nixpkgs/lib/composable-derivation.nix

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{lib, pkgs} :
let inherit (lib) nv nvs; in
{
# see for example:
# - development/interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix
# - .. search composableDerivation in all-packages.nix ..
#
# You should be able to override anything you like easily
# grep the mailinglist by title "python proposal" (dec 08)
# -> http://mail.cs.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2008-December/001571.html
# to see why this got complicated when using all its features
# TODO add newer example using new syntax (kernel derivation proposal -> mailinglist)
composableDerivation = {
mkDerivation ? pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation,
# list of functions to be applied before defaultOverridableDelayableArgs removes removeAttrs names
# prepareDerivationArgs handles derivation configurations
applyPreTidy ? [ lib.prepareDerivationArgs ],
# consider adding addtional elements by derivation.merge { removeAttrs = ["elem"]; };
removeAttrs ? ["cfg" "flags"]
}: (lib.defaultOverridableDelayableArgs ( a: mkDerivation a)
{
inherit applyPreTidy removeAttrs;
}).merge;
# some utility functions
# use this function to generate flag attrs for prepareDerivationArgs
# E nable D isable F eature
edf = {name, feat ? name, enable ? {}, disable ? {} , value ? ""}:
nvs name {
set = {
configureFlags = ["--enable-${feat}${if value == "" then "" else "="}${value}"];
} // enable;
unset = {
configureFlags = ["--disable-${feat}"];
} // disable;
};
# same for --with and --without-
# W ith or W ithout F eature
wwf = {name, feat ? name, enable ? {}, disable ? {}, value ? ""}:
nvs name {
set = enable // {
configureFlags = ["--with-${feat}${if value == "" then "" else "="}${value}"]
++ lib.maybeAttr "configureFlags" [] enable;
};
unset = disable // {
configureFlags = ["--without-${feat}"]
++ lib.maybeAttr "configureFlags" [] disable;
};
};
}