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| == Using a custom flake ==
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| Another way to patch and configure suckless software is by using a flake. The patches are inputs of the flake which is why their hashes don't have to be manually specified.
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| <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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| {
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| description = "st with the alpha patch and a custom config";
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| inputs = {
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| nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
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| flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
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| # alpha patch
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| alpha = {
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| url = "https://st.suckless.org/patches/alpha/st-alpha-20220206-0.8.5.diff";
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| flake = false;
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| };
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| };
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| outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, alpha }:
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| flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: rec {
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| # Create the overlay
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| overlays.default = self: super: {
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| st = super.st.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
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| patches = [ alpha ];
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| configFile = super.writeText "config.h" (builtins.readFile ./st-config.h);
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| postPatch = ''
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| ${oldAttrs.postPatch}
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| cp ${configFile} config.def.h
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| '';
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| });
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| };
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| # Append the overlay to nixpkgs and output the new st package
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| packages.default = (nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.appendOverlays [ overlays.default ]).st;
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| });
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| }
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| </syntaxhighlight>
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| The overlay is also an output of the flake and can be consumed by other flakes like a system configuration.
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| == Remote config == | | == Remote config == |