nixVersions: init

pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix

@@ -43,21 +43,12 @@ let
       inherit boehmgc patches Security;
       inherit storeDir stateDir confDir;
     };
-in {
-  nix_2_3 = buildNix rec {
-    version = "2.3.16";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-${version}/nix-${version}.tar.xz";
-      sha256 = "sha256-fuaBtp8FtSVJLSAsO+3Nne4ZYLuBj2JpD2xEk7fCqrw=";
-    };
-    boehmgc = boehmgc_nix_2_3;
-  };
+in rec {
+  stable = nix_2_6;
 
-  nix_2_4 = buildNix {
-    version = "2.4";
-    sha256 = "sha256-op48CCDgLHK0qV1Batz4Ln5FqBiRjlE6qHTiZgt3b6k=";
-    # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/5537
-    patches = [ ./patches/install-nlohmann_json-headers.patch ];
+  nix_2_6 = buildNix {
+    version = "2.6.0";
+    sha256 = "sha256-xEPeMcNJVOeZtoN+d+aRwolpW8mFSEQx76HTRdlhPhg=";
   };
 
   nix_2_5 = buildNix {
@@ -67,12 +58,23 @@ in {
     patches = [ ./patches/install-nlohmann_json-headers.patch ];
   };
 
-  nix_2_6 = buildNix {
-    version = "2.6.0";
-    sha256 = "sha256-xEPeMcNJVOeZtoN+d+aRwolpW8mFSEQx76HTRdlhPhg=";
+  nix_2_4 = buildNix {
+    version = "2.4";
+    sha256 = "sha256-op48CCDgLHK0qV1Batz4Ln5FqBiRjlE6qHTiZgt3b6k=";
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/5537
+    patches = [ ./patches/install-nlohmann_json-headers.patch ];
+  };
+
+  nix_2_3 = buildNix rec {
+    version = "2.3.16";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://nixos.org/releases/nix/nix-${version}/nix-${version}.tar.xz";
+      sha256 = "sha256-fuaBtp8FtSVJLSAsO+3Nne4ZYLuBj2JpD2xEk7fCqrw=";
+    };
+    boehmgc = boehmgc_nix_2_3;
   };
 
-  nixUnstable = lib.lowPrio (buildNix rec {
+  unstable = lib.lowPrio (buildNix rec {
     version = "2.7";
     suffix = "pre20220124_${lib.substring 0 7 src.rev}";
     src = fetchFromGitHub {

pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix

@@ -663,8 +663,13 @@ mapAliases ({
   nilfs_utils = nilfs-utils; # added 2018-04-25
   nix-direnv-flakes = nix-direnv;
   nix-review = nixpkgs-review; # added 2019-12-22
-  nixFlakes = nix; # added 2021-05-21
-  nixStable = nix; # added-2022-01-24
+  nixFlakes = nixVersions.stable; # added 2021-05-21
+  nixStable = nixVersions.stable; # added 2022-01-24
+  nixUnstable = nixVersions.unstable; # added 2022-01-26
+  nix_2_3 = nixVersions.nix_2_3;
+  nix_2_4 = nixVersions.nix_2_4;
+  nix_2_5 = nixVersions.nix_2_5;
+  nix_2_6 = nixVersions.nix_2_6;
   nmap_graphical = nmap-graphical;  # added 2017-01-19
   nmap-unfree = nmap; # added 2021-04-06
   nologin = shadow; # added 2018-04-25

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -33128,18 +33128,13 @@ with pkgs;
 
   neo = callPackage ../applications/misc/neo { };
 
-  inherit (callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix {
-      storeDir = config.nix.storeDir or "/nix/store";
-      stateDir = config.nix.stateDir or "/nix/var";
-      inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
-      })
-    nix_2_3
-    nix_2_4
-    nix_2_5
-    nix_2_6
-    nixUnstable;
-
-  nix = nix_2_5;
+  nixVersions = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix {
+    storeDir = config.nix.storeDir or "/nix/store";
+    stateDir = config.nix.stateDir or "/nix/var";
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
+  };
+
+  nix = nixVersions.stable;
 
   nixStatic = pkgsStatic.nix;