[Nix-dev] Building upstream nixops (to include in another project) fails

[Domen Kožar]

You have build nixops using release.nix, which populates the _version_
string

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Maarten Hoogendoorn <maarten at moretea.nl>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to build a newer version of nixops than that is present in
> nixpkgs. In need this newer version, since I require this patch [1].
>
> Building nixops with the following expression:
>
> with (import <nixpkgs>) {};
> with pkgs;
> callPackage (import
> <nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/generic.nix>) rec {
>   version = "1.04pre0_0xz1nz3";
>   src = fetchFromGitHub {
>     owner = "NixOs";
>     repo = "nixops";
>
>     # latest version in git
>     #rev = "e6f012a95988e52cc6555c04242056d319478b24";
>     #sha256 = "0xz1nz3a49vwhzkjb0b9c7c83iwfpkpvsnq5bpgm2w3qii75vhkj";
>
>     # version with my patch
>     rev = "94bf6d95134790e04a3f8fa6d51c75eda2c4ba19";
>     sha256 = "1hkp634lkc0p22jrfxpq8lwlsrjgi2x9nxb6bab2fl01r4jrmp8l";
>   };
> }
>
> This fails in the installing python phase:
>
> *running install_scripts*
> creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/wheel/nixops-_version_.data
> creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/wheel/nixops-_version_.data/scripts
> copying build/scripts-2.7/nixops ->
> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/wheel/nixops-_version_.data/scripts
> changing mode of
> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/wheel/nixops-_version_.data/scripts/nixops to 755
> creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/wheel/nixops-_version_.dist-info/WHEEL
> *installing*
> /tmp/nix-build-nixops-1.04pre0_0xz1nz3.drv-0/nixops-94bf6d95134790e04a3f8fa6d51c75eda2c4ba19-src/dist
> /tmp/nix-build-nixops-1.04pre0_0xz1nz3.drv-0/nixops-94bf6d95134790e04a3f8fa6d51c75eda2c4ba19-src
> Ignoring indexes: https://pypi.python.org/simple
> *nixops-_version_-py2-none-any.whl is not a valid wheel filename.*
> builder for
> ‘/nix/store/qxvwma9gk0myic2k6fcwczcmlyqchk7c-nixops-1.04pre0_0xz1nz3.drv’
> failed with exit code 1
> error: build of
> ‘/nix/store/qxvwma9gk0myic2k6fcwczcmlyqchk7c-nixops-1.04pre0_0xz1nz3.drv’
> failed
>
> I know nothing about python packaging, does someone have a clue on how to
> fix this?
>
> - maarten
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixops/commit/94bf6d95134790e04a3f8fa6d51c75eda2c4ba19
>
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