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Fix macOS compatibility: move Linux-only packages to conditional section in emu flake#5
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[WIP] When I run nix-develop on darwin, it complains about installing parted for linux, which ought not to be necessary. Fix the implementation not to require workarounds on macos.
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$ nix develop
warning: creating lock file '"/Users/anicolao/projects/nixo...
Fix macOS compatibility: move Linux-only packages to conditional section in emu flake
Aug 22, 2025
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Fixes an issue where
nix developwould fail on macOS with an error aboutpartednot being available onarm64-apple-darwin.Problem
The
emu/flake.nixwas unconditionally includingpartedandutil-linuxpackages in the development shell, but these are Linux-only packages that don't exist on macOS platforms. This causednix developto fail with:Solution
Moved
pkgs.partedandpkgs.util-linuxfrom the unconditional packages list to the Linux-only conditional section, since:The
launch-pi.shscript already has platform-specific image mounting logic:losetup,mount,kpartx, andpartedfor loop device manipulationhdiutilfor disk image operationsThese tools are only needed for Linux-based image manipulation workflows
Changes
partedandutil-linuxto thepkgs.lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isLinuxsectionNow
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