[Nix-dev] when to use $out/nix-support

2014-12-06 Thread emery
I have question about Nix proper, independent of Nixpkgs or NixOS. What kinds of attributes are appropriate as passthrough attributes on a derivation set, and which attributes are appropriate to be written out to the store in a nix-support file? Is this just for the sake of registering

Re: [Nix-dev] when to use $out/nix-support

2014-12-06 Thread Luca Bruno
Depends on the package. On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 4:49 PM, em...@vfemail.net wrote: I have question about Nix proper, independent of Nixpkgs or NixOS. What kinds of attributes are appropriate as passthrough attributes on a derivation set, and which attributes are appropriate to be written out

Re: [Nix-dev] when to use $out/nix-support

2014-12-06 Thread Peter Simons
Hi, What kinds of attributes are appropriate as passthrough attributes on a derivation set, and which attributes are appropriate to be written out to the store in a nix-support file? passthru attributes are visible in the derivation's attribute set -- i.e. other expressions can see them