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

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Michael Raskin <7c6f434c at mail.ru> writes:

> First, there is an expression for guile 1.8.2 and it even builds (you'll
> need at least libtool and probably ncurses)

Indeed, I was looking at an older version of `all-packages.nix'.  Guile
itself shouldn't need `ncurses' (Readline may need it, though).

> I just added to configuration.nix (import /path/to/expression pkgs) - in
> extraPackages.

OK.

My question was: could I publish such a Nix expression, yet have it
benefit from (and refer to) packages from `all-packages.nix'?

Thanks,
Ludovic.