On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 15:23, Marc Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sometimes it happens that i want to use an application (eg in
> localCommands or cron jobs etc) which is not in the system path..
>
> Is the way to change all those options from
> cron = { systemJobs = [ "* * * * * echo helloworld "]; };
> to
> cron = pkgs : { systemJobs = [ "* * * * * ${pkgs.myecho}/bin/echo
> helloworld "]; };
> or would you prefer
>
>
> pkgs : {
> # the system configuration
> }
>
> making configuration.nix a function rather than an attr set?
> The latter would mean less tweaking and less remembering
I prefer the second solution. Otherwise you have no insurance that
the pkgs arguments are identicals. Moreover this will ease the
documentation because function cannot not be serialize yet.
--
Nicolas Pierron
- If you are doing something twice then you should try to do it once.
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