Nix package?

[tmpm697]

Any plan to package this for nixos?

[sidju]

There is no specific plan for a nixos package, especially since I don't know how to create one. But I'm open to look more into that with the stable release, which will probably come in about a year (when I've finished up the backing add_ed library).

Until then I'd recommend installing with cargo, or submitting a PR if you are very interested in having it packaged.

[gunnihinn]

I think the nix people would take care of that rather than @sidju. If @tmpm697 wants to have a go the Nixpkgs manual has an outline of how to start.

[ShamrockLee]

I'm trying to create a Nix package for hired, but the compilation is blocked by the potentially out-dated dependency "time 0.3.31" (#45). Could someone help updating it to make hired compile again?

[ShamrockLee]

I submitted a PR to Nixpkgs providing pkgs.hired:

• hired: init at 0.14.3 NixOS/nixpkgs#383410

I'm new to ed and hired, and might not be able to test the functionality thoroughly. Reviews and feedback are appreciated!

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To run the packages without installing Nix, use the following docker command:

docker run -it -v "$PWD":"$PWD" nix --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flake" run github:NixOS/nixpkgs/refs/pull/383410/head#hired path/to/file.txt

You can bind-mount additional directories (other than "$PWD") as needed.

Alternatively, one can download the statically-compiled Nix binary provided for x86_64-linux and aarch64-linux from the following link:

https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/maintenance-2.25/buildStatic.nix.$(arch)-linux/latest/download-by-type/file/binary-dist

(Change x86_64-linux to aarch64-linux if you are on Arm.)

Rename it from binary-dist to nix, chmod +x nix, and run

nix --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flake" run github:NixOS/nixpkgs/refs/pull/383410/head#hired path/to/file.txt

It will bind-mount ~/.local/share/nix/root/nix to /nix in the running shell, and one only need to delete ~/.local/share/nix to clean up.