Magdalena Bugajska wrote: > I wanted to set up my own collection of packages made up of things > I've been working on, but all the directions point to setting up a > package within the nixpkgs collection which didn't really make much > sense to me. Is there really supposed to be one tree? Or can > somebody point me to a simple project that shows a basic configuration > of nix files for deployment of a collection of just couple packages? > The all-packages.nix from nixpkgs is slightly on the the confusing side. > > Is it possible to have the separate package collection to use fetchurl > and stdenv functions from nixpkgs? The best I can figure out, I would > have to copy the relevant functions calls and definitions and the > builders into my own collection, i.e. redefine them in my own > namespace. But in case of more substantial libraries or compilers > wouldn't that result in installing the package multiple times once for > each collection/namespace? I must be missing something ... Something like let pkgs = import /etc/nixos/nixpkgs; in ... Look how /etc/nixos/nixos calls /etc/nixos/nixpkgs. > > I've also been looking for examples of channel setup and a farm, but I > don't think I'm ready for those. > > Appreciate any the help. > > -- Magda
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