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| amnicolist | Hi flakes, I'm new to nixos/flakes and this chat. I have a question about flake-parts and overlays. I hope its okay to ask here.
I'm trying to get the [rust-overlay](https://github.com/oxalica/rust-overlay
| 02:17:58 |
| amnicolist | * Hi flakes, I'm new to nixos/flakes and this chat. I have a question about flake-parts and overlays. I hope its okay to ask here.
I'm trying to get the [rust-overlay](https://github.com/oxalica/rust-overlay) working with an existing repo that I forked. However, I can't figure out how to get access to the rust-bin set once I follow the https://flake.parts/overlays documentation
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| amnicolist | * Hi flakes, I'm new to nixos/flakes and this chat. I have a question about flake-parts and overlays. I hope its okay to ask here.
I'm trying to get the rust-overlay working with an existing repo that I forked. However, I can't figure out how to get access to the rust-bin set once I follow the https://flake.parts/overlays documentation
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 Charles | Would you be amenable to an alternative that doesn't involve overlays | 02:43:36 |
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 @antifuchs:asf.computer | amnicolist: you're following the "consuming an overlay" section? | 17:47:28 |
| @antifuchs:asf.computer | that will define the "pkgs" attribute available in the perSystem closure's arguments as the overlaid version, but you then also have to go and use that pkgs attribute to define the system / home-manager configuration... that's typically what trips me up | 17:49:43 |
| @antifuchs:asf.computer | but anyway, how are you planning to use the overlay? (: | 17:50:28 |
| 28 Sep 2023 |
| amnicolist | In reply to @antifuchs:asf.computer
amnicolist: you're following the "consuming an overlay" section? Yes, I saw the stuff about consuming the overlay. That explained how to get the rust-overlay into the pkgs. I think I kind-of get that. The problem came when I wanted to actually install the package. I want to have multiple rust tool chains installed, nightly for some things etc. My understanding fell down when I tried to call something like
home.packages = with pkgs; [
rust-bin.stable.latest.default
];
| 00:58:36 |
| amnicolist | In reply to @antifuchs:asf.computer
amnicolist: you're following the "consuming an overlay" section? * Yes, I saw the stuff about consuming the overlay. That explained how to get the rust-overlay into the pkgs. I think I kind-of get that. The problem came when I wanted to actually install the package. I want to have multiple rust tool chains installed, nightly for some things etc. My understanding fell down when I tried to call something like
home.packages = with pkgs; [
rust-bin.stable.latest.default
];
Nixos would complain that it can't find rust-bin. I don't really get where it comes from in the overlay part so I couldn't reverse engineer the
# ... things you need to patch ...
})
| 01:00:02 |
| amnicolist | * Yes, I saw the stuff about consuming the overlay. That explained how to get the rust-overlay into the pkgs. I think I kind-of get that. The problem came when I wanted to actually install the package. I want to have multiple rust tool chains installed, nightly for some things etc. My understanding fell down when I tried to call something like
home.packages = with pkgs; [
rust-bin.stable.latest.default
];
Nixos would complain that it can't find rust-bin. I don't really get where it comes from in the overlay part so I couldn't reverse engineer the
# ... things you need to patch ...
})
| 01:00:31 |
| amnicolist | * Yes, I saw the stuff about consuming the overlay. That explained how to get the rust-overlay into the pkgs. I think I kind-of get that. The problem came when I wanted to actually install the package. I want to have multiple rust tool chains installed, nightly for some things etc. My understanding fell down when I tried to call something like
home.packages = with pkgs; [
rust-bin.stable.latest.default
];
Nixos would complain that it can't find rust-bin. I don't really get where it comes from in the overlay part so I couldn't reverse engineer the
(final:
# ... things you need to patch ...
})
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| 29 Sep 2023 |
 @petrichor:envs.net | In reply to @amnicolist:matrix.org
Yes, I saw the stuff about consuming the overlay. That explained how to get the rust-overlay into the pkgs. I think I kind-of get that. The problem came when I wanted to actually install the package. I want to have multiple rust tool chains installed, nightly for some things etc. My understanding fell down when I tried to call something like
home.packages = with pkgs; [
rust-bin.stable.latest.default
];
Nixos would complain that it can't find rust-bin. I don't really get where it comes from in the overlay part so I couldn't reverse engineer the
(final:
# ... things you need to patch ...
})
just had a look at that section of those docs and it's a bit confusing. you don't need to use the (final: prev: {…}) for at all (that's for defining your own quick inline overlay), you should be able to set overlays = [ inputs.rust-overlay.overlays.default]; | 06:19:43 |
| @petrichor:envs.net | * just had a look at that section of those docs and it's a bit confusing. you don't need to use the
`(final: prev: {…})` form at all (that's for defining your own quick inline overlay), you should be able to set `overlays = [ inputs.rust-overlay.overlays.default];` | 06:20:19 |
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