[Nix-dev] nix-bundle: Bundle Nix derivations to run anywhere

Matthew Bauer mjbauer95 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 7 16:18:22 CET 2017


> One question: Will it create a persistent /nix directory on the machine
> the generated binary is running?

No, it just creates a temporary chroot in /tmp and bind mounts the
/nix/ there. As a side effect, though, you will not have access to
your regular /nix/ directory within the bundle (which is probably good
for purity reasons).


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