[Nix-dev] Announcing nix-exec

[Wout Mertens]

Hi Shea,

so this allows you to interact with Nix in C++, wrapped as a Nix expression?

I'm just trying to wrap my head around this, what would be the general
approach to using this in e.g. Hydra?

Thanks,

Wout.


On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Shea Levy <shea at shealevy.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've just added [1] nix-exec to nixpkgs. It provides a way to define and
> execute programs written in nix, for programs that need to interact with
> the nix store or expression language. Please see the home page [2] for
> more details.
>
> Please note that this was a quick project, and that there are sure to be
> bugs, inefficiencies, and lackluster documentation. I've only had time
> so far to test one trivial example! So please open issues if something
> isn't working right.
>
> Happy hacking!
>
> ~Shea
>
> [1]:
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/d34cd13a317dd0df5af9f3a67ad22e9ea8f9e505
> [2]: https://github.com/shlevy/nix-exec
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