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Marek Fajkus 26b74d2938 elmPackages: fix nodejs packages Fixes regression caused by `4c60ee3da1` (pull: #142915) following patch of nodePackages using nodejs-14_x `2c3b3e69ad` (pull: #149120) - clenups and updates in generate-node-packages.sh - specify nodejs version in default.nix This makes elmPackages.* build with nodejs-14 which resolves the issue with npm installation failing		2021-12-30 19:05:19 +01:00
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packages	elmPackages: fix nodejs packages	2021-12-30 19:05:19 +01:00
default.nix	elmPackages: fix nodejs packages	2021-12-30 19:05:19 +01:00
fetchElmDeps.nix
makeDotElm.nix
README.md
registry.dat
update.sh

README.md

To update Elm:

Modify revision in ./update.sh and run it

Notes about the build process:

The elm binary embeds a piece of pre-compiled elm code, used by 'elm reactor'. This means that the build process for 'elm' effectively executes 'elm make'. that in turn expects to retrieve the elm dependencies of that code (elm/core, etc.) from package.elm-lang.org, as well as a cached bit of metadata (versions.dat).

The makeDotElm function lets us retrieve these dependencies in the standard nix way. we have to copy them in (rather than symlink) and make them writable because the elm compiler writes other .dat files alongside the source code. versions.dat was produced during an impure build of this same code; the build complains that it can't update this cache, but continues past that warning.

Finally, we set ELM_HOME to point to these pre-fetched artifacts so that the default of ~/.elm isn't used.

More: https://blog.hercules-ci.com/elm/2019/01/03/elm2nix-0.1/