[Nix-dev] query package meta information

[Vladimír Čunát]

On 01/09/2013 03:14 AM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> Is there a convenient tool available already for querying the meta data
> of a package and displaying it in a nice format? I was able to get the
> info with nix-env -qa --meta --xml, but the xml output is a bit much. It
> wouldn't be hard to make such a program, but I don't want to reinvent
> the wheel.

I don't think there is. For me it's enough to use "nix-env -qasP 
--description" and cache it in a text file. Otherwise I search the nix 
expressions.

You can also use hydra's pages like http://hydra.nixos.org/build/3661771


Vlada



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