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diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/README.txt b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/README.txt index 2a2fc9cb4f39..c55fb9b1a7c8 100644 --- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/README.txt +++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/README.txt @@ -1,16 +1,21 @@ -Prerequisite: have Quicklisp installed somehow. +Want to add a package? There are 3 simple steps! +1. Add the needed system names to quicklisp-to-nix-systems.txt. +2. cd <path to quicklisp-to-nix-systems.txt> ; nix-shell --run 'quicklisp-to-nix .' +3. Add native libraries and whatever else is needed to quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix. -Add to LD_LIBRARY_PATH all the things listed in quicklisp-to-nix-overrides.nix -for library propagatedBuildInputs (a lot of these are done via addNativeLibs). +To update to a more recent quicklisp dist modify +lispPackages.quicklisp to have a more recent distinfo. -Current list is: -openssl fuse libuv mariadb libfixposix libev sqlite +quicklisp-to-nix-system-info is responsible for installing a quicklisp +package into an isolated environment and figuring out which packages +are required by that system. It also extracts other information that +is readily available once the system is loaded. The information +produced by this program is fed into quicklisp-to-nix. You usually +don't need to run this program unless you're trying to understand why +quicklisp-to-nix failed to handle a system. The technique used by +quicklisp-to-nix-system-info is described in its source. -Add the needed system names to quicklisp-to-nix-systems.txt and load -quicklisp-to-nix/ql-to-nix.lisp and call -(ql-to-nix "/path/to/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/") which is often -just (ql-to-nix ".") - -Add native libraries and whatever else is needed to overrides. - -The lispPackages set is supposed to be buildable in its entirety. +quicklisp-to-nix is responsible for reading +quicklisp-to-nix-systems.txt, running quicklisp-to-nix-system-info, +and generating the nix packages associated with the closure of +quicklisp systems. |