nix build: Use Nix search path

That is, unless --file is specified, the Nix search path is
synthesized into an attribute set. Thus you can say

  $ nix build nixpkgs.hello

assuming $NIX_PATH contains an entry of the form "nixpkgs=...". This
is more verbose than

  $ nix build hello

but is less ambiguous.
This commit is contained in:
Eelco Dolstra 2016-08-23 17:11:19 +02:00
parent 22d6e31fc6
commit d74236d1f2
5 changed files with 57 additions and 13 deletions

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@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ struct UserEnvElem
typedef std::vector<UserEnvElem> UserEnvElems;
struct Value;
class EvalState;
struct MixInstallables : virtual Args
{
Strings installables;
Path file = "<nixpkgs>";
Path file;
MixInstallables()
{
@ -33,6 +36,13 @@ struct MixInstallables : virtual Args
}
UserEnvElems evalInstallables(ref<Store> store);
/* Return a value representing the Nix expression from which we
are installing. This is either the file specified by --file,
or an attribute set constructed from $NIX_PATH, e.g. { nixpkgs
= import ...; bla = import ...; }. */
Value * buildSourceExpr(EvalState & state);
};
}