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--force has no effect if nix-daemon.service already exists #1008

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WxNzEMof opened this issue Jun 16, 2024 · 0 comments
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--force has no effect if nix-daemon.service already exists #1008

WxNzEMof opened this issue Jun 16, 2024 · 0 comments
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The help text says:

      --force
          If `nix-installer` should forcibly recreate files it finds existing
          
          [env: NIX_INSTALLER_FORCE=]

But, this doesn't seem to be true in case of nix-daemon.service.

If nix-daemon.service already exists, even with --force, nix-installer will crash with the error below. See also #1007 for why the advice it provides is not always a good idea.

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Error: 
   0: Planner error
   1: Error executing action
   2: Action `configure_init_service` errored
   3: `/etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service` already exists, consider removing it with `rm /etc/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service`

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