nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
John Ericson 39753f5360 top-level: Close over fewer arguments for stdenv stages
This makes the flow of data easier to understand. There's little downside
because the args in question are already inspected by the stdenvs.

cross-compiling in particular is simpler because we don't need to worry
about overriding the config closed over by `allPackages`.
2016-11-30 19:11:03 -05:00

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/* This function composes the Nix Packages collection. It:
1. Applies the final stage to the given `config` if it is a function
2. Infers an appropriate `platform` based on the `system` if none is
provided
3. Defaults to no non-standard config and no cross-compilation target
4. Uses the above to infer the default standard environment (stdenv) if
none is provided
5. Builds the final stage --- a fully booted package set with the chosen
stdenv
Use `impure.nix` to also infer the `system` based on the one on which
evaluation is taking place, and the configuration from environment variables
or dot-files. */
{ # The system (e.g., `i686-linux') for which to build the packages.
system
, # Allow a configuration attribute set to be passed in as an argument.
config ? {}
, crossSystem ? null
, platform ? null
} @ args:
let # Rename the function arguments
configExpr = config;
platform_ = platform;
in let
lib = import ../../lib;
# Allow both:
# { /* the config */ } and
# { pkgs, ... } : { /* the config */ }
config =
if builtins.isFunction configExpr
then configExpr { inherit pkgs; }
else configExpr;
# Allow setting the platform in the config file. Otherwise, let's use a reasonable default (pc)
platformAuto = let
platforms = (import ./platforms.nix);
in
if system == "armv6l-linux" then platforms.raspberrypi
else if system == "armv7l-linux" then platforms.armv7l-hf-multiplatform
else if system == "armv5tel-linux" then platforms.sheevaplug
else if system == "mips64el-linux" then platforms.fuloong2f_n32
else if system == "x86_64-linux" then platforms.pc64
else if system == "i686-linux" then platforms.pc32
else platforms.pcBase;
platform = if platform_ != null then platform_
else config.platform or platformAuto;
# A few packages make a new package set to draw their dependencies from.
# (Currently to get a cross tool chain, or forced-i686 package.) Rather than
# give `all-packages.nix` all the arguments to this function, even ones that
# don't concern it, we give it this function to "re-call" nixpkgs, inheriting
# whatever arguments it doesn't explicitly provide. This way,
# `all-packages.nix` doesn't know more than it needs too.
#
# It's OK that `args` doesn't include the defaults: they'll be
# deterministically inferred the same way.
nixpkgsFun = newArgs: import ./. (args // newArgs);
# Partially apply some arguments for building bootstraping stage pkgs
# sets. Only apply arguments which no stdenv would want to override.
allPackages = newArgs: import ./stage.nix ({
inherit lib nixpkgsFun;
} // newArgs);
stdenv = import ../stdenv {
inherit lib allPackages system platform crossSystem config;
};
pkgs = allPackages { inherit system stdenv config crossSystem platform; };
in pkgs