lib/meta: add getExe to get the main program of a drv #167247
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alright there's 3 choices now A fourth option would be based on the comment by @roberth #138418 (comment) |
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| => "/nix/store/am9ml4f4ywvivxnkiaqwr0hyxka1xjsf-mustache-go-1.3.0/bin/mustache" | ||
| */ | ||
| getExe = x: | ||
| "${lib.getBin x}/bin/${x.meta.mainProgram or (lib.getName x)}"; |
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Having second thoughts about the lib.getName x part.
- A package should make its main program explicit. Explicit is good.
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/bin/${name}does not exist, the error is delayed until runtime, and most likely the caller won't know why/bin/foo, which doesn't exist, was ever accessed. Especially if they didn't make the call togetExethemselves; for example when a NixOS option does it for them.
Should we make meta.mainProgram mandatory for getExe? I think we should!
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Or at least we could warn about it.
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It'll have to be a warning for at least a release as this is already used widely outside of nixpkgs
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Description of changes
add a way to get the main program of a derivation
Closes #137032
Alternative to #158461
based on a comment by @edolstra
hopefully this at least unstalls #158461
Things done
sandbox = trueset innix.conf? (See Nix manual)nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage./result/bin/)nixos/doc/manual/md-to-db.shto update generated release notes