[Nix-dev] deb package for nix

Armijn Hemel armijn at uulug.nl
Thu Feb 28 23:20:14 CET 2008


hi Pjotr,

> I am creating a .deb package for nix-0.11. It won't make it into
> Debian - I guess - but it will be available for download.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> 1. Any particular dependencies I should be aware of?

Nope, it is pretty much self-contained.

> 2. How viable is it not to use /nix as a base dir? Not sure where it
> should go otherwise, perhaps /var/nix or (uglier) /opt/nix. 
> 
> I understand it will break pre-built packages, but it is never going
> to make it into Debian this way.

Yeah, well :-P

armijn

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