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| author | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2022-01-03 23:55:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2022-02-19 11:03:39 +0000 |
| commit | f4cf97a04cd5d0b86aa46baec9fb228a8f671c03 (patch) | |
| tree | 28192415ff39a661d0001563bf81cc93fa25d16d /nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.section.md | |
| parent | f8422837c9bde058e8f2de37702e7e94b2226040 (diff) | |
| parent | 18c84ea816348e2a098390101b92d1e39a9dbd45 (diff) | |
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Merge commit '18c84ea816348e2a098390101b92d1e39a9dbd45'
Conflicts: nixpkgs/nixos/modules/misc/documentation.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/packages.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/development/go-modules/generic/default.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/boehm-gc/7.6.6.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-mailman3/default.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/web.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/impure.nix
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diff --git a/nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.section.md b/nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.section.md index c992b9d658bb..9bfd209fec5a 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.section.md +++ b/nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/perl.section.md @@ -58,13 +58,7 @@ in `all-packages.nix`. You can test building a Perl package as follows: $ nix-build -A perlPackages.ClassC3 ``` -`buildPerlPackage` adds `perl-` to the start of the name attribute, so the package above is actually called `perl-Class-C3-0.21`. So to install it, you can say: - -```ShellSession -$ nix-env -i perl-Class-C3 -``` - -(Of course you can also install using the attribute name: `nix-env -i -A perlPackages.ClassC3`.) +To install it with `nix-env` instead: `nix-env -f. -iA perlPackages.ClassC3`. So what does `buildPerlPackage` do? It does the following: @@ -135,9 +129,11 @@ This will remove the `-I` flags from the shebang line, rewrite them in the `use Nix expressions for Perl packages can be generated (almost) automatically from CPAN. This is done by the program `nix-generate-from-cpan`, which can be installed as follows: ```ShellSession -$ nix-env -i nix-generate-from-cpan +$ nix-env -f "<nixpkgs>" -iA nix-generate-from-cpan ``` +Substitute `<nixpkgs>` by the path of a nixpkgs clone to use the latest version. + This program takes a Perl module name, looks it up on CPAN, fetches and unpacks the corresponding package, and prints a Nix expression on standard output. For example: ```ShellSession |