Failed suddenly in Darwin

[jasonxue1]

I can use it normally the day before yesterday, but when I run sudo darwin-rebuild switch yesterday, it failed and told me this message.

I try to reinstall nix and reinstall macOS. But it tells me the same.

My Mac is macOS 10.12, it’s MacBook pro 2016.

Here is the output:

jason@jason-MacBook-Pro:~/ > nix
dyld[1153]: Symbol not found: (__ZTVNSt3__13pmr25monotonic_buffer_resourceE)
  Referenced from: '/nix/store/y8v9ariyblm29ypgsq5i1vf8xsrfsm3q-nix-expr-2.31.2/lib/libnixexpr.dylib'
  Expected in: '/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib'
zsh: abort      nix
jason@jason-MacBook-Pro:~/ > 

I need help, thanks.

I use Determinate and use upstream nix. When I uninstall nix Darwin, it’s normal.

Here is the output:

jason@jason-MacBook-Pro:~/ > sudo darwin-uninstaller

Uninstalling nix-darwin, this will:

    - remove /Applications/Nix Apps symlink
    - cleanup static /etc files
    - disable and remove all launchd services managed by nix-darwin
    - restore nix-daemon service from the Nix installer

Proceed? [y/n] y
setting up /Applications/Nix Apps...
setting up pam...
applying patches...
setting up /etc...
setting up launchd services...
removing service org.nixos.activate-system
removing service org.nixos.nix-daemon
restoring unmanaged Nix daemon...
configuring networking...
configuring application firewall...
Enabled allow signed built-in applications automatically 
Enabled allow signed downloaded applications automatically 
Stealth mode disabled 
configuring power...
setting up /Library/Fonts/Nix Fonts...
setting nvram variables...
dyld[1818]: Symbol not found: (__ZTVNSt3__13pmr25monotonic_buffer_resourceE)
  Referenced from: '/nix/store/y8v9ariyblm29ypgsq5i1vf8xsrfsm3q-nix-expr-2.31.2/lib/libnixexpr.dylib'
  Expected in: '/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib'
/nix/store/ndhvyplkx8xgdxbqdwq5mbgfndhi3fm6-darwin-system-25.11/activate: line 311:  1818 Abort trap: 6              nix-channel --remove darwin
NOTE: the /run symlink will be removed on reboot

NOTE: The /nix/var/nix/profiles/system* profiles still exist and won't be garbage collected.

Done!

jason@jason-MacBook-Pro:~/ > nix
error: no subcommand specified
Try 'nix --help' for more information.
jason@jason-MacBook-Pro:~/ > nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
warning: error: unable to download 'https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json': Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) (77) error setting certificate file: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt; using cached version
warning: error: unable to download 'https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/commits/nixpkgs-unstable': Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) (77) error setting certificate file: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt; using cached version
warning: Nix search path entry '/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels' does not exist, ignoring
 - system: `"x86_64-darwin"`
 - host os: `Darwin 21.6.0, macOS 12.7.4`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `no`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.31.1`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/store/q4dfpr4f7ydjhwcf6048ppyi22gqwdyd-source`

jason@jason-MacBook-Pro:~/ > 

[jasonxue1]

I solve it by use determinate nix instead of upstream nix.

Use this one (in the image). You can try this way before the developers fix it.

[jasonxue1]

Link these issues

• https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/14201
• https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/issues/1606
• https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/issues/1684