[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 16237 - raskin - in nixos/branches/modular-nixos/modules: . misc

[Michael Raskin]

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Eelco Dolstra wrote:
>>>> +# This module allows you to export something from configuration
>>>> +# Use case: export kernel source expression for ease of configuring 
>>> Can you expand on this a bit?  What is the use case?
>> I use custom patched (well, not so much - mostly -rc) kernels. Sometimes
>> I want to change my kernel config. The simplest way to do it is to
>> unpack the source and run "make menuconfig". But it helps to have the
>> same source as used in the build. I prefer to get my kernel source with
>> one nix-build. 
> 
> So how do you use passthru for this?

In the middle of forming the configuration, there is the point where
kernel patch set is determined. At that point I compose kernelSrc
derivation and export it via passthru.
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