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-rw-r--r--corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in13
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/nix-env.xml47
-rw-r--r--scripts/nix-channel.in11
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/get-drvs.cc4
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc1
-rw-r--r--src/nix-env/nix-env.cc68
6 files changed, 66 insertions, 78 deletions
diff --git a/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in b/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in
index 1f2886a6a..1be4a39a1 100644
--- a/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in
+++ b/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
@coreutils@/mkdir $out/tmp
cd $out/tmp
-expr=$out/default.nix
-echo '{' > $expr
-
inputs=($inputs)
for ((n = 0; n < ${#inputs[*]}; n += 2)); do
channelName=${inputs[n]}
@@ -15,19 +12,15 @@ for ((n = 0; n < ${#inputs[*]}; n += 2)); do
@bunzip2@ < $channelTarball | @tar@ xf -
nr=1
- dirName=$channelName
+ attrName=$(echo $channelName | @tr@ -- '- ' '__')
+ dirName=$attrName
while test -e ../$dirName; do
nr=$((nr+1))
- dirName=$channelName-$nr
+ dirName=$attrName-$nr
done
@coreutils@/mv * ../$dirName # !!! hacky
-
- attrName=$(echo $dirName | @tr@ -- '- ' '__')
- echo "$attrName = let e = import ./$dirName; in if builtins.isFunction e then e {} else e;" >> $expr
done
-echo '} // {_combineChannels = true;}' >> $expr
-
cd ..
@coreutils@/rmdir tmp
diff --git a/doc/manual/nix-env.xml b/doc/manual/nix-env.xml
index 247471d9b..9c9114a90 100644
--- a/doc/manual/nix-env.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/nix-env.xml
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ linkend="sec-common-options" />.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term><filename>~/.nix-defexpr</filename></term>
+
+ <!-- !!! .nix-defexpr can be a directory now -->
<listitem><para>The default Nix expression used by the
<option>--install</option>, <option>--upgrade</option>, and
<option>--query --available</option> operations to obtain
- derivations. It is generally a symbolic link to some other
- location set using the <option>--import</option> operation. The
- <option>--file</option> option may be used to override this
- default.</para></listitem>
+ derivations. The <option>--file</option> option may be used to
+ override this default.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1061,43 +1061,4 @@ error: no generation older than the current (91) exists</screen>
-<!--######################################################################-->
-
-<refsection><title>Operation <option>--import</option></title>
-
-<refsection><title>Synopsis</title>
-
-<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>nix-env</command>
- <group choice='req'>
- <arg choice='plain'><option>--import</option></arg>
- <arg choice='plain'><option>-I</option></arg>
- </group>
- <arg choice='req'><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg>
-</cmdsynopsis>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-<refsection><title>Description</title>
-
-<para>This operation makes <replaceable>path</replaceable> the default
-active Nix expression for the user. That is, the symlink
-<filename>~/.nix-userenv</filename> is made to point to
-<replaceable>path</replaceable>.</para>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-<refsection><title>Examples</title>
-
-<screen>
-$ nix-env -I ~/nixpkgs-0.5/</screen>
-
-</refsection>
-
-</refsection>
-
-
-
</refentry>
diff --git a/scripts/nix-channel.in b/scripts/nix-channel.in
index 1efb1a03a..c023a7539 100644
--- a/scripts/nix-channel.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-channel.in
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ $ENV{'NIX_DOWNLOAD_CACHE'} = $channelCache if -W $channelCache;
my $home = $ENV{"HOME"};
die '$HOME not set' unless defined $home;
my $channelsList = "$home/.nix-channels";
+
+my $nixDefExpr = "$home/.nix-defexpr";
my @channels;
@@ -136,9 +138,12 @@ sub update {
unlink "$rootFile.tmp";
- # Make it the default Nix expression for `nix-env'.
- system("@bindir@/nix-env", "--import", "$outPath") == 0
- or die "cannot pull set default Nix expression to `$outPath'";
+ # Make the channels appear in nix-env.
