[Nix-dev] easiest way to create a derivation which is just a directory with files

Hi all, I have a bunch of files created with pkgs.writeText. I would like to bundle them into 1 derivation, so I can run buildEnv on a few of these dirs to merge them. Currently, I just use runCommand to manually link the files into 1 dir, but there must be an easier way. Thanks, Mathijs ___

Re: [Nix-dev] easiest way to create a derivation which is just a directory with files

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 = "inst

Re: [Nix-dev] easiest way to create a derivation which is just a directory with files

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Marc Weber 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 i