add lowPrioSet and hiPrioSet functions to enable changing of priorities of attrsets with packages such as kde.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/meta.nix b/lib/meta.nix
index a5afce9e0cb1..74e9cfb411c4 100644
--- a/lib/meta.nix
+++ b/lib/meta.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /* Some functions for manipulating meta attributes, as well as the
    name attribute. */
 
+let lib = import ./default.nix;
+in
+
 rec {
 
 
@@ -35,14 +38,30 @@ rec {
   appendToName = suffix: updateName (name: "${name}-${suffix}");
 
 
+  /* Apply a function to each derivation and only to derivations in an attrset
+  */
+  mapDerivationAttrset = f: set: lib.mapAttrs (name: pkg: if lib.isDerivation pkg then (f pkg) else pkg) set;
+
+
   /* Decrease the nix-env priority of the package, i.e., other
      versions/variants of the package will be preferred.
   */
   lowPrio = drv: addMetaAttrs { priority = "10"; } drv;
 
+
+  /* Apply lowPrio to an attrset with derivations
+  */
+  lowPrioSet = set: mapDerivationAttrset lowPrio set; 
+
+
   /* Increase the nix-env priority of the package, i.e., this
      version/variant of the package will be preferred.
   */
   hiPrio = drv: addMetaAttrs { priority = "-10"; } drv;
+
+
+  /* Apply hiPrio to an attrset with derivations
+  */
+  hiPrioSet = set: mapDerivationAttrset hiPrio set;
   
 }