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Maximilian Bosch 3c4698152e
lix: expose capnp definitions in package
Downstream build-systems can query it via

    cat $(pkg-config --variable=rpcdir lix-util)/logging.capnp

Additionally, a variable `rpcroot` is exposed that can be used as
import-path for capnpc.

That way, projects can start experimenting with this feature. I believe
having to enable an experimental feature AND having to recompile for Lix
version changes (plus using the exact same version as on the server-side)
is communicating the experimentalness of this stuff sufficiently well.

Change-Id: I223120c300f840197b35401d7a04379fe1d900b4
2026-10-29 11:38:33 +01:00
.cargo build: cargo entrypoint II 2026-06-28 12:46:20 +00:00
.github fix: docs issue template was busted 2024-09-14 19:28:46 +00:00
bench update benchmark script for new hyperfine and lix features 2026-10-26 11:53:11 +00:00
contrib contrib/plugins: install them 2026-09-13 15:18:16 +00:00
doc libfetchers: support SHA-256 Git repositories 2026-10-14 20:25:49 +02:00
lix lix: expose capnp definitions in package 2026-10-29 11:38:33 +01:00
maintainers flake: add verifyNoNewSyscalls CI job 2026-08-11 10:14:32 +00:00
meson tidy: drop build_required_targets.py 2026-08-21 14:19:15 +00:00
misc treefmt: improve quality of life wrt to ruff 2026-10-14 20:25:49 +02:00
nix-support release.nix: allow passing a custom versionSuffix 2026-10-21 12:04:49 +00:00
perl meson: make the version suffix consistent with the package info 2026-10-27 19:52:09 +00:00
releng nix-support/inputs: split most of the overlay into __lixInternal 2026-10-11 18:49:16 +02:00
scripts Fix broken user override of NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE in fish shell 2026-04-20 13:02:17 +00:00
subprojects nix-eval-jobs: add select flag to filter expressions before evaluation 2026-08-12 08:23:10 +02:00
tests tests/nixos: fix a left-over experimental-features declarations being a string 2026-10-29 09:39:28 +01:00
tools/licxxbridge add rustfmt config, reformat the tree 2026-07-27 22:09:18 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Raise column limit to 110 2026-01-02 17:51:33 +00:00
.clang-tidy clang-tidy: enable bugprone-multi-level-implicit-pointer-conversion 2025-12-09 14:51:43 +00:00
.dir-locals.el editors: fix rustfmt in emacs 2026-07-27 22:09:18 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: json: init with 4 space indent 2025-05-15 15:11:57 -07:00
.envrc .envrc: remove MAKEFLAGS and use clang environment by default 2024-06-25 12:36:18 -06:00
.gitignore gitignore: ignore top-level build and outputs directories 2026-04-22 11:47:09 +00:00
.mailmap chore: reflect account migration 2026-01-31 20:59:02 +00:00
.this-is-lix devShell: guard against running from another directory 2024-06-24 13:41:38 -07:00
Cargo.lock cargo: bump rustyline 2026-10-18 15:45:42 +02:00
Cargo.toml cargo: bump rustyline 2026-10-18 15:45:42 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING.md chore: re-work the contribution guide 2024-05-07 01:28:35 +00:00
COPYING Add pre-commit checks 2024-03-29 22:57:40 -07:00
default.nix chore: replace edolstra/flake-compat with lix-project/flake-compat 2026-01-20 12:31:41 +00:00
docker.nix nixpkgs: bump to 25.11 2025-12-17 20:59:59 +01:00
flake.lock nix-support/outputs: add system-profile from nixos-module 2026-10-11 18:49:17 +02:00
flake.nix nix-support/outputs: add system-profile from nixos-module 2026-10-11 18:49:17 +02:00
justfile fix justfile 2026-07-29 17:50:24 +02:00
meson.build lix: expose capnp definitions in package 2026-10-29 11:38:33 +01:00
meson.options lix: expose capnp definitions in package 2026-10-29 11:38:33 +01:00
OWNERS codeowners: add some missing directories 2025-09-17 16:26:49 +00:00
package.nix lix: expose capnp definitions in package 2026-10-29 11:38:33 +01:00
pyproject.toml testlib: default nix fixture to also test all daemon protocols (2/3) 2026-06-28 18:17:57 +02:00
README.md Fix typos in documentation 2025-03-18 04:20:00 +00:00
release.nix release.nix: allow passing a custom versionSuffix 2026-10-21 12:04:49 +00:00
rustfmt.toml add rustfmt config, reformat the tree 2026-07-27 22:09:18 +02:00
shell.nix chore: replace edolstra/flake-compat with lix-project/flake-compat 2026-01-20 12:31:41 +00:00
treefmt.toml treefmt: improve quality of life wrt to ruff 2026-10-14 20:25:49 +02:00
version.json version.json: begin the 2.97 series 2026-10-13 15:31:11 -04:00

Lix

Lix is an implementation of Nix, a powerful package management system for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible.

Read more about us at https://lix.systems.

Installation

On Linux and macOS the easiest way to install Lix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):

$ curl -sSf -L https://install.lix.systems/lix | sh -s -- install

For systems that already have a Nix implementation installed, such as NixOS systems, read our install page

Building And Developing

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to set up a development environment and build Lix from source.

Additional Resources

License

Lix is released under LGPL-2.1-or-later.