It’s a WIP, but I hope it’s understandable and contains the necessary information to start packaging something using the builtin derivation function.

  • @[email protected]
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    36 months ago

    This article is good, really good. Somehow despite having used plenty of builders in the past I barely even knew half of the stuff documented here.

    I’m particularly interested in learning more about the special paths that derivation outputs can provide – looking forward to seeing that section expanded.

  • @[email protected]
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    26 months ago

    Looks pretty good! I’ve used NixOS for a few years but never done much with derivations, and I learnt quite a bit from that.

    • @tinkralgeOP
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      26 months ago

      Great, thank you! I’ll be moving on to mkDerivation soon. Hopefully budding packagers will be less intimidated than I was when I started.