From 278312a38cdf0735957eefb8354627fd5191f9b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathijs Kwik <mathijs@bluescreen303.nl>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 17:46:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] node-packages: ability to fix sources that use the impure
 "latest" dependency

---
 pkgs/top-level/node-packages.nix | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/node-packages.nix
index ae468d95eac..ee05b92a255 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/node-packages.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ let self = {
     inherit stdenv nodejs;
   };
 
+  patchLatest = srcAttrs:
+                  let src = fetchurl srcAttrs; in
+                  pkgs.runCommand src.name {} ''
+                    tar xf ${src}
+                    sed -i -e "s/: \"latest\"/: \"*\"/" package/package.json
+                    tar cf $out package
+                  '';
+
   "abbrev" = self."abbrev-1";
 
   "abbrev-1" = self.buildNodePackage rec {