+ unlink $nixDefExpr if -l $nixDefExpr; # old-skool ~/.nix-defexpr
+ mkdir $nixDefExpr or die "cannot create directory `$nixDefExpr'" if !-e $nixDefExpr;
+ my $channelLink = "$nixDefExpr/channels";
+ unlink $channelLink; # !!! not atomic
+ symlink($outPath, $channelLink) or die "cannot symlink `$channelLink' to `$outPath'";
}
diff --git a/src/libexpr/get-drvs.cc b/src/libexpr/get-drvs.cc
index d2d01072f..6fa9b3f21 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/get-drvs.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/get-drvs.cc
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ static void getDerivations(EvalState & state, Expr e,
ATermMap drvMap(ATgetLength(es));
queryAllAttrs(e, drvMap);
- /* !!! undocumented hackery to support
- corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh. */
+ /* !!! undocumented hackery to support combining channels in
+ nix-env.cc. */
Expr e2 = drvMap.get(toATerm("_combineChannels"));
bool combineChannels = e2 && evalBool(state, e2);
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index edfd26b0b..d8d3751a1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ bool pathExists(const Path & path)
Path readLink(const Path & path)
{
+ checkInterrupt();
struct stat st;
if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % path);
diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
index e0de2812c..89a92fdbb 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
@@ -72,11 +74,53 @@ void printHelp()
}
+static bool isNixExpr(const Path & path)
+{
+ struct stat st;
+ if (stat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1)
+ throw SysError(format("getting information about `%1%'") % path);
+
+ return !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || pathExists(path + "/default.nix");
+}
+
+
+static void getAllExprs(EvalState & state,
+ const Path & path, ATermMap & attrs)
+{
+ Strings names = readDirectory(path);
+
+ for (Strings::iterator i = names.begin(); i != names.end(); ++i) {
+ Path path2 = path + "/" + *i;
+ if (isNixExpr(path2))
+ attrs.set(toATerm(*i), makeAttrRHS(
+ parseExprFromFile(state, absPath(path2)), makeNoPos()));
+ else
+ getAllExprs(state, path2, attrs);
+ }
+}
+
+
+static Expr loadSourceExpr(EvalState & state, const Path & path)
+{
+ if (isNixExpr(path)) return parseExprFromFile(state, absPath(path));
+
+ /* The path is a directory. Put the Nix expressions in the
+ directory in an attribute set, with the file name of each
+ expression as the attribute name. Recurse into subdirectories
+ (but keep the attribute set flat, not nested, to make it easier
+ for a user to have a ~/.nix-defexpr directory that includes
+ some system-wide directory). */
+ ATermMap attrs;
+ attrs.set(toATerm("_combineChannels"), makeAttrRHS(eTrue, makeNoPos()));
+ getAllExprs(state, path, attrs);
+ return makeAttrs(attrs);
+}
+
+
static void loadDerivations(EvalState & state, Path nixExprPath,
string systemFilter, const ATermMap & autoArgs, DrvInfos & elems)
{
- getDerivations(state,
- parseExprFromFile(state, absPath(nixExprPath)), "", autoArgs, elems);
+ getDerivations(state, loadSourceExpr(state, nixExprPath), "", autoArgs, elems);
/* Filter out all derivations not applicable to the current
system. */
@@ -365,9 +409,7 @@ static void queryInstSources(EvalState & state,
(import ./foo.nix)' = `(import ./foo.nix).bar'. */
case srcNixExprs: {
-
- Expr e1 = parseExprFromFile(state,
- absPath(instSource.nixExprPath));
+ Expr e1 = loadSourceExpr(state, instSource.nixExprPath);
for (Strings::const_iterator i = args.begin();
i != args.end(); ++i)
@@ -429,7 +471,7 @@ static void queryInstSources(EvalState & state,
i != args.end(); ++i)
getDerivations(state,
findAlongAttrPath(state, *i, instSource.autoArgs,
- parseExprFromFile(state, instSource.nixExprPath)),
+ loadSourceExpr(state, instSource.nixExprPath)),
"", instSource.autoArgs, elems);
break;
}
@@ -1218,18 +1260,6 @@ static void opDeleteGenerations(Globals & globals,
}
-static void opDefaultExpr(Globals & globals,
- Strings opFlags, Strings opArgs)
-{
- if (opFlags.size() > 0)
- throw UsageError(format("unknown flag `%1%'") % opFlags.front());
- if (opArgs.size() != 1)
- throw UsageError(format("exactly one argument expected"));
-
- switchLink(getDefNixExprPath(), absPath(opArgs.front()));
-}
-
-
static string needArg(Strings::iterator & i,
Strings & args, const string & arg)
{
@@ -1286,8 +1316,6 @@ void run(Strings args)
op = opSet;
else if (arg == "--query" || arg == "-q")
op = opQuery;
- else if (arg == "--import" || arg == "-I") /* !!! bad name */
- op = opDefaultExpr;
else if (arg == "--profile" || arg == "-p")
globals.profile = absPath(needArg(i, args, arg));
else if (arg == "--file" || arg == "-f")