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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/dhall/package-to-nix.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/dhall/package-to-nix.nix new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..301501ad49df --- /dev/null +++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/dhall/package-to-nix.nix @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + +# `dhallPackageToNix` is a utility function to take a Nixpkgs Dhall package +# (created with a function like `dhallPackages.buildDhallDirectoryPackage`) +# and read it in as a Nix expression. +# +# This function is similar to `dhallToNix`, but takes a Nixpkgs Dhall package +# as input instead of raw Dhall code. +# +# Note that this uses "import from derivation" (IFD), meaning that Nix will +# perform a build during the evaluation phase if you use this +# `dhallPackageToNix` utility. It is not possible to use `dhallPackageToNix` +# in Nixpkgs, since the Nixpkgs Hydra doesn't allow IFD. + +{ stdenv, dhall-nix }: + +dhallPackage: + let + drv = stdenv.mkDerivation { + name = "dhall-compiled-package.nix"; + + buildCommand = '' + # Dhall requires that the cache is writable, even if it is never written to. + # We copy the cache from the input package to the current directory and + # set the cache as writable. + cp -r "${dhallPackage}/.cache" ./ + export XDG_CACHE_HOME=$PWD/.cache + chmod -R +w ./.cache + + dhall-to-nix <<< "${dhallPackage}/binary.dhall" > $out + ''; + + nativeBuildInputs = [ dhall-nix ]; + }; + + in + import drv |