launchd: Set NumberOfFiles to 4096 #5726
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The default maxfiles on macOS 11 and macOS 12 is 256, which is too low for nix to work: ``` $ launchctl limit maxfiles maxfiles 256 unlimited ``` Set NumberOfFiles of nix-daemon to 4096 to avoid `Too many open files` error.
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This fixed an issue that stopped me from bootstrapping my initial Darwin config. Thanks @azuwis . |
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The default maxfiles on macOS 11 and macOS 12 is 256, which is too low
for nix to work:
Set NumberOfFiles of nix-daemon to 4096 to avoid
Too many open fileserror.