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Before this change, a Dhall package like the Prelude would be
encoded as a record with one field per supported version. Then
downstream packages would specify which package to override
by selecting a different record field.
The problem with that approach is that it did not provide an
easy way to override a package to a version other than the default
ones supplied by Nixpkgs. Normally you would use the `.override`
method for this purpose, but the `override` method added by
`buildDhall{Directory,GitHub}Package` is clobbered by the
`override` method added by `callPackage` in
`./pkgs/top-level/dhall-packages.nix`.
The solution is to add a separate `.overridePackage` method which is
essentially the exact same as `.override`, except that it is no
longer clobbered by `callPackage`. This `.overridePackage` method
allows one to override the arguments supplied to
`buildDhall{Directory,GitHub}Package`, making it easier to specify
package versions outside of the ones supported by Nixpkgs..
This also includes a change to only build one (preferred) version of each
package (instead of multiple supported versions per package), in order to
minimize the maintenance burden for the Dhall package set.
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696 B
Nix
26 lines
696 B
Nix
{ lib }:
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let
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# This is essentially the same thing as `lib.makeOverridable`, except storing
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# the override method in a method named `overridePackage` so that it's not
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# shadowed by the `override` method added by `callPackage`
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makePackageOverridable = f: args:
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let
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result = lib.makeOverridable f args;
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copyArgs = g: lib.setFunctionArgs g (lib.functionArgs f);
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overrideWith =
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update: args // (if lib.isFunction update then update args else update);
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overridePackage =
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copyArgs (update: makePackageOverridable f (overrideWith update));
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in
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result // { inherit overridePackage; };
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in
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lib // {
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inherit makePackageOverridable;
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}
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