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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ These checks are performed by this tool:
### File structure checks
-`pkgs/by-name` must only contain subdirectories of the form `${shard}/${name}`, called _package directories_.
- The `name`'s of package directories must be unique when lowercased
- The `name`'s of package directories must be unique when lowercased.
-`name` is a string only consisting of the ASCII characters `a-z`, `A-Z`, `0-9`, `-` or `_`.
-`shard` is the lowercased first two letters of `name`, expressed in Nix: `shard = toLower (substring 0 2 name)`.
- Each package directory must contain a `package.nix` file and may contain arbitrary other files.
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ These checks are performed by this tool:
- Each package directory must not refer to files outside itself using symlinks or Nix path expressions.
### Nix evaluation checks
-`pkgs.${name}` is defined as `callPackage pkgs/by-name/${shard}/${name}/package.nix args` for some `args`.
-`pkgs.lib.isDerivation pkgs.${name}`is`true`.
-For each package directory, the `pkgs.${name}` attribute must be defined as `callPackage pkgs/by-name/${shard}/${name}/package.nix args` for some `args`.
-For each package directory, `pkgs.lib.isDerivation pkgs.${name}`must be`true`.
### Ratchet checks
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ Ratchets should be removed eventually once the pattern is not used anymore.
The current ratchets are:
- If `pkgs.${name}` is not auto-called from `pkgs/by-name`, the `args` in its `callPackage` must not be empty,
- New manual definitions of `pkgs.${name}` (e.g. in `pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix`) with `args = { }`
(see [nix evaluation checks](#nix-evaluation-checks)) must not be introduced.