Udev and the broken system start

I recently upgraded my NixOS system for kodi. For all my system deployment I use deploy.rs. It just works and is a breeze to work with. So anyway, I just upgraded to a newer nixpkgs version and didn’t do any configuration change. Usually totally boring. Not this time. The deployment and activation script worked without issues. Some days later I needed to restart the system. After I issued sudo reboot I couldn’t login via ssh anymore.
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Brother HL-L2375 printer and NixOS

I finally got a new printer. After my lexmark CX510 printer had issue after issue with printing (paper jam, no paper alarm etc.) I decided it is time for a new printer. So which one should I buy? I was quite happy with the linux support for my lexmark printer, but not with the printer itself. I had an epson and brother printer before and they worked fine but in the end I was sorting my candidates by price and availability.
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