[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 16237 - raskin - in nixos/branches/modular-nixos/modules: . misc

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,


Michael Raskin wrote:

>>> +# This module allows you to export something from configuration
>>> +# Use case: export kernel source expression for ease of configuring 
>> Can you expand on this a bit?  What is the use case?
> 
> I use custom patched (well, not so much - mostly -rc) kernels. Sometimes
> I want to change my kernel config. The simplest way to do it is to
> unpack the source and run "make menuconfig". But it helps to have the
> same source as used in the build. I prefer to get my kernel source with
> one nix-build. 

So how do you use passthru for this?

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