nixpkgs/installer/nixos-installer.nix

{ stdenv, perl, runCommand, substituteAll, nix
, # URL of the Nixpkgs distribution that the installer will pull.
  # Leave empty for a pure source distribution.
  nixpkgsURL ? ""
}:

substituteAll {
  name = "nixos-installer";
  src = ./nixos-installer.sh;
  dir = "bin";
  isExecutable = true;
  inherit nix nixpkgsURL perl;

  pathsFromGraph = ../helpers/paths-from-graph.pl;

  nixClosure = runCommand "closure"
    {exportReferencesGraph = ["refs" nix];}
    "cp refs $out";
}
* Use paths-from-graph.pl. svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7776 2007-01-23 16:07:30 +01:00			`{ stdenv, perl, runCommand, substituteAll, nix`
* Get the CD to build again. svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7356 2006-12-16 19:24:49 +01:00			`, # URL of the Nixpkgs distribution that the installer will pull.`
			`# Leave empty for a pure source distribution.`
			`nixpkgsURL ? ""`
			`}:`
* Start of the installer: copy the closure of Nix to the target device so we can then do nix-env operations in a chroot to do the actual installation. svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=6977 2006-11-08 03:34:14 +01:00
* Lots of refactoring. * Clear the PATH in most scripts. This helps to ensure purity. svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7299 2006-12-10 23:29:44 +01:00			`substituteAll {`
* Instructions on testing the installer without having to make an ISO / burn a CD, namely by making a loopback target file system. * Installer: continue if the MANIFEST on the CD is missing (useful if we're not actually installing from a CD). svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7843 2007-02-05 16:12:47 +01:00			`name = "nixos-installer";`
* Refactoring. svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7156 2006-11-28 11:45:21 +01:00			`src = ./nixos-installer.sh;`
* Add the installer and rsync to the path. svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=6979 2006-11-08 10:31:45 +01:00			`dir = "bin";`
* Start of the installer: copy the closure of Nix to the target device so we can then do nix-env operations in a chroot to do the actual installation. svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=6977 2006-11-08 03:34:14 +01:00			`isExecutable = true;`
* Use paths-from-graph.pl. svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7776 2007-01-23 16:07:30 +01:00			`inherit nix nixpkgsURL perl;`
* Use `exportReferencesGraph' to register the references of the initial Nix installation correctly. svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=7021 2006-11-13 20:01:39 +01:00
* Use paths-from-graph.pl. svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7776 2007-01-23 16:07:30 +01:00			`pathsFromGraph = ../helpers/paths-from-graph.pl;`
* Use exportReferencesGraph everywhere. svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=7063 2006-11-17 15:13:21 +01:00
* Use runCommand. svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7300 2006-12-10 23:43:04 +01:00			`nixClosure = runCommand "closure"`
			`{exportReferencesGraph = ["refs" nix];}`
			`"cp refs $out";`
* Start of the installer: copy the closure of Nix to the target device so we can then do nix-env operations in a chroot to do the actual installation. svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=6977 2006-11-08 03:34:14 +01:00			`}`