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Examples in nixpkgs: * [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/f4c253ff2f68fbe3e302f944e8347233d9dc8c9d/pkgs/tools/networking/samplicator/default.nix samplicator]
Examples in nixpkgs: * [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/f4c253ff2f68fbe3e302f944e8347233d9dc8c9d/pkgs/tools/networking/samplicator/default.nix samplicator]


=== Package simple python scripts ===
== Package simple python scripts ==


For scripts like a single Python file, it is not necessary to specify <code>src</code> in <code>mkDerivation</code>. When you want to use <code>buildPythonPackage</code> the sources need to provide a <code>setup.py</code> file which also is overkill for a lot of projects. The default <code>mkDerivation</code> will attempt to unpack your source code. This can be prevented that by applying <code>unpackPhase = ":";</code> (<code>:</code> is a no-op in shell scripts).
For scripts like a single Python file, it is not necessary to specify <code>src</code> in <code>mkDerivation</code>. When you want to use <code>buildPythonPackage</code> the sources need to provide a <code>setup.py</code> file which also is overkill for a lot of projects. The default <code>mkDerivation</code> will attempt to unpack your source code. This can be prevented that by applying <code>unpackPhase = ":";</code> (<code>:</code> is a no-op in shell scripts).