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diff --git a/src/nix/bundle.md b/src/nix/bundle.md index 5e2298376..2bb70711f 100644 --- a/src/nix/bundle.md +++ b/src/nix/bundle.md @@ -18,19 +18,53 @@ R""( nix (Nix) 2.4pre20201215_e3ddffb ``` +* Bundle a Hello using a specific bundler: + + ```console + # nix bundle --bundler github:NixOS/bundlers#toDockerImage nixpkgs#hello + # docker load < hello-2.10.tar.gz + # docker run hello-2.10:latest hello + Hello, world! + ``` + # Description -`nix bundle` packs the closure of the [Nix app](./nix3-run.md) -*installable* into a single self-extracting executable. See the -[`nix-bundle` homepage](https://github.com/matthewbauer/nix-bundle) -for more details. +`nix bundle`, by default, packs the closure of the *installable* into a single +self-extracting executable. See the [`bundlers` +homepage](https://github.com/NixOS/bundlers) for more details. > **Note** > > This command only works on Linux. -# Bundler definitions +# Flake output attributes + +If no flake output attribute is given, `nix bundle` tries the following +flake output attributes: + +* `bundlers.<system>.default` + +If an attribute *name* is given, `nix run` tries the following flake +output attributes: + +* `bundlers.<system>.<name>` + +# Bundlers + +A bundler is specified by a flake output attribute named +`bundlers.<system>.<name>`. It looks like this: + +```nix +bundlers.x86_64-linux = rec { + identity = drv: drv; + + blender_2_79 = drv: self.packages.x86_64-linux.blender_2_79; + + default = identity; +}; +``` -TODO +A bundler must be a function that accepts an arbitrary value (typically a +derivation or app definition) and returns a derivation. )"" |