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author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2015-08-06 19:55:42 +0200 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2015-08-07 03:09:57 +0200 |
commit | 214d4fb73cd5c2aab6718a38b35c8b5217f0f200 (patch) | |
tree | f78ea308807277211b91f5d692eedce3a842501d /lib/types.nix | |
parent | fa7a0f24a4c8e02789be6b5c9c83c4c3ee6948a5 (diff) |
Allow options with type "package" to be store paths
For example, this allows writing
nix.package = /nix/store/786mlvhd17xvcp2r4jmmay6jj4wj6b7f-nix-1.10pre4206_896428c;
Also, document types.package in the manual.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/types.nix')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/types.nix | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/types.nix b/lib/types.nix index 49f24b022de9..a7f9bf1946e6 100644 --- a/lib/types.nix +++ b/lib/types.nix @@ -94,14 +94,16 @@ rec { # derivation is a reserved keyword. package = mkOptionType { name = "derivation"; - check = isDerivation; - merge = mergeOneOption; + check = x: isDerivation x || isStorePath x; + merge = loc: defs: + let res = mergeOneOption loc defs; + in if isDerivation res then res else toDerivation res; }; path = mkOptionType { name = "path"; # Hacky: there is no ‘isPath’ primop. - check = x: builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (builtins.substring 0 1 (toString x)) == "/"; + check = x: builtins.substring 0 1 (toString x) == "/"; merge = mergeOneOption; }; |