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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/options.nix')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/options.nix | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/options.nix b/lib/options.nix index d71d9421b7b..af7914bb513 100644 --- a/lib/options.nix +++ b/lib/options.nix @@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ rec { # Name for the package, shown in option description name: { + # Whether the package can be null, for example to disable installing a package altogether. + nullable ? false, # The attribute path where the default package is located (may be omitted) default ? name, # A string or an attribute path to use as an example (may be omitted) @@ -164,19 +166,24 @@ rec { }: let name' = if isList name then last name else name; + in mkOption ({ + type = with lib.types; (if nullable then nullOr else lib.id) package; + description = "The ${name'} package to use." + + (if extraDescription == "" then "" else " ") + extraDescription; + } // (if default != null then let default' = if isList default then default else [ default ]; defaultPath = concatStringsSep "." default'; defaultValue = attrByPath default' (throw "${defaultPath} cannot be found in pkgs") pkgs; - in mkOption { + in { + default = defaultValue; defaultText = literalExpression ("pkgs." + defaultPath); - type = lib.types.package; - description = "The ${name'} package to use." - + (if extraDescription == "" then "" else " ") + extraDescription; - ${if default != null then "default" else null} = defaultValue; - ${if example != null then "example" else null} = literalExpression + } else if nullable then { + default = null; + } else { }) // lib.optionalAttrs (example != null) { + example = literalExpression (if isList example then "pkgs." + concatStringsSep "." example else example); - }; + }); /* Like mkPackageOption, but emit an mdDoc description instead of DocBook. */ mkPackageOptionMD = pkgs: name: extra: |