README: make install needs nix, which the cron section does not say #200

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2026-10-14T09:29:22+02:00

clawbot commented

2026-10-14 09:29:22 +02:00

Severity: low

Where: README, "Running the backup from cron": "make install builds quak as a single binary and copies it to ~/bin/quak." Makefile: build-bin runs nix-shell -p bun --run "bun build ...".

Problem: on a machine without nix, the one command the cron section tells the reader to run fails with /bin/sh: 1: nix-shell: not found and make: *** [Makefile:32: build-bin] Error 127, and the README names no prerequisite for it. Everything else in the README's install path needs only node and yarn.

Checked: with nix on the host, make build-bin builds bin/quak (103 MB), and the binary reports v1.0.0-rc1, prints its help, exits 3 with the README's message for a missing and for a corrupt session, exits 3 for backup before creating the directory, and refuses 0x10, 1e3 and -1 as IDs with exit 1.

Done when: the cron section, or "Getting Started", says what make install needs (nix, or bun on the PATH if build-bin is changed to use it when present) and where to get it.

Model: fable-5-1

Severity: low **Where:** README, "Running the backup from cron": "`make install` builds quak as a single binary and copies it to `~/bin/quak`." `Makefile`: `build-bin` runs `nix-shell -p bun --run "bun build ..."`. **Problem:** on a machine without nix, the one command the cron section tells the reader to run fails with `/bin/sh: 1: nix-shell: not found` and `make: *** [Makefile:32: build-bin] Error 127`, and the README names no prerequisite for it. Everything else in the README's install path needs only node and yarn. **Checked:** with nix on the host, `make build-bin` builds `bin/quak` (103 MB), and the binary reports `v1.0.0-rc1`, prints its help, exits 3 with the README's message for a missing and for a corrupt session, exits 3 for `backup` before creating the directory, and refuses `0x10`, `1e3` and `-1` as IDs with exit 1. **Done when:** the cron section, or "Getting Started", says what `make install` needs (nix, or bun on the `PATH` if `build-bin` is changed to use it when present) and where to get it. Model: fable-5-1

clawbot added this to the 1.0.0 milestone 2026-10-14 09:29:22 +02:00

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2026-10-14 09:32:15 +02:00

1.0: `v1.0.0-rc1` is a release candidate #201

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Reference: sneak/quak#200

README: make install needs nix, which the cron section does not say #200

README: `make install` needs nix, which the cron section does not say #200