[Nix-dev] Signed git

Unlike most distros, the NixOS download page doesn't appear to have GPG signatures for the CD images. https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html vs. https://www.debian.org/CD/verify http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20160218/install-amd64-minimal-20160218.iso.DIGESTS.asc In fact,

Re: [Nix-dev] Fwd: Wiki is dead

> On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 at 21:29 Vladimír Čunát wrote: > > My personal opinion is that this is mostly an excuse. It's a XML subset > > and everyone should know at least a bit of (X)HTML or similar stuff. > > Note that for almost all docs we use ~10 types of tags and the format is

Re: [Nix-dev] Fwd: Wiki is dead

Basically wrote the doc in markdown and then: ``` $ nix-env -iA nixos.pandoc $ pandoc -f markdown -t docbook release.md > release.xml ``` The output file wasn't exactly right, I had to replace `` to `` tags and wrap it in a tag. That was quickly done and less work that writing in docbook

Re: [Nix-dev] Fwd: Wiki is dead

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > Hi, > > On 24/02/16 01:14, Anderson Torres wrote: > > > 2016-02-23 19:22 GMT-03:00 zimbatm : > >> I started writing some docbook. Maybe I will get used to it but writing > >> `foobar` is way

Re: [Nix-dev] Fwd: Wiki is dead

Hi, On 24/02/16 01:14, Anderson Torres wrote: > 2016-02-23 19:22 GMT-03:00 zimbatm : >> I started writing some docbook. Maybe I will get used to it but writing >> `foobar` is way more painful >> that `* foobar` in markdown. Especially in writing I think it's important to >>

Re: [Nix-dev] Fwd: Wiki is dead

Nobody has written the Nix/NixOS book yet. On 24/02/2016 11:14 AM, "Anderson Torres" wrote: > 2016-02-23 19:22 GMT-03:00 zimbatm : > > I started writing some docbook. Maybe I will get used to it but writing > > `foobar` is way more > painful > >

[Nix-dev] Debugging callPackage builds?

Hi everyone, I'm trying to debug https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix , which is a callPackage-style Nix function that expects lots of arguments. Is there a quick way to get a nix-shell or other type of debugging environment for such a package?