I know that I can search for Haskell packages with nix-env by using
nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -qaP -A haskellPackages name_of_package
but that is slow and uncached. If I try to use the new command nix search
all the Haskell packages are hidden.
$ nix search aeson
error: no results for the given search term(s)!
Is it possible to search for Haskell packages using the new nix search
command? If so, how?
Edit: I found some discussion about this in this irc log, but I couldn't quite grasp what the suggestions would mean in practice. Specifically this part:
20:49 <duairc> How do I make nix search include haskellPackages?
20:52 <ottidmes> duairc: you might try and call recurseIntoAttrs on haskellPackages
20:52 <rain1> thanks
20:52 <LnL> rain1: nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -qaP -A haskellPackages
20:54 <gchristensen> duairc: ^
20:54 <duairc> LnL: Thanks!
20:55 <LnL> err, wrong person
20:56 <LnL> you can also add an overlay that recurses, but that might make it
hard to find non haskell stuff if you're searching for something else
20:56 <ottidmes> I can confirm that
haskellPackages = super.recurseIntoAttrs super.haskellPackages; works though
20:58 <duairc> ottidmes: What do I do with that expression? Put it in
configuration.nix somewhere? If I type "nix search ghcid" then
will it find it?
20:59 <duairc> Ah, you're using super, so I guess it's an overlay
20:59 <clever> duairc: for `nix search` to find it, the overlay must be
somewhere in $HOME, i forget the exact path
20:59 <clever> duairc: configuration.nix only effects nixos-rebuild and
nothing else
21:00 <ottidmes> duairc: yeah, it should be put in your overlay that is
also used by nix-env the like, so not nixpkgs.overlays in your
configuration.nix as mentioned by clever, and then searching
for e.g. nix search nix-diff will result in:
* nixpkgs.haskellPackages.nix-diff (nix-diff)
As per the IRC chat, create a ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays.nix
file containing this:
[
(self: super: {
haskellPackages = super.recurseIntoAttrs super.haskellPackages;
})
]
This is an overlay that sets the recurseForDerivations
attribute of the haskellPackages set to true. recurseForDerivations
tells nix tools to traverse the set, which searches it in the case of nix search
. It is currently undocumented, but implemented here.
The Nix wiki describes where to put the overlay and the Nixpkgs manual describes what overlays actually are and how to use them.
You could save the result of this:
nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -qaP -A haskellPackages
And search that output each time instead?
I think the issue is <nixpkgs>
will have to be evaluated at each invocation, however if this was a static file/path - it would not need to be.
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