[Nix-dev] xorgReplacements broke in nix-0.12pre12474

Michael Raskin 7c6f434c at mail.ru
Wed Oct 29 06:47:45 CET 2008


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Jeevakan Suresh wrote:
> I just did an svn update, and when I try to install anything - I get the
> following error.
> 
> error: while evaluating the function at
> `/home/isdtc/jsuresh/.nix-defexpr/channels/channel/nixexpr/pkgs/lib/defa
> ult.nix', line 42:
> while evaluating the attribute `<let-body>' at
> `/home/isdtc/jsuresh/.nix-defexpr/channels/channel/nixexpr/pkgs/lib/defa
> ult.nix', line 43:
> syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting '}', at
> `/home/isdtc/jsuresh/.nix-defexpr/channels/channel/nixexpr/pkgs/servers/
> x11/xorg/replacements.nix':1:76
> 
> I got rid of the compile errors by commenting out the '...' on line 1
> and 3 in replacements.nix - I'm currently running nix-0.12pre12474 - I'm
> guessing this is a new language feature?

Yes, now function can accept variable number of arguments, ignoring the
unexpected part.

> When such changes are made, can I simply update nix via nix? Or do I
> have to track the svn version of nix?

NixPkgs Nix expression approximately tracks SVN with some delay.
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