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List:       nix-dev
Subject:    Re: [Nix-dev] Question RE adding a package to nixpkgs
From:       laverne <lists-laverne () schrock ! email>
Date:       2016-12-26 19:06:45
Message-ID: 1593c872071.b49dc32d3939.5152151206594377833 () schrock ! email
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---- On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 11:22:19 -0600 Bjørn Forsman  wrote ---- 
> On Dec 26, 2016 16:16, "laverne" <lists-laverne@schrock.email> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The steps for adding a package to nixpkgs and testing it (pulled from here: \
> > http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#chap-quick-start) are: 
> > 1. Clone nixpkgs
> > 2. Make your changes
> > 3. Run nix-build -A foo from the root of the cloned repository
> > 
> > My question is about step 3. Will the inputs for foo come from the nixpkgs that \
> > my currently running system is running on, or will they come from the nixpkgs \
> > that I have checked out?
> The latter (your nixpkgs clone).
> -Bj&oslash;rn 
> 

Awesome. That matches my intuition. 


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