I found the Haskell overlay interesting, but I'm left with only a vague idea about what problem it's solving, and how. It mentioned darcs as an example, but I didn't grasp the difference between installing darcs with and without the overlay. Could you elaborate a bit?
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Marc Weber <marco-owe...@gmx.de> wrote: > Excerpts from Lucas Paul's message of Fri Feb 22 21:13:54 +0100 2013: >> I'm just learning how to make software in nix (with some help from the >> wiki). If I want to use an IDE, say Leksah, should that be in the >> build environment too, or should I install that into my default >> profile? > build environment, because leksah uses ghc internal features, such > depends on your build env such as ghc version AFAIK. > > Of course if you use the same set of libraries always, installing it > into your default profile may be more convenient. > > Maybe try both, and keep using what works best for you. > > At this point in time I also want to remind that there is a second way > for install haskell packages using nixpkgs > https://nixos.org/wiki/Nixpkgs-haskell-overlay > > 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