[Nix-dev] Integrating a Nix expression into the set of packages

[Michael Raskin]

Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just wrote a simple Nix expression for GNU Guile 1.8.2:
> 
>   {stdenv, fetchurl, gmp, readline}:
> 
>   stdenv.mkDerivation {
>     name = "guile-1.8.2";
>     src = fetchurl {
>       url = "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-1.8.2.tar.gz";
>       md5 = "a4b64a992deae0532f8015bcc6c40784";
>       sha1 = "b5c624b152a45f302e185e20a468a02f2eb73e38";
>     };
> 
>     buildInputs = [gmp readline];
>   }
First, there is an expression for guile 1.8.2 and it even builds (you'll
need at least libtool and probably ncurses)

> What is the recommended way to add new packages that build upon those
> already in `all-packages.nix'?
I just added to configuration.nix (import /path/to/expression pkgs) - in
extraPackages.