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| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh | 25 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh index cd71d7947d77..ab20774bbf03 100644 --- a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh +++ b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh @@ -30,15 +30,14 @@ if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then fi fi -# Determine if we should punt to the single-user installer or not +# Determine if we could use the multi-user installer or not if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then - INSTALL_MODE=daemon + echo "Note: a multi-user installation is possible. See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-multi-user-installation" >&2 elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ] && [ -e /run/systemd/system ]; then - INSTALL_MODE=daemon -else - INSTALL_MODE=no-daemon + echo "Note: a multi-user installation is possible. See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-multi-user-installation" >&2 fi +INSTALL_MODE=no-daemon # Trivially handle the --daemon / --no-daemon options if [ "x${1:-}" = "x--no-daemon" ]; then INSTALL_MODE=no-daemon @@ -47,14 +46,18 @@ elif [ "x${1:-}" = "x--daemon" ]; then elif [ "x${1:-}" != "x" ]; then ( echo "Nix Installer [--daemon|--no-daemon]" + + echo "Choose installation method." echo "" - echo " --daemon: Force the installer to use the Daemon" - echo " based installer, even though it may not" - echo " work." + echo " --daemon: Installs and configures a background daemon that manages the store," + echo " providing multi-user support and better isolation for local builds." + echo " Both for security and reproducibility, this method is recommended if" + echo " supported on your platform." + echo " See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-multi-user-installation" echo "" - echo " --no-daemon: Force a no-daemon, single-user" - echo " installation even when the preferred" - echo " method is with the daemon." + echo " --no-daemon: Simple, single-user installation that does not require root and is" + echo " trivial to uninstall." + echo " (default)" echo "" ) >&2 exit |