Go
The function buildGoPackage builds standard Go programs.
buildGoPackage
deis = buildGoPackage rec {
name = "deis-${version}";
version = "1.13.0";
goPackagePath = "github.com/deis/deis";
subPackages = [ "client" ];
src = fetchFromGitHub {
owner = "deis";
repo = "deis";
rev = "v${version}";
sha256 = "1qv9lxqx7m18029lj8cw3k7jngvxs4iciwrypdy0gd2nnghc68sw";
};
goDeps = ./deps.nix;
buildFlags = "--tags release";
}
is an example expression using
buildGoPackage, the following arguments are of special significance to the
function:
goPackagePath specifies the package's canonical Go
import path.
subPackages limits the builder from building child
packages that have not been listed. If subPackages is
not specified, all child packages will be built.
In this example only github.com/deis/deis/client will
be built.
goDeps is where the Go dependencies of a Go program are
listed as a list of package source identified by Go import path. It could
be imported as a separate deps.nix file for
readability. The dependency data structure is described below.
buildFlags is a list of flags passed to the go build
command.
The goDeps attribute can be imported from a separate
nix file that defines which Go libraries are needed and
should be included in GOPATH for
buildPhase.
deps.nix
[
{
goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
fetch = {
type = "git";
url = "https://gopkg.in/yaml.v2";
rev = "a83829b6f1293c91addabc89d0571c246397bbf4";
sha256 = "1m4dsmk90sbi17571h6pld44zxz7jc4lrnl4f27dpd1l8g5xvjhh";
};
}
{
goPackagePath = "github.com/docopt/docopt-go";
fetch = {
type = "git";
url = "https://github.com/docopt/docopt-go";
rev = "784ddc588536785e7299f7272f39101f7faccc3f";
sha256 = "0wwz48jl9fvl1iknvn9dqr4gfy1qs03gxaikrxxp9gry6773v3sj";
};
}
]
goDeps is a list of Go dependencies.
goPackagePath specifies Go package import path.
fetch type that needs to be used to get package source.
If git is used there should be url,
rev and sha256 defined next to it.
To extract dependency information from a Go package in automated way use
go2nix. It can
produce complete derivation and goDeps file for Go
programs.
buildGoPackage produces
where
bin includes program binaries. You can test build a Go
binary as follows:
$ nix-build -A deis.bin
or build all outputs with:
$ nix-build -A deis.all
bin output will be installed by default with
nix-env -i or systemPackages.
You may use Go packages installed into the active Nix profiles by adding the
following to your ~/.bashrc:
for p in $NIX_PROFILES; