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To have a similar API to NixOS.
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When I tested it, nix run only tries to run
$out/bin/<package-name>
(that's whynix run nixpkgs#neovim
doesn't work). So if the symlink is moved to a different location you can't run it automatically anymore.There was a problem hiding this comment.
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see NixOS/nix#4498
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Right, I forgot about this peculiarity of
nix run
. It's good to knowmeta.mainProgram
exists now.I usually always do
nix shell nixpkgs#something -c some-program