[Nix-dev] xorgReplacements broke in nix-0.12pre12474

[Jeevakan Suresh]

So can I upgrade my nix (via nix) so that it handles these - or do I
have to rebuild from svn trunk? 

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From: Michael Raskin [mailto:7c6f434c at mail.ru] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 4:48 PM
To: Jeevakan Suresh
Cc: nix-dev at cs.uu.nl
Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] xorgReplacements broke in nix-0.12pre12474

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Jeevakan Suresh wrote:
> I just did an svn update, and when I try to install anything - I get 
> the following error.
> 
> error: while evaluating the function at 
> `/home/isdtc/jsuresh/.nix-defexpr/channels/channel/nixexpr/pkgs/lib/de
> fa
> ult.nix', line 42:
> while evaluating the attribute `<let-body>' at 
> `/home/isdtc/jsuresh/.nix-defexpr/channels/channel/nixexpr/pkgs/lib/de
> fa
> ult.nix', line 43:
> syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting '}', at 
> `/home/isdtc/jsuresh/.nix-defexpr/channels/channel/nixexpr/pkgs/server
> s/
> x11/xorg/replacements.nix':1:76
> 
> I got rid of the compile errors by commenting out the '...' on line 1 
> and 3 in replacements.nix - I'm currently running nix-0.12pre12474 - 
> I'm guessing this is a new language feature?

Yes, now function can accept variable number of arguments, ignoring the
unexpected part.

> When such changes are made, can I simply update nix via nix? Or do I 
> have to track the svn version of nix?

NixPkgs Nix expression approximately tracks SVN with some delay.
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