Offer a Nix flake so that neuron can be added to flake-based system configurations. nix flakes is an experimental feature of Nix so it would have to be optional, but it's a great feature that w...
To my question, I've got the answer over at Slack - basically, outputs of imported flake are derivations, which in turn are just sets with few special attributes - and derivations can be imported: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Import_From_Derivation
In https://www.tweag.io/blog/2020-05-25-flakes/, there's
in one of the examples, even though
nixpkgsis a resolved input to outputs, not string - how's that possible?I've tried it myself, and it seems to work, but I can't e.g.
import {}innix replI gotta play with flakes one of these days.
Also: https://github.com/srid/neuron/issues/485
To my question, I've got the answer over at Slack - basically, outputs of imported flake are derivations, which in turn are just sets with few special attributes - and derivations can be imported: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Import_From_Derivation