* Channels. These allow you to stay current with an evolving set of

Nix expressions.

  To subscribe to a channel (needs to be done only once):

    nix-channel --add \
      http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/channels/nixpkgs-unstable

  This just adds the given URL to ~/.nix-channels (which can also be
  edited manually).

  To update from all channels:

    nix-channel --update

  This fetches the latest expressions and pulls cache manifests.  The
  default Nix expression (~/.nix-defexpr) is made to point to the
  conjunction of the expressions downloaded from all channels.

  So to update all installed derivations in the current user
  environment:

    nix-channel --update
    nix-env --upgrade '*'

  If you are really courageous, you can put this in a cronjob or
  something.

  You can subscribe to multiple channels.  It is not entirely clear
  what happens when there are name clashes between derivations from
  different channels.  From nix-env/main.cc it appears that the one
  with the lowest (highest?) hash will be used, which is pretty
  meaningless.
This commit is contained in:
Eelco Dolstra 2004-04-21 14:54:05 +00:00
parent f79e9c2d22
commit 21655a70f5
10 changed files with 194 additions and 52 deletions

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@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
corepkgs/fetchurl/Makefile corepkgs/fetchurl/Makefile
corepkgs/nar/Makefile corepkgs/nar/Makefile
corepkgs/buildenv/Makefile corepkgs/buildenv/Makefile
corepkgs/channels/Makefile
doc/Makefile doc/Makefile
doc/manual/Makefile doc/manual/Makefile
]) ])

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@ -1 +1 @@
SUBDIRS = fetchurl nar buildenv SUBDIRS = fetchurl nar buildenv channels

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@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
all-local: unpack.sh
install-exec-local:
$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs
$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs/channels
$(INSTALL_DATA) unpack.nix $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs/channels
$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) unpack.sh $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs/channels
include ../../substitute.mk
EXTRA_DIST = default.nix unpack.sh.in

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{system, inputs}:
derivation {
name = "channels";
builder = ./unpack.sh;
inherit system inputs;
}

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#! @shell@ -e
export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin # !!! impure
mkdir $out
mkdir $out/tmp
cd $out/tmp
expr=$out/default.nix
echo '[' > $expr
nr=0
for i in $inputs; do
echo "unpacking $i"
@bunzip2@ < $i | tar xvf -
mv * ../$nr # !!! hacky
echo "(import ./$nr)" >> $expr
nr=$(($nr + 1))
done
echo ']' >> $expr
cd ..
rmdir tmp

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@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
{system, url, md5}: derivation { {system, url, md5}:
derivation {
name = baseNameOf (toString url); name = baseNameOf (toString url);
system = system;
builder = ./builder.sh; builder = ./builder.sh;
url = url;
md5 = md5;
id = md5; id = md5;
inherit system url md5;
} }

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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
bin_SCRIPTS = nix-collect-garbage \ bin_SCRIPTS = nix-collect-garbage \
nix-pull nix-push nix-prefetch-url \ nix-pull nix-push nix-prefetch-url \
nix-install-package nix-install-package nix-channel
noinst_SCRIPTS = nix-profile.sh noinst_SCRIPTS = nix-profile.sh
@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ include ../substitute.mk
EXTRA_DIST = nix-collect-garbage.in \ EXTRA_DIST = nix-collect-garbage.in \
nix-pull.in nix-push.in nix-profile.sh.in \ nix-pull.in nix-push.in nix-profile.sh.in \
nix-prefetch-url.in nix-install-package.in \ nix-prefetch-url.in nix-install-package.in \
nix-channel.in \
prebuilts.conf readmanifest.pm.in prebuilts.conf readmanifest.pm.in

