* Remove the use of the NIXPKGS and NIXOS environment variables.

Instead use $NIX_PATH.  NIXOS_CONFIG is still supported.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=32739

default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ configuration ? import ./lib/from-env.nix "NIXOS_CONFIG" /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+{ configuration ? import ./lib/from-env.nix "NIXOS_CONFIG" <nixos-config>
 , system ? builtins.currentSystem
 }:
 

doc/manual/man-nixos-build-vms.xml

@@ -107,27 +107,4 @@ for the same architecture as the host system.
 </refsection>
 
 
-<refsection><title>Environment variables</title>
-
-<variablelist>
-
-  <varlistentry>
-    <term><envar>NIXOS</envar></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Path to the NixOS source tree.  Defaults to
-      <filename>/etc/nixos/nixos</filename>.</para>
-    </listitem>
-  </varlistentry>
-
-  <varlistentry>
-    <term><envar>NIXPKGS_ALL</envar></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Path to the Nixpkgs source tree.  Defaults to
-      <filename>/etc/nixos/nixpkgs</filename>.</para>
-    </listitem>
-  </varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-</refsection>
-
 </refentry>

doc/manual/man-nixos-deploy-network.xml

@@ -109,27 +109,4 @@ for the same architecture as the host system.
 </refsection>
 
 
-<refsection><title>Environment variables</title>
-
-<variablelist>
-
-  <varlistentry>
-    <term><envar>NIXOS</envar></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Path to the NixOS source tree.  Defaults to
-      <filename>/etc/nixos/nixos</filename>.</para>
-    </listitem>
-  </varlistentry>
-
-  <varlistentry>
-    <term><envar>NIXPKGS_ALL</envar></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Path to the Nixpkgs source tree.  Defaults to
-      <filename>/etc/nixos/nixpkgs</filename>.</para>
-    </listitem>
-  </varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-</refsection>
-
 </refentry>

doc/manual/man-nixos-option.xml

@@ -111,22 +111,6 @@ by <command>nixos-hardware-scan</command>.</para>
     </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
 
-  <varlistentry>
-    <term><envar>NIXOS</envar></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Path to the NixOS source tree.  Defaults to
-      <filename>/etc/nixos/nixos</filename>.</para>
-    </listitem>
-  </varlistentry>
-
-  <varlistentry>
-    <term><envar>NIXPKGS</envar></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Path to the Nixpkgs source tree.  Defaults to
-      <filename>/etc/nixos/nixpkgs</filename>.</para>
-    </listitem>
-  </varlistentry>
-
   <varlistentry>
     <term><envar>NIXOS_CONFIG</envar></term>
     <listitem>

doc/manual/man-nixos-rebuild.xml

@@ -271,22 +271,6 @@ the Nix manual for details.</para>
 
 <variablelist>
 
-  <varlistentry>
-    <term><envar>NIXOS</envar></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Path to the NixOS source tree.  Defaults to
-      <filename>/etc/nixos/nixos</filename>.</para>
-    </listitem>
-  </varlistentry>
-
-  <varlistentry>
-    <term><envar>NIXPKGS</envar></term>
-    <listitem>
-      <para>Path to the Nixpkgs source tree.  Defaults to
-      <filename>/etc/nixos/nixpkgs</filename>.</para>
-    </listitem>
-  </varlistentry>
-
   <varlistentry>
     <term><envar>NIXOS_CONFIG</envar></term>
     <listitem>

lib/build-vms.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ nixpkgs, system }:
+{ system }:
 
-let pkgs = import nixpkgs { config = {}; inherit system; }; in
+let pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { config = {}; inherit system; }; in
 
 with pkgs;
 with import ../lib/qemu-flags.nix;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rec {
     nodes: configurations:
 
     import ./eval-config.nix {
-      inherit nixpkgs system;
+      inherit system;
       modules = configurations ++
         [ ../modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
           ../modules/testing/test-instrumentation.nix # !!! should only get added for automated test runs

lib/eval-config.nix

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # values.
 
 { system ? builtins.currentSystem
-, nixpkgs ? import ./from-env.nix "NIXPKGS" /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
 , pkgs ? null
 , baseModules ? import ../modules/module-list.nix
 , extraArgs ? {}
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ rec {
   extraArgs = extraArgs_ // {
     inherit pkgs modules baseModules;
     modulesPath = ../modules;
-    pkgs_i686 = import nixpkgs { system = "i686-linux"; };
+    pkgs_i686 = import <nixpkgs> { system = "i686-linux"; };
   };
 
   # Import Nixpkgs, allowing the NixOS option nixpkgs.config to
@@ -47,15 +46,15 @@ rec {
   pkgs =
     if pkgs_ != null
     then pkgs_
-    else import nixpkgs (
+    else import <nixpkgs> (
       let
         system = if nixpkgsOptions.system != "" then nixpkgsOptions.system else system_;
         nixpkgsOptions = (import ./eval-config.nix {
-          inherit system nixpkgs extraArgs modules;
+          inherit system extraArgs modules;
           # For efficiency, leave out most NixOS modules; they don't
           # define nixpkgs.config, so it's pointless to evaluate them.
           baseModules = [ ../modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix ];
-          pkgs = import nixpkgs { system = system_; config = {}; };
+          pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { system = system_; config = {}; };
         }).optionDefinitions.nixpkgs;
       in
       {

lib/testing.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ nixpkgs, system }:
+{ system }:
 
