Commit 244b31e6 authored by FliegendeWurst's avatar FliegendeWurst
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doc/build-helpers: fix appimage example where postExtract is used

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@@ -129,11 +129,16 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 {
The argument passed to `extract` can also contain a `postExtract` attribute, which allows you to execute additional commands after the files are extracted from the AppImage.
`postExtract` must be a string with commands to run.

:::{.warning}
When specifying `postExtract`, you should use `appimageTools.wrapAppImage` instead of `appimageTools.wrapType2`.
Otherwise `wrapType2` will extract the AppImage contents without respecting the `postExtract` instructions.
:::

:::{.example #ex-extracting-appimage-with-postextract}

# Extracting an AppImage to install extra files, using `postExtract`

This is a rewrite of [](#ex-extracting-appimage) to use `postExtract`.
This is a rewrite of [](#ex-extracting-appimage) to use `postExtract` and `wrapAppImage`.

```nix
{ appimageTools, fetchurl }:
@@ -153,8 +158,10 @@ let
    '';
  };
in
appimageTools.wrapType2 {
  inherit pname version src;
appimageTools.wrapAppImage {
  inherit pname version;

  src = appimageContents;

  extraPkgs = pkgs: [ pkgs.at-spi2-core ];

@@ -164,6 +171,9 @@ appimageTools.wrapType2 {
    install -m 444 -D ${appimageContents}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/irccloud.png \
      $out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/irccloud.png
  '';

  # specify src archive for nix-update
  passthru.src = src;
}
```