path: root/lib/meta.nix

/* Some functions for manipulating meta attributes, as well as the
   name attribute. */

{ lib }:

rec {


  /* Add to or override the meta attributes of the given
     derivation.

     Example:
       addMetaAttrs {description = "Bla blah";} somePkg
  */
  addMetaAttrs = newAttrs: drv:
    drv // { meta = (drv.meta or {}) // newAttrs; };


  /* Disable Hydra builds of given derivation.
  */
  dontDistribute = drv: addMetaAttrs { hydraPlatforms = []; } drv;


  /* Change the symbolic name of a package for presentation purposes
     (i.e., so that nix-env users can tell them apart).
  */
  setName = name: drv: drv // {inherit name;};


  /* Like `setName`, but takes the previous name as an argument.

     Example:
       updateName (oldName: oldName + "-experimental") somePkg
  */
  updateName = updater: drv: drv // {name = updater (drv.name);};


  /* Append a suffix to the name of a package (before the version
     part). */
  appendToName = suffix: updateName (name:
    let x = builtins.parseDrvName name; in "${x.name}-${suffix}-${x.version}");


  /* Apply a function to each derivation and only to derivations in an attrset.
  */
  mapDerivationAttrset = f: set: lib.mapAttrs (name: pkg: if lib.isDerivation pkg then (f pkg) else pkg) set;

  /* Set the nix-env priority of the package.
  */
  setPrio = priority: addMetaAttrs { inherit priority; };

  /* Decrease the nix-env priority of the package, i.e., other
     versions/variants of the package will be preferred.
  */
  lowPrio = setPrio 10;

  /* Apply lowPrio to an attrset with derivations
  */
  lowPrioSet = set: mapDerivationAttrset lowPrio set;


  /* Increase the nix-env priority of the package, i.e., this
     version/variant of the package will be preferred.
  */
  hiPrio = setPrio (-10);

  /* Apply hiPrio to an attrset with derivations
  */
  hiPrioSet = set: mapDerivationAttrset hiPrio set;


  /* Check to see if a platform is matched by the given `meta.platforms`
     element.

     A `meta.platform` pattern is either

       1. (legacy) a system string.

       2. (modern) a pattern for the entire platform structure (see `lib.systems.inspect.platformPatterns`).

       3. (modern) a pattern for the platform `parsed` field (see `lib.systems.inspect.patterns`).

     We can inject these into a pattern for the whole of a structured platform,
     and then match that.
  */
  platformMatch = platform: elem: let
      pattern =
        if builtins.isString elem
        then { system = elem; }
        else if elem?parsed
        then elem
        else { parsed = elem; };
    in lib.matchAttrs pattern platform;

  /* Check if a package is available on a given platform.

     A package is available on a platform if both

       1. One of `meta.platforms` pattern matches the given
          platform, or `meta.platforms` is not present.

       2. None of `meta.badPlatforms` pattern matches the given platform.
  */
  availableOn = platform: pkg:
    ((!pkg?meta.platforms) || lib.any (platformMatch platform) pkg.meta.platforms) &&
    lib.all (elem: !platformMatch platform elem) (pkg.meta.badPlatforms or []);

  /* Get the corresponding attribute in lib.licenses
     from the SPDX ID.
     For SPDX IDs, see
     https://spdx.org/licenses

     Type:
       getLicenseFromSpdxId :: str -> AttrSet

     Example:
       lib.getLicenseFromSpdxId "MIT" == lib.licenses.mit
       => true
       lib.getLicenseFromSpdxId "mIt" == lib.licenses.mit
       => true
       lib.getLicenseFromSpdxId "MY LICENSE"
       => trace: warning: getLicenseFromSpdxId: No license matches the given SPDX ID: MY LICENSE
       => { shortName = "MY LICENSE"; }
  */
  getLicenseFromSpdxId =
    let
      spdxLicenses = lib.mapAttrs (id: ls: assert lib.length ls == 1; builtins.head ls)
        (lib.groupBy (l: lib.toLower l.spdxId) (lib.filter (l: l ? spdxId) (lib.attrValues lib.licenses)));
    in licstr:
      spdxLicenses.${ lib.toLower licstr } or (
        lib.warn "getLicenseFromSpdxId: No license matches the given SPDX ID: ${licstr}"
        { shortName = licstr; }
      );

  /* Get the path to the main program of a package based on meta.mainProgram

     Type: getExe :: package -> string

     Example:
       getExe pkgs.hello
       => "/nix/store/g124820p9hlv4lj8qplzxw1c44dxaw1k-hello-2.12/bin/hello"
       getExe pkgs.mustache-go
       => "/nix/store/am9ml4f4ywvivxnkiaqwr0hyxka1xjsf-mustache-go-1.3.0/bin/mustache"
  */
  getExe = x:
    let
      y = x.meta.mainProgram or (
        # This could be turned into an error when 23.05 is at end of life
        lib.warn "getExe: Package ${lib.strings.escapeNixIdentifier x.meta.name or x.pname or x.name} does not have the meta.mainProgram attribute. We'll assume that the main program has the same name for now, but this behavior is deprecated, because it leads to surprising errors when the assumption does not hold. If the package has a main program, please set `meta.mainProgram` in its definition to make this warning go away. Otherwise, if the package does not have a main program, or if you don't control its definition, use getExe' to specify the name to the program, such as lib.getExe' foo \"bar\"."
          lib.getName
          x
      );
    in
    getExe' x y;

  /* Get the path of a program of a derivation.

     Type: getExe' :: derivation -> string -> string
     Example:
       getExe' pkgs.hello "hello"
       => "/nix/store/g124820p9hlv4lj8qplzxw1c44dxaw1k-hello-2.12/bin/hello"
       getExe' pkgs.imagemagick "convert"
       => "/nix/store/5rs48jamq7k6sal98ymj9l4k2bnwq515-imagemagick-7.1.1-15/bin/convert"
  */
  getExe' = x: y: "${lib.getBin x}/bin/${y}";
}