lib.extendMkDerivation

Define a mkDerivation-like function based on another mkDerivation-like function.

stdenv.mkDerivation gives access to its final set of derivation attributes when it is passed a function, or when it is passed an overlay-style function in overrideAttrs.

Instead of composing new stdenv.mkDerivation-like build helpers using normal function composition, extendMkDerivation makes sure that the returned build helper supports such first class recursion like mkDerivation does.

extendMkDerivation takes an extra attribute set to configure its behaviour. One can optionally specify transformDrv to specify a function to apply to the result derivation, or inheritFunctionArgs to decide whether to inherit the __functionArgs from the base build helper.

Inputs

extendMkDerivation-specific configurations

constructDrv: Base build helper, the mkDerivation-like build helper to extend.

excludeDrvArgNames: Argument names not to pass from the input fixed-point arguments to constructDrv. Note: It doesn't apply to the updating arguments returned by extendDrvArgs.

extendDrvArgs : An extension (overlay) of the argument set, like the one taken by overrideAttrs but applied before passing to constructDrv.

inheritFunctionArgs: Whether to inherit __functionArgs from the base build helper (default to true).

transformDrv: Function to apply to the result derivation (default to lib.id).

Type

extendMkDerivation ::
  {
    constructDrv :: ((FixedPointArgs | AttrSet) -> a)
    excludeDrvArgNames :: [ String ],
    extendDrvArgs :: (AttrSet -> AttrSet -> AttrSet)
    inheritFunctionArgs :: Bool,
    transformDrv :: a -> a,
  }
  -> (FixedPointArgs | AttrSet) -> a

FixedPointArgs = AttrSet -> AttrSet
a = Derivation when defining a build helper

Examples

mkLocalDerivation = lib.extendMkDerivation {
  constructDrv = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation;
  excludeDrvArgNames = [ "specialArg" ];
  extendDrvArgs =
    finalAttrs: args@{ preferLocalBuild ? true, allowSubstitute ? false, specialArg ? (_: false), ... }:
    { inherit preferLocalBuild allowSubstitute; passthru = { inherit specialArg; } // args.passthru or { }; };
}

mkLocalDerivation.__functionArgs
=> { allowSubstitute = true; preferLocalBuild = true; specialArg = true; }

mkLocalDerivation { inherit (pkgs.hello) pname version src; specialArg = _: false; }
=> «derivation /nix/store/xirl67m60ahg6jmzicx43a81g635g8z8-hello-2.12.1.drv»

mkLocalDerivation (finalAttrs: { inherit (pkgs.hello) pname version src; specialArg = _: false; })
=> «derivation /nix/store/xirl67m60ahg6jmzicx43a81g635g8z8-hello-2.12.1.drv»

(mkLocalDerivation (finalAttrs: { inherit (pkgs.hello) pname version src; passthru = { foo = "a"; bar = "${finalAttrs.passthru.foo}b"; }; })).bar
=> "ab"

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• lib.customisation.extendMkDerivation