[Nix-dev] [nix-dev] private NixOS modules

[Sergey Mironov]

Nicolas, I didn't know about NIXOS_EXTRA_MODULE_PATH, thanks.
Could you explain other possible solution in a bit more details? How
can we include modified module list in configuration.nix?

Regards,
Sergey

2015-11-17 17:43 GMT+03:00 Nicolas Pierron <nicolas.b.pierron at gmail.com>:
> Hi Sergey,
>
> I think you can set the NIXOS_EXTRA_MODULE_PATH [1] environment
> variable to achieve that.
> Otherwise, you can change your configuration.nix file to always
> include your new module list, and to include your own real-config.nix
>
> [1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix#L30
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Sergey Mironov <grrwlf at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi. I'd like to write a couple of NixOS modules which probably don't
>> look meaningful for large audience. Normally, we keep modules in
>> nixpkgs/nixos/modules directory and list them in module-list.nix file.
>> In my case, I'd like to put module in a private place (which is my git
>> repo which keeps nixpkgs as a Git submodule). Is it possible to
>> 'include' them in the public list to make them accessible from
>> per-system.nix files?
>>
>> As a result, I'd like to be able to write in configuration.nix
>> something like the following:
>>
>> services.my-custom-service = {
>>   enable = true;
>>   ...
>> }
>>
>> without including expression for my-custom-service in the public tree.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sergey
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