From 4388dd1c452f644cfe76d42e302281e9edef5ee7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Richter Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 15:39:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add "Why are my NUR packages not updating?" Add some troubleshooting information to find out why the nur repos do not get updated. --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c423a9b1e..ef751e5c1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -418,6 +418,11 @@ override existing packages. Also without coordination multiple overlays could easily introduce dependency cycles. +## Why are my NUR packages not updating? +With every build triggered via the URL hook all repositories will be evaluated.Only if the evaluation does not contain errors the repository revision for the user is updated. Typical evaluation errors are in the meta data of a derivation like a wrong license attribute. + +You can find out if your evaluation succeeded by checking the [latest travis build job]( https://travis-ci.com/github/nix-community/NUR/ ). + ## Contact You can chat with us on IRC in channel [#nixos-nur](https://webchat.freenode.net/?url=irc%3A%2F%2Firc.freenode.net%2Fnixos-nur).