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nix-prefetch-url: Add --executable flag
pkgs.fetchurl supports an executable argument, which is especially nice
when downloading a large executable. This patch adds the same option to
nix-prefetch-url.

I have tested this to work on the simple case of prefetching a little
executable:

1. nix-prefetch-url --executable https://my/little/script
2. Paste the hash into a pkgs.fetchurl-based package, script-pkg.nix
3. Delete the output from the store to avoid any misidentified artifacts
4. Realise the package script-pkg.nix
5. Run the executable

I repeated the above while using --name, as well.

I suspect --executable would have no meaningful effect if combined with
--unpack, but I have not tried it.
2020-09-18 19:09:45 +03:00
.github speed up CI 2020-08-30 22:52:34 +02:00
config update config/config.{sub,guess} 2018-08-13 20:00:17 +00:00
contrib function-trace: always show the trace 2019-09-18 23:23:21 +02:00
corepkgs Remove corepkgs/config.nix 2020-09-17 10:42:51 +02:00
doc/manual nix-prefetch-url: Add --executable flag 2020-09-18 19:09:45 +03:00
m4 autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04. 2019-07-03 04:32:25 +02:00
maintainers set Content-Type to "text/plain" for install script 2020-08-20 13:21:22 +02:00
misc Fix completion script install name 2020-06-04 13:37:37 +02:00
mk Close stdin while running tests 2020-08-28 18:43:34 +02:00
nix-rust make check: Run unit tests 2020-05-08 11:49:40 +02:00
perl Remove corepkgs/config.nix 2020-09-17 10:42:51 +02:00
scripts Merge pull request #3788 from crinklywrappr/master 2020-07-31 16:44:26 +02:00
src nix-prefetch-url: Add --executable flag 2020-09-18 19:09:45 +03:00
tests Merge pull request #3829 from obsidiansystems/remove-storetype-delegate-regStore 2020-09-17 13:55:01 +02:00
.dir-locals.el .dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix 2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
.editorconfig Add .editorconfig 2017-06-05 22:57:28 +01:00
.gitignore Remove corepkgs/config.nix 2020-09-17 10:42:51 +02:00
.version Bump version to 3.0 2020-07-28 13:18:27 +02:00
bootstrap.sh bootstrap: Simplify & make more robust. 2011-09-06 12:11:05 +00:00
configure.ac Use mdbook 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
COPYING * Change this to LGPL to keep the government happy. 2006-04-25 16:41:06 +00:00
default.nix Simplify shell.nix and default.nix 2020-06-17 19:21:46 +02:00
flake.lock Fix clang build 2020-08-24 21:13:39 +02:00
flake.nix Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into markdown 2020-09-01 09:48:08 +02:00
local.mk Remove global -I flags 2020-03-30 15:30:19 +02:00
Makefile Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into flakes 2020-06-17 10:26:52 +02:00
Makefile.config.in Remove references to xmllint 2020-07-23 18:26:48 +02:00
precompiled-headers.h Config: Use nlohmann/json 2020-08-20 11:02:16 +02:00
README.md README: update link to Hacking section 2020-09-01 12:05:49 -07:00
shell.nix Add back flake-compat shell.nix 2020-07-17 14:58:59 +00:00

Nix

Open Collective supporters Test

Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.

Installation

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

$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.

Building And Developing

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.