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scripts/nix-channel.in Executable file
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#! @perl@ -w
use strict;
# Figure out the name of the `.nix-channels' file to use.
my $home = $ENV{"HOME"};
die '$HOME not set' unless defined $home;
my $channelsList = "$home/.nix-channels";
my @channels;
# Reads the list of channels from the file $channelsList;
sub readChannels {
return if (!-f $channelsList);
open CHANNELS, "<$channelsList" or die "cannot open `$channelsList'";
while (<CHANNELS>) {
chomp;
push @channels, $_;
}
close CHANNELS;
}
# Writes the list of channels to the file $channelsList;
sub writeChannels {
open CHANNELS, ">$channelsList" or die "cannot open `$channelsList'";
foreach my $url (@channels) {
print CHANNELS "$url\n";
}
close CHANNELS;
}
# Adds a channel to the file $channelsList;
sub addChannel {
my $url = shift;
readChannels;
foreach my $url2 (@channels) {
return if $url eq $url2;
}
push @channels, $url;
writeChannels;
}
# Fetch Nix expressions and pull cache manifests from the subscribed
# channels.
sub update {
readChannels;
# Pull cache manifests.
foreach my $url (@channels) {
print "pulling cache manifest from `$url'\n";
system "@bindir@/nix-pull '$url'/MANIFEST";
die "cannot pull cache manifest from `$url'" if ($? != 0);
}
# Create a Nix expression that fetches and unpacks the channel Nix
# expressions.
my $nixExpr = "[";
foreach my $url (@channels) {
my $fullURL = "$url/nixexprs.tar.bz2";
my $hash = `@bindir@/nix-prefetch-url '$fullURL' 2> /dev/null`
or die "cannot fetch `$fullURL'";
chomp $hash;
# !!! escaping
$nixExpr .= "((import @datadir@/nix/corepkgs/fetchurl) " .
"{url = $fullURL; md5 = \"$hash\"; system = \"@system@\";}) "
}
$nixExpr .= "]";
$nixExpr =
"(import @datadir@/nix/corepkgs/channels/unpack.nix) " .
"{inputs = $nixExpr; system = \"@system@\";}";
# Instantiate and realise it.
my $storeExpr = `echo '$nixExpr' | @bindir@/nix-instantiate -`
or die "cannot instantiate Nix expression";
chomp $storeExpr;
my $outPath = `nix-store -qnfB '$storeExpr'`
or die "cannot realise store expression";
chomp $outPath;
# Make it the default Nix expression for `nix-env'.
system "@bindir@/nix-env --import '$outPath'";
die "cannot pull set default Nix expression to `$outPath'" if ($? != 0);
}
while (scalar @ARGV) {
my $arg = shift @ARGV;
if ($arg eq "--add") {
die "syntax: nix-channel --add URL" if (scalar @ARGV != 1);
addChannel (shift @ARGV);
last;
}
elsif ($arg eq "--update") {
die "syntax: nix-channel --update" if (scalar @ARGV != 0);
update;
last;
}
else {
die "unknown argument `$arg'";
}
}

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#! @perl@ -w #! @shell@ -e
use strict; url=$1
use IPC::Open2;
my $url = shift @ARGV; if test -z "$url"; then
defined $url or die; echo "syntax: nix-prefetch-url URL" >&2
exit 1
fi
print "fetching $url...\n"; # !!! race? should be relatively safe, `svn export' barfs if $tmpPath exists.
tmpPath1=@storedir@/nix-prefetch-url-$$
my $out = "@storedir@/nix-prefetch-url-$$"; # Perform the checkout.
@curl@ --fail --location --max-redirs 20 "$url" > $tmpPath1
system "@curl@ --fail --location --max-redirs 20 \"$url\" > \"$out\""; # Compute the hash.
$? == 0 or die "unable to fetch $url"; hash=$(@bindir@/nix-hash --flat $tmpPath1)
echo "hash is $hash" >&2
my $hash=`@bindir@/nix-hash --flat $out`; # Rename it so that the fetchsvn builder can find it.
$? == 0 or die "unable to hash $out"; tmpPath2=@storedir@/nix-prefetch-url-$hash
chomp $hash; test -e $tmpPath2 || mv $tmpPath1 $tmpPath2 # !!! race
print "file has hash $hash\n"; # Create a Nix expression that does a fetchsvn.
storeExpr=$( \
echo "(import @datadir@/nix/corepkgs/fetchurl) \
{url = $url; md5 = \"$hash\"; system = \"@system@\";}" \
| nix-instantiate -)
my $out2 = "@storedir@/nix-prefetch-url-$hash"; # Realise it.
rename $out, $out2; finalPath=$(nix-store -qnB --force-realise $storeExpr)
# Create a Nix expression. echo "path is $finalPath" >&2
my $nixexpr =
"(import @datadir@/nix/corepkgs/fetchurl) " .
"{url = $url; md5 = \"$hash\"; system = \"@system@\";}";
#print STDERR "expr: $nixexpr\n"; rm -rf $tmpPath2 || true
# Instantiate a Nix expression. echo $hash
#print STDERR "instantiating Nix expression...\n";
my $pid = open2(\*READ, \*WRITE, "@bindir@/nix-instantiate -")
or die "cannot run nix-instantiate";
print WRITE $nixexpr;
close WRITE;
my $drvpath = <READ>;
chomp $drvpath;
waitpid $pid, 0;
$? == 0 or die "nix-instantiate failed";
# Run Nix.
#print STDERR "realising store expression $drvpath...\n";
system "@bindir@/nix-store --realise $drvpath > /dev/null";
$? == 0 or die "realisation failed";
my $path = `@bindir@/nix-store -qn $drvpath`;
$? == 0 or die "query failed";
print "path is $path";
unlink $out2;

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@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ my $manifest = "$tmpdir/MANIFEST";
END { unlink $manifest; unlink $nixfile; rmdir $tmpdir; } END { unlink $manifest; unlink $nixfile; rmdir $tmpdir; }
my $curl = "@curl@ --fail --silent ${ENV{'CURL_FLAGS'}}"; my $curl = "@curl@ --fail --silent";
my $extraCurlFlags = ${ENV{'CURL_FLAGS'}};
$curl = "$curl $extraCurlFlags" if defined $extraCurlFlags;
# Parse the command line. # Parse the command line.