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where i get into trouble is when i do a bunch of
nixos-rebuild โswitch
es between restarts and some state ends up hanging around, so next time i do a reboot that ephemeral state is gone and whoops no internetIts the ghost, the ghost in the machine. Major Kusanagi would be proud
If youโre not already, just erase your darlings.
Then you can preview what files are lost on reboot (see blogpost).
That was a really good read, thanks for the link!
Not specifically a nixos issue, also at least nix gives you rollbacks