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The docs in `hoogle.nix` intend for it to be in the packageset as `hoogleLocal` and that also makes a lot of sense from a user perspective. `packages` is not a function `HaskellPackages -> [Package]`, but rather an arbitrary set of packages. That is good, because that way it can be used e.g. to merge package databases from other versions of the packageset. It’s done as function with default argument, because otherwise the user has to use `overrideCabal` to override `packages` in `hoogle.nix`.
Nixpkgs is a collection of packages for the Nix package manager. It is periodically built and tested by the hydra build daemon as so-called channels. To get channel information via git, add nixpkgs-channels as a remote:
% git remote add channels git://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git
For stability and maximum binary package support, it is recommended to maintain
custom changes on top of one of the channels, e.g. nixos-16.09 for the latest
release and nixos-unstable for the latest successful build of master:
% git remote update channels
% git rebase channels/nixos-16.09
For pull-requests, please rebase onto nixpkgs master.
NixOS linux distribution source code is located inside
nixos/ folder.
- NixOS installation instructions
- Documentation (Nix Expression Language chapter)
- Manual (How to write packages for Nix)
- Manual (NixOS)
- Nix Wiki (deprecated, see milestone "Move the Wiki!")
- Continuous package builds for unstable/master
- Continuous package builds for 16.09 release
- Tests for unstable/master
- Tests for 16.09 release
Communication: