diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/r.section.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/r.section.md | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/r.section.md b/nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/r.section.md index 56e3da64df2a..ad0fb10987c9 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/r.section.md +++ b/nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/r.section.md @@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ re-enter the shell. ## Updating the package set {#updating-the-package-set} +There is a script and associated environment for regenerating the package +sets and synchronising the rPackages tree to the current CRAN and matching +BIOC release. These scripts are found in the `pkgs/development/r-modules` +directory and executed as follows: + ```bash nix-shell generate-shell.nix @@ -112,12 +117,11 @@ Rscript generate-r-packages.R bioc-experiment > bioc-experiment-packages.nix.new mv bioc-experiment-packages.nix.new bioc-experiment-packages.nix ``` -`generate-r-packages.R <repo>` reads `<repo>-packages.nix`, therefor the renaming. - -## Testing if the Nix-expression could be evaluated {#testing-if-the-nix-expression-could-be-evaluated} - -```bash -nix-build test-evaluation.nix --dry-run -``` +`generate-r-packages.R <repo>` reads `<repo>-packages.nix`, therefore +the renaming. -If this exits fine, the expression is ok. If not, you have to edit `default.nix` +Some packages require overrides to specify external dependencies or other +patches and special requirements. These overrides are specified in the +`pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix` file. As the `*-packages.nix` +contents are automatically generated it should not be edited and broken +builds should be addressed using overrides. |