On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Marc Weber <marco-owe...@gmx.de> wrote: > Excerpts from Mathijs Kwik's message of Tue Aug 28 18:14:07 +0200 2012: >> I have a bunch of files created with pkgs.writeText. > > writeText => you can specify the target location such as $out/bin/x or > $out/share/foo > > => how to turn them into one directory? > > mkDerivation { > name = "x"; > phases = "installPhase"; > > derivationsToLink = [ fileA fileB ]; > > installPhase = '' > ensureDir $out > for i in $derivationsToLink; > mkdir -p .. > cp $i $out/ .. > done > ''; > } > > well - this derivation already exists, its called buildEnv and is very > very similar to what nix-env does.. > >> I would like to bundle them into 1 derivation, so I can run buildEnv >> on a few of these dirs to merge them. > Alternative -> wiki "how to keep multiple packages up to date easily" or such. > That's using buildEnv like stuff, too. > > There was yet another function using xorg tool to build symlinks - but > it does not matter anymore cause you got enough pointers now.
Cool, thanks. I'm doing something similar now, but I wasn't sure this was the way to go :) > > Marc Weber > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev