Re: [Nix-dev] Porting question

2013-11-22 Thread Roelof Wobben
From: mor...@tarn-vedra.de Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:59:26 +0100 Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] Porting question To: rwob...@hotmail.com The stuff between { ... }: are the arguments of the function you create. : in Nix creates a lambda. buildInputs is the

[Nix-dev] what is the best way to keep my box up-to-date

2013-11-22 Thread Roelof Wobben
Hello, the first question is how I can take care that my NixOS up-to-date. Second question : what is the best way to keep the pkgs directory up-to-date. So I know that when Im porting something I will be with the latest software. Roelof

Re: [Nix-dev] what is the best way to keep my box up-to-date

2013-11-22 Thread Cillian de RĂ³iste
Hi Roelof, `nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade` will update your system. https://nixos.org/wiki/Create_and_debug_nix_packages has some handy tips on how to work on new packages and take advantage of the binaries available in the channel. Cheers, Cillian On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Roelof

Re: [Nix-dev] what is the best way to keep my box up-to-date

2013-11-22 Thread Eelco Dolstra
Hi, On 22/11/13 17:13, Roelof Wobben wrote: the first question is how I can take care that my NixOS up-to-date. http://nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-upgrading -- Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/ ___ nix-dev mailing list

Re: [Nix-dev] Porting question

2013-11-22 Thread phreedom
On Friday, November 22, 2013 04:11:07 PM Roelof Wobben wrote: The stuff between { ... }: are the arguments of the function you create. : in Nix creates a lambda. buildInputs is the named argument to the 'mkDerivation' fuction. (To be exact, the function you create takes one argument: An