feat: introduce starting pieces for nixpkgs-compat library #61

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claire commented

2026-02-08 11:17:11 +00:00

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I suspect that it would be better to run the tests from nixpkg's lib against the compat layer instead of writing my own tests for everything, but I haven't gotten that working yet.

Here's the starting point for an experimental nixpkgs compatibility layer over aux lib. I'm starting small with this because I'm very new to writing nix library code, and want to make sure I've got the broad strokes here right before adding more :) I suspect that it would be better to run [the tests from nixpkg's lib][1] against the compat layer instead of writing my own tests for everything, but I haven't gotten that working yet. [1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/lib/tests

claire added 1 commit 2026-02-08 11:17:12 +00:00

feat: introduce starting pieces for nixpkgs-compat library 7a72687847

5225225 commented

2026-02-08 12:08:38 +00:00

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looks good !

i think vendoring a copy of https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/tests/misc.nix and commenting out the tests that don't work yet, then incrementally uncommenting stuff as they're fixed, until we can use upstream's version, would be the right move.
but i don't think that should block this PR, it's fine to get merged as-is, that's followup work once we agree this is a good thing to do in the first place.

looks good ! i think vendoring a copy of https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/tests/misc.nix and commenting out the tests that don't work yet, then incrementally uncommenting stuff as they're fixed, until we can use upstream's version, would be the right move. but i don't think that should block this PR, it's fine to get merged as-is, that's followup work once we agree this is a good thing to do in the first place.

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