[Nix-dev] stdenv-updates

[Yury G. Kudryashov]

Ludovic Courtès wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> "Yury G.  Kudryashov" <urkud.urkud at gmail.com> skribis:
> 
>> A few things I'd like to do before stdenv-updates merge:
>>  * remove HAL and old policykit;
> 
> Are they still usable?  If they are, it may be useful to just leave
> them, WDYT?
I don't know whether HAL is usable alongside with udisks/upower.
HAL is the only package using the old policykit.
>>  * replace "libiconv" magic with libiconvOrNull and libiconvOrGlibc
>>  attrs;
> 
> If it works correctly, it shouldn’t change any store path, no?
It can change some store paths unless we start ignoring null values in 
stdenv.mkDerivation.
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Yury G. Kudryashov,
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