nix-channel improvements

"nix-channel --add" now accepts a second argument: the channel name.
This allows channels to have a nicer name than (say) nixpkgs_unstable.
If no name is given, it defaults to the last component of the URL
(with "-unstable" or "-stable" removed).

Also, channels are now stored in a profile
(/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/channels).  One advantage of
this is that it allows rollbacks (e.g. if "nix-channel --update" gives
an undesirable update).
This commit is contained in:
Eelco Dolstra 2012-04-14 18:38:52 +02:00
parent 969a14599d
commit e855c7e2c9
6 changed files with 104 additions and 120 deletions

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mkdir $out
mkdir $out/tmp
cd $out/tmp
inputs=($inputs)
for ((n = 0; n < ${#inputs[*]}; n += 2)); do
channelName=${inputs[n]}
channelTarball=${inputs[n+1]}
echo "unpacking channel $channelName"
$bzip2 -d < $channelTarball | $tar xf -
if test -e */channel-name; then
channelName="$(cat */channel-name)"
fi
nr=1
attrName=$(echo $channelName | $tr -- '- ' '__')
dirName=$attrName
while test -e ../$dirName; do
nr=$((nr+1))
dirName=$attrName-$nr
done
mv * ../$dirName # !!! hacky
done
cd ..
rmdir tmp
cd $out
$bzip2 -d < $src | $tar xf -
mv * $out/$name