[Nix-dev] What are the rules about 'share/' directory symlinking to profile?

Guillaume Maudoux (Layus) layus.on at gmail.com
Thu Apr 20 11:49:59 CEST 2017


I guess the idea is that you need to install `fzf.out` explicitly, 
because installing `fzf` installs the first output, which is `fzf.bin`.

-- Layus.


On 20/04/17 11:46, Alexey Lebedeff wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> What are the rules about how and when 'share/' folder of (multi-output)
> derivation will be merged into 'share/' folder of profile?
>
> E.g. I can't see content of
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/4a0be7837cadf9b6e9cae430d80f65a2af60dcc6/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix#L33
> anywhere in my profile 'share/' even after installing every output
>
> Only when I move 'share/' to '$bin' output, it starts appearing in profile
> 'share/' folder.
>
> Best,
> Alexey
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