vpkedit: init at 4.4.2

[RdrSeraphim]

Adds VPKEdit, a tool to {create,peruse,modify} pack file formats of various game engines.

Things done

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
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  • sandbox = relaxed
  • sandbox = true
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS test(s) (look inside nixos/tests)
  • and/or package tests
  • or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test
  • made sure NixOS tests are linked to the relevant packages
• Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
• Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
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  • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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[RdrSeraphim]

Thank you!

[0xda157]

Could you squash your commits into one please.

[0xda157]

I'm not very familiar with dpkg so someone else should do the rest of the reviewing on this.

[GaetanLepage]

The produced output does not have a bin/ directory. You may have to investigate some more.

[RdrSeraphim]

The produced output does not have a bin/ directory. You may have to investigate some more.

I've been able to get this going, although with all the Qt dependency the result is some subfolders in bin/ for Qt plugins. I'm not sure if that's acceptable for the ideal package structure but this is the only way the program runs, it seems. Should I look into a different solution or is this fine?

[GaetanLepage]

Well, we need to have at least the program's main executable in $out/bin. Having non-executable dependencies in $out/bin is also not ideal.

[RdrSeraphim]

This leaves this with the build-from-source option then. I'll take a look into their build workflows and see how they piece it together.

[RdrSeraphim]

I just discovered that #326999 exists, which builds from source. It's behind a couple minor versions but I've made some adjustments to handle the vendored dependencies without cmake trying to fetch repos on its own.

[GaetanLepage]

Nice if we can build it from source!
Maybe consider adding

Co-authored-by: HurricanePootis <53066639+HurricanePootis@users.noreply.github.com>

In the commit description to give credits to @HurricanePootis

[RdrSeraphim]

Update now stores translation data in lib/vpkedit/i18n and uses {$XDG_CONFIG_HOME,$HOME/.config}/vpkedit/config.ini for the configuration path. Executables now in /bin properly too. Thanks :)

[GaetanLepage]

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x86_64-linux

✅ 1 package built:

• vpkedit

[GaetanLepage]

This looks very good!
Can you add a comment detailing how the various *-src should be updated.
For instance a link to the upstream file that references the needed commit hashes.

[GaetanLepage]

nixpkgs-review result

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x86_64-linux

✅ 1 package built:

• vpkedit

[GaetanLepage]

All good! Thank you for your patience @SeraphimRP !
I have just force-pushed minor changes so that we could avoid yet another review round.

Good job :)