Unify NixOS and Nixpkgs channel structure

This is primarily to ensure that

  -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz

and

  -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-unstable.tar.gz

and

  -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz

behave consistently.

It also allows installing packages via "nix-env -iA nixos.<pkg>"
rather than "nixos.pkgs.<pkg>". It would be even better to allow
"nixpkgs.<pkg>", but that requires a change to nix-channel.

Fixes #7659.
This commit is contained in:
Eelco Dolstra
2015-08-05 17:37:11 +02:00
parent 91e71725d4
commit 2cd7c1f198
12 changed files with 22 additions and 41 deletions
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ uninstall packages from the command line. For instance, to install
Mozilla Thunderbird:
<screen>
$ nix-env -iA nixos.pkgs.thunderbird</screen>
$ nix-env -iA nixos.thunderbird</screen>
If you invoke this as root, the package is installed in the Nix
profile <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles/default</filename> and visible
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ Nixpkgs will be built or downloaded as part of the system when you run
<para>You can get a list of the available packages as follows:
<screen>
$ nix-env -qaP '*' --description
nixos.pkgs.firefox firefox-23.0 Mozilla Firefox - the browser, reloaded
nixos.firefox firefox-23.0 Mozilla Firefox - the browser, reloaded
<replaceable>...</replaceable>
</screen>
The first column in the output is the <emphasis>attribute
name</emphasis>, such as
<literal>nixos.pkgs.thunderbird</literal>. (The
<literal>nixos.thunderbird</literal>. (The
<literal>nixos</literal> prefix allows distinguishing between
different channels that you might have.)</para>