From 8ab6bc5a49686aedf85adffe322c4f016764af5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:01:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * nix-channel: use nix-build. --- scripts/nix-channel.in | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/nix-channel.in b/scripts/nix-channel.in index c023a7539..8faee0b0e 100644 --- a/scripts/nix-channel.in +++ b/scripts/nix-channel.in @@ -125,15 +125,13 @@ sub update { my $rootFile = "$rootsDir/per-user/$userName/channels"; - # Instantiate the Nix expression. + # Build the Nix expression. print "unpacking channel Nix expressions...\n"; - my $storeExpr = `@bindir@/nix-instantiate --add-root '$rootFile'.tmp @datadir@/nix/corepkgs/channels/unpack.nix --argstr system @system@ --arg inputs '$inputs'` - or die "cannot instantiate Nix expression"; - chomp $storeExpr; - - # Build the resulting derivation. - my $outPath = `@bindir@/nix-store --add-root '$rootFile' -r '$storeExpr'` - or die "cannot realise store expression"; + my $outPath = `\\ + @bindir@/nix-build --out-link '$rootFile' --drv-link '$rootFile'.tmp \\ + @datadir@/nix/corepkgs/channels/unpack.nix \\ + --argstr system @system@ --arg inputs '$inputs'` + or die "cannot unpack the channels"; chomp $outPath; unlink "$rootFile.tmp";