[Nix-dev] Nix expression for OpenModelica

[Sergey Mironov]

New instance of OpenModelica pull request is here. This one has some
environment fixes included which make it possible to actually run the
simulation.

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/8949

2015-07-21 14:39 GMT+03:00 Sergey Mironov <grrwlf at gmail.com>:
> I agree, adding OM expression to nixpkgs is the preferred way. The
> reason I started with standalone expression is the complexity of OM
> building scenario. The major problem arises from the fact, that
> Makefile calls GIT and SVN to fetch additional sources (more than 70
> libraries are fetched this way!). Standalone expression allowed me to
> debug the generic build process with nix-shell.
>
> Today I finished the complete expression, the pull request is available at
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/8918
>
> Github already reports about Travis CI build failure. In the details
> section one could find:
>
> Auto-merging pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
> error: while querying the derivation named ‘pypy2.6-rainbowstream-1.2.7’:
> while evaluating the attribute ‘postPatch’ of the derivation
> ‘pypy2.6-rainbowstream-1.2.7’ at
> /home/travis/.nox/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix:65:3:
> attribute ‘sitePackages’ missing, at
> /home/travis/.nox/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix:7515:19
>
> What does Travis try to make? What can I do to fix it?
>
> Regards,
> Sergey
>
>
>
> 2015-06-18 15:28 GMT+03:00 Rok Garbas <rok at garbas.si>:
>> Quoting Sergey Mironov (2015-06-14 00:38:05)
>>> Hi! I've started to write Nix expression for building OpenModelica
>>> (https://openmodelica.org/index.php) the open source simulation
>>> environment. Currently, I have several 'standalone' nix expressions located at
>>> https://github.com/grwlf/nixcfg/tree/openmodelica/src/pkgs/OpenModelica
>>>
>>> At the moment, builder is able to pass configuration stage, but
>>> it runs out of memory somewhere in the middle of compilation:
>>> OpenModelica is a big thing, but my machine is not. If anyone has
>>> interest in building the tool, you are welcome to join the initiative!
>>>
>>
>> i would suggest you open a pull request against github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs so
>> that others can test it easier.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rok Garbas - http://www.garbas.si