Zig 0.11.0 repl

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Hi,
I’m trying to use zig 0.11.0, but when I try to create a repl UMARismyname/zig it shows 0.10.2, and when I try to use nix-unstable it shows 0.10.2, knowing that nixos unstable has zig 0.11.0

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Hi @mSTfmhdy1 , welcome to the forums!
Could you try changing the numbers to the same value?

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Hey @mSTfmhdy1!

You might see some version drift because we keep a snapshot of all Nix packages at a given time. The versions on https://search.nixos.org/ might be newer than the versions we carry. We do our best to update our snapshot as much as we can, though sometimes we might be behind.

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If you make Feature Requests they might add Zig to nixmodules so they can update and support it properly and conveniently, independently from replit-nixpkgs, but I don’t think there’s too much demand for it, especially from professional, paying users (and so there’s not even syntax highlighting yet). plus Rust is better :slightly_smiling_face:

Here a template. Caveats:

  • doesn’t take semver into account when checking for updates, so code breaks (0.11.0
    doesn’t satisfy ^0.10.2)
  • Takes 416 MiB! If there’s a way to compare the installed version to the current nix version and then store only the differences, that’d be the best way to reduce it