[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 14669 - viric - in nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs: tools/system tools/system/plan9port top-level

[Ludovic Courtès]

Saluton Lluís,

Lluís Batlle <viriketo at gmail.com> writes:

> 2009/3/24 Ludovic Courtès <ludo at gnu.org>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Llus Batlle <viriketo at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> For acme to work, set the PLAN9 variable, and have the plan9port programs in the PATH.
>>
>> Could the expression use `makeWrapper' so that these variables are set
>> automatically?
>
> There are *a lot* of binaries there. That has be done per program, isn't it?

Hmm, yes, that would be inconvenient.

> Isn't there a way of putting variables on people's profile?

In `/etc/profile', which is in NixOS.

Do you think those programs can instead be modified to look for files in
`$out' and *then* in $PLAN9, something like that?  That would allow them
to be used out of the box.

Thanks,
Ludo'.