Thanks, I think I'll give this a try. hack-nix is more comprehensive, but I'd like to see if I can contribute to the community.
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Peter Simons <sim...@cryp.to> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > > It seems like ~/.nix-defexpr is the place I should add anything custom. > > yes, that is true. Personally, I have a checked-out copy of the Git > repository from http://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs at that location. Adding > 'boomerang' is then just a matter of running the commands: > > $ cd .nix-defexpr/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ > $ mkdir boomerang > $ cabal2nix cabal://boomerang >boomerang/default.nix > > Now, add the line > > boomerang = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/boomerang {}; > > to ~/.nix-defexpr/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix, and test the > build with the compiler of your choice: > > $ nix-env -p /tmp/test -iA haskellPackages_ghc742.boomerang > installing `haskell-boomerang-ghc7.4.2-1.3.3' > these derivations will be built: > > /nix/store/dv8a9bvnsqkv3b6kykfk16dmqjshh32s-haskell-boomerang-ghc7.4.2-1.3.3.drv > [...] > [...] > patching ELF executables and libraries > patching script interpreter paths > building path(s) > `/nix/store/kybjzfbk54q8qn7jwv7v82ah7nz7nird-user-environment' > created 22 symlinks in user environment > > Finally, commit the result and open a pull request. :-) > > Take care, > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > 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
