[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 16100 - MarcWeber - in nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs: applications/editors/eclipse applications/graphics/cinepaint applications/graphics/gimp/plugins build-support/buildenv development/interpreters/ruby top-level

[Eelco Dolstra]

Marc Weber wrote:

> Which is the best way to fix this?
> making nix-env -q ignoring newlines (or replacing them by spaces)

I've now done this, since nix-env shouldn't produce corrupt output even if the
input is bad.  However, the meta.description attribute should still be a concise
one-line description.  Arbitrarily cutting off the description at 120 characters
doesn't seem a good idea.

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