[Nix-dev] [Nix-commits] [NixOS/nixos] b609ff: allow out-of-tree nixos modules

[Mathijs Kwik]

As I understood, "require" is for including configuration files (that
set options).

This new option allows adding modules, leading to new options to configure.



On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Shea Levy <shea at shealevy.com> wrote:
> How does the 'require' option not suit this need?
>
> On Jul 21, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Mathijs Kwik <mathijs at bluescreen303.nl> wrote:
>
>>  Branch: refs/heads/master
>>  Home:   https://github.com/NixOS/nixos
>>  Commit: b609ff4fcf48b2124d94bf1052c303a36c8cabf1
>>      https://github.com/NixOS/nixos/commit/b609ff4fcf48b2124d94bf1052c303a36c8cabf1
>>  Author: Mathijs Kwik <mathijs at bluescreen303.nl>
>>  Date:   2012-07-21 (Sat, 21 Jul 2012)
>>
>>  Changed paths:
>>    M default.nix
>>    M modules/security/sudo.nix
>>
>>  Log Message:
>>  -----------
>>  allow out-of-tree nixos modules
>>
>> The environment variable "NIXOS_EXTRA_MODULES" is now checked to
>> contain a path to a file similar to modules/module-list.nix.
>>
>> This gives the ability to include nixos modules that are not in the
>> nixos source tree.
>>
>> This can be useful for modules that are still experimental, or which
>> aren't useful for other nixos users. Of course, this was already
>> possible to do this using a forked nixos tree, but with this
>> functionality, you can just rely on the nixos channel, easing things a
>> lot.
>>
>>
>>
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