build # simple audio/video editor GUI via https://chaos.social/@nblr/113911420594814380 lshw magic-wormhole md2pdf # breaking build due to weasyprint tests