Thank you, it works perfectly with the `{}` at the end of the import!
On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 05:24:02PM +0100, Rok Garbas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Eric Sagnes <eric.sag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is possible to import foreign modules in NixOps by doing:
> >
> > ```
> > {
> > network.description = "Web server";
> >
> > webserver = { config, pkgs, ... }:
> > let
> > myModuleSrc = (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchFromGitHub {
> > owner = "me";
> > repo = "myModule";
> > rev = "v1.0";
> > sha256 = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
> > };
> > in
> > {
> > imports = [ "${myModuleSrc}/module.nix" ];
> > services.myModule.enable = true;
> > };
> > }
> > ```
> >
> > Presupposing that the remote package provides a nix build expression,
> > is it possible to directly import it in a similar way?
> > Pseudo code that is not working:
> >
> > ```
> > {
> > network.description = "Web server";
> >
> > webserver = { config, pkgs, ... }:
> > let
> > myPackageSrc = (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchFromGitHub {
> > owner = "me";
> > repo = "myPackage";
> > rev = "v1.0";
> > sha256 = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
> > };
> > in
> > {
> > environment.systemPackages = [
> > (import "${myPackageSrc}/release.nix")
> > ];
> >
> > };
> > }
> > ```
> >
> > (The above complains about coercing a function to a string.)
> >
>
>
> you can also just use builtins.fetchFromTarball.
>
> for above you probably will want to do
>
> (import "${myPackagesSrc}/release.nix" { ... })
>
>
> --
> Rok Garbas - https://.garbas.si
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