[Nix-dev] Overriding configure flags in nix.

[shacka]

Thanks Marc! That's exactly what I was looking for!

I agree with you that I should send a patch for urxvt to support 256
colors, this is probably good default. However IMO it's very useful to have
ability to override configure flags (similar what you can do using "use
flags" in gentoo), so anyone can tune his installation for specific needs.
I'm definitely going to use it in for some other packages, when making a
flag default doesn't make much sense.

Cheers,
Andrii


On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Marc Weber <marco-oweber at gmx.de> wrote:

> Excerpts from shacka's message of Mon Dec 31 17:56:59 +0100 2012:
> > Now the question... I'm using rxvt-unicode and trying to get my favorite
> > color schemes working. By default urxvt compiled without
> --enable-256-color
> > flag. I'm trying to figure out how to override that. Is it even possible
> > without creating new nix package?
> Why not send a patch to enable it permanently?
>
> You can use overrideDerivation to do what you want.
>
>
> { pkgs, ... } : {
>
>   packageOverrides = p: {
>     rxvt_unicode = p.overrideDerivation p.rxvt_unicode { configureFlags =
> ...; };
>   }
> }
>
> or such.
>
> Marc Weber
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