如何使用 "nix search" 搜索 Haskell 包?

How do I search for Haskell packages using "nix search"?

我知道我可以使用

搜索带有 nix-env 的 Haskell 包
nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -qaP -A haskellPackages name_of_package

但这很慢而且没有缓存。如果我尝试使用新命令 nix search 所有 Haskell 包都被隐藏。

$ nix search aeson
error: no results for the given search term(s)!

是否可以使用新的 nix search 命令搜索 Haskell 软件包?如果是,怎么做?


编辑: 我在 this irc 日志中发现了一些关于此的讨论,但我不太明白这些建议在实践中意味着什么。具体这部分:

20:49 <duairc> How do I make nix search include haskellPackages?
20:52 <ottidmes> duairc: you might try and call recurseIntoAttrs on haskellPackages
20:52 <rain1> thanks
20:52 <LnL> rain1: nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -qaP -A haskellPackages
20:54 <gchristensen> duairc: ^
20:54 <duairc> LnL: Thanks!
20:55 <LnL> err, wrong person
20:56 <LnL> you can also add an overlay that recurses, but that might make it
      hard to find non haskell stuff if you're searching for something else
20:56 <ottidmes> I can confirm that
      haskellPackages = super.recurseIntoAttrs super.haskellPackages; works though
20:58 <duairc> ottidmes: What do I do with that expression? Put it in
      configuration.nix somewhere? If I type "nix search ghcid" then
      will it find it?
20:59 <duairc> Ah, you're using super, so I guess it's an overlay
20:59 <clever> duairc: for `nix search` to find it, the overlay must be
      somewhere in $HOME, i forget the exact path
20:59 <clever> duairc: configuration.nix only effects nixos-rebuild and
      nothing else
21:00 <ottidmes> duairc: yeah, it should be put in your overlay that is
      also used by nix-env the like, so not nixpkgs.overlays in your
      configuration.nix as mentioned by clever, and then searching
      for e.g. nix search nix-diff will result in:
      * nixpkgs.haskellPackages.nix-diff (nix-diff)

你可以保存这个结果:

nix-env -f '<nixpkgs>' -qaP -A haskellPackages

然后每次都搜索那个输出?

我认为问题是 <nixpkgs> 必须在每次调用时进行评估,但是如果这是静态的 file/path - 则不需要。

根据 IRC 聊天,创建一个包含以下内容的 ~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays.nix 文件:

[
  (self: super: {
    haskellPackages = super.recurseIntoAttrs super.haskellPackages;
  })
]

这是一个将 haskellPackages 的 recurseForDerivations 属性设置为 true 的叠加层。 recurseForDerivations 告诉 nix 工具遍历集合,在 nix search 的情况下搜索它。目前尚未记录,但已实施 here.

Nix wiki describes where to put the overlay and the Nixpkgs manual 描述了叠加层实际上是什么以及如何使用它们。