-with import ./build-vms.nix { inherit nixpkgs system; };
+with import ./build-vms.nix { inherit system; };
 with pkgs;
 
 rec {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ rec {
   makeTests = testsFun: lib.mapAttrs (name: complete) (call testsFun);
 
   apply = makeTest; # compatibility
-  call = f: f { inherit pkgs nixpkgs system; };
+  call = f: f { inherit pkgs system; };
 
   complete = t: t // rec {
     nodes = buildVirtualNetwork (

maintainers/option-usages.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ configuration ? import ../lib/from-env.nix "NIXOS_CONFIG" /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+{ configuration ? import ../lib/from-env.nix "NIXOS_CONFIG" <nixos-config>
 
 # []: display all options
 # [<option names>]: display the selected options

modules/installer/tools/nixos-build-vms/build-vms.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-{ nixpkgs
-, system ? builtins.currentSystem
+{ system ? builtins.currentSystem
 , networkExpr
 }:
 
 let nodes = import networkExpr; in
 
-with import ../../../../lib/testing.nix { inherit nixpkgs system; };
+with import ../../../../lib/testing.nix { inherit system; };
 
 (complete { inherit nodes; testScript = ""; }).driver

modules/installer/tools/nixos-build-vms/nixos-build-vms.sh

@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ fi
 
 # Build a network of VMs
 
-nix-build ${NIXOS:-/etc/nixos/nixos}/modules/installer/tools/nixos-build-vms/build-vms.nix \
-    --argstr networkExpr $networkExpr --argstr nixpkgs "${NIXPKGS_ALL:-/etc/nixos/nixpkgs}" $noOutLinkArg $showTraceArg
+nix-build '<nixos>/modules/installer/tools/nixos-build-vms/build-vms.nix' \
+    --argstr networkExpr $networkExpr  $noOutLinkArg $showTraceArg

modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh

@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ if test -z "$mountPoint"; then
     mountPoint=/mnt
 fi
 
-if test -z "$NIXOS"; then
-    NIXOS=/etc/nixos/nixos
-fi
-
 # NIXOS_CONFIG is interpreted relative to $mountPoint.
 if test -z "$NIXOS_CONFIG"; then
     NIXOS_CONFIG=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -34,20 +30,12 @@ if ! grep -F -q " $mountPoint " /proc/mounts; then
     exit 1
 fi
     
-if ! test -e "$NIXOS"; then
-    echo "NixOS source directory $NIXOS doesn't exist"
-    exit 1
-fi
-    
 if ! test -e "$mountPoint/$NIXOS_CONFIG"; then
     echo "configuration file $mountPoint/$NIXOS_CONFIG doesn't exist"
     exit 1
 fi
     
 
-NIXOS=$(readlink -f "$NIXOS")
-
-
 # Enable networking in the chroot.
 mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/etc
 touch /etc/resolv.conf 
@@ -153,10 +141,9 @@ fi
 # Build the specified Nix expression in the target store and install
 # it into the system configuration profile.
 echo "building the system configuration..."
-NIXPKGS=/mnt/etc/nixos/nixpkgs chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-env \
-    -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system \
-    -f "/mnt$NIXOS" \
-    --set -A system
+NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=/mnt/etc/nixos/nixpkgs:nixos=/mnt/etc/nixos/nixos \
+    chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-env \
+    -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system -f '<nixos>' --set -A system
 
 
 # Make a backup of the old NixOS/Nixpkgs sources.
@@ -176,8 +163,8 @@ fi
 
 
 # Copy the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources to the target.
-cp -prd $NIXOS $targetNixos
-if test -e /etc/nixos/nixpkgs; then
+cp -prd /etc/nixos/nixos $targetNixos
+if [ -e /etc/nixos/nixpkgs ]; then
     cp -prd /etc/nixos/nixpkgs $targetNixpkgs
 fi
 

modules/installer/tools/nixos-option.sh

@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 # file to be overridden.
 
 : ${mountPoint=/mnt}
-: ${NIXOS=/etc/nixos/nixos}
 : ${NIXOS_CONFIG=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix}
-: ${NIXPKGS=/etc/nixos/nixpkgs}
-export NIXOS
 
 usage () {
   echo 1>&2 "
@@ -38,9 +35,7 @@ Options:
 Environment variables affecting $0:
 
   \$mountPoint          Path to the target file system.
-  \$NIXOS               Path where the NixOS repository is located.
   \$NIXOS_CONFIG        Path to your configuration file.
-  \$NIXPKGS             Path to Nix packages.
 
 "
 
@@ -190,12 +185,6 @@ nixMap() {
 }
 
 if $install; then
-  if test -e "$mountPoint$NIXOS"; then
-    export NIXOS="$mountPoint$NIXOS"
-  fi
-  if test -e "$mountPoint$NIXPKGS"; then
-    export NIXPKGS="$mountPoint$NIXPKGS"
-  fi
   export NIXOS_CONFIG="$mountPoint$NIXOS_CONFIG"
 fi
 
@@ -319,8 +308,8 @@ if $xml; then
   evalNix --xml --no-location <<EOF
 let
   reach = attrs: attrs${option:+.$option};
-  nixos = import $NIXOS {};
-  nixpkgs = import $NIXPKGS {};
+  nixos = <nixos>;
+  nixpkgs = <nixpkgs>;
   sources = builtins.map (f: f.source);
   opt = reach nixos.eval.options;
   cfg = reach nixos.config;

modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 #! @shell@ -e
 
-# Allow the location of NixOS sources and the system configuration
-# file to be overridden.
-NIXOS=${NIXOS:-/etc/nixos/nixos}
-NIXPKGS=${NIXPKGS:-/etc/nixos/nixpkgs}
-NIXOS_CONFIG=${NIXOS_CONFIG:-/etc/nixos/configuration.nix}
-export NIXPKGS # must be exported so that a non default location is passed to nixos/default.nix
-
 showSyntax() {
     # !!! more or less cut&paste from
     # system/switch-to-configuration.sh (which we call, of course).
@@ -45,8 +38,7 @@ Various nix-build options are also accepted, in particular:
  
 Environment variables affecting nixos-rebuild:
 
-  \$NIXOS                 path to the NixOS source tree
-  \$NIXPKGS               path to the Nixpkgs source tree
+  \$NIX_PATH              Nix expression search path 
   \$NIXOS_CONFIG          path to the NixOS system configuration specification
 EOF
     exit 1
@@ -130,7 +122,7 @@ fi
 # Pull the manifests defined in the configuration (the "manifests"
 # attribute).  Wonderfully hacky.
 if test -n "$pullManifest"; then
-    manifests=$(nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml --strict $NIXOS -A manifests \
+    manifests=$(nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml --strict '<nixos>' -A manifests \
         | grep '<string'  | sed 's^.*"\(.*\)".*^\1^g')
 
     mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/channel-cache
@@ -147,9 +139,9 @@ if [ "$action" = pull ]; then exit 0; fi
 # more conservative.
 if test -n "$buildNix"; then
     echo "building Nix..." >&2
-    if ! nix-build $NIXOS -A config.environment.nix -o $tmpDir/nix $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null; then
-        if ! nix-build $NIXOS -A nixFallback -o $tmpDir/nix $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null; then
-            nix-build $NIXPKGS -A nixUnstable -o $tmpDir/nix $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null
+    if ! nix-build '<nixos>' -A config.environment.nix -o $tmpDir/nix $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null; then
+        if ! nix-build '<nixos>' -A nixFallback -o $tmpDir/nix $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null; then
+            nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A nixUnstable -o $tmpDir/nix $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null
         fi
     fi
     PATH=$tmpDir/nix/bin:$PATH
@@ -162,16 +154,16 @@ fi
 if test -z "$rollback"; then
     echo "building the system configuration..." >&2
     if test "$action" = switch -o "$action" = boot; then
-        nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system -f $NIXOS --set -A system $extraBuildFlags
+        nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system -f '<nixos>' --set -A system $extraBuildFlags
         pathToConfig=/nix/var/nix/profiles/system
     elif test "$action" = test -o "$action" = build -o "$action" = dry-run; then
-        nix-build $NIXOS -A system -K -k $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null
+        nix-build '<nixos>' -A system -K -k $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null
         pathToConfig=./result
     elif [ "$action" = build-vm ]; then
-        nix-build $NIXOS -A vm -K -k $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null
+        nix-build '<nixos>' -A vm -K -k $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null
         pathToConfig=./result
     elif [ "$action" = build-vm-with-bootloader ]; then
-        nix-build $NIXOS -A vmWithBootLoader -K -k $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null
+        nix-build '<nixos>' -A vmWithBootLoader -K -k $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null
         pathToConfig=./result
     else
         showSyntax

modules/programs/bash/profile.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ fi
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/run/opengl-driver/lib:/var/run/opengl-driver-32/lib # !!! only set if needed
 export MODULE_DIR=@modulesTree@/lib/modules
 export NIXPKGS_CONFIG=/nix/etc/config.nix
-export NIXPKGS_ALL=/etc/nixos/nixpkgs
 export NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=/etc/nixos/nixpkgs:nixos=/etc/nixos/nixos:nixos-config=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix:services=/etc/nixos/services
 export PAGER="less -R"
 export EDITOR=nano

tests/default.nix

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-{ nixpkgs ? ../../nixpkgs
-, system ? builtins.currentSystem
-}:
+{ system ? builtins.currentSystem }:
 
-with import ../lib/testing.nix { inherit nixpkgs system; };
+with import ../lib/testing.nix { inherit system; };
 
 {
   avahi = makeTest (import ./avahi.nix);