Re: [Nix-dev] [Nix-commits] [NixOS/nix] 17dc30: Revert "prim_toPath: Actually make the string a pa...

2012-11-15 Thread Shea Levy
On 11/15/2012 05:55 PM, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > Hi Shea, > > On 15/11/12 23:14, Shea Levy wrote: > >> I've already fixed this issue in NixOS master, and the usage of toPath was >> incorrect in that case anyway. Any current uses of toPath aren't getting the >> desired behavior anyway (and AFAICT neve

Re: [Nix-dev] [Nix-commits] [NixOS/nix] 17dc30: Revert "prim_toPath: Actually make the string a pa...

2012-11-15 Thread Eelco Dolstra
Hi Shea, On 15/11/12 23:14, Shea Levy wrote: > I've already fixed this issue in NixOS master, and the usage of toPath was > incorrect in that case anyway. Any current uses of toPath aren't getting the > desired behavior anyway (and AFAICT never have), so isn't it better to expose > these cases wh

Re: [Nix-dev] [Nix-commits] [NixOS/nix] 17dc30: Revert "prim_toPath: Actually make the string a pa...

2012-11-15 Thread Shea Levy
Hi Eelco, I've already fixed this issue in NixOS master, and the usage of toPath was incorrect in that case anyway. Any current uses of toPath aren't getting the desired behavior anyway (and AFAICT never have), so isn't it better to expose these cases where the expression author misunderstood

Re: [Nix-dev] install4j

2012-11-15 Thread Mathijs Kwik
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Marc Weber wrote: > Excerpts from Mathijs Kwik's message of Thu Nov 15 16:27:31 +0100 2012: >> Hi all, >> >> Has anyone come across software that is packed/distributed with install4j? >> Some software I need distributes itself as a .sh file (with a lot of >> binary

Re: [Nix-dev] install4j

2012-11-15 Thread Marc Weber
Excerpts from Mathijs Kwik's message of Thu Nov 15 16:27:31 +0100 2012: > Hi all, > > Has anyone come across software that is packed/distributed with install4j? > Some software I need distributes itself as a .sh file (with a lot of > binary data appended). > The file extracts itself to some temp d

[Nix-dev] install4j

2012-11-15 Thread Mathijs Kwik
Hi all, Has anyone come across software that is packed/distributed with install4j? Some software I need distributes itself as a .sh file (with a lot of binary data appended). The file extracts itself to some temp dir and wants to start a bundled JRE. This of course fails on nix, as the bundled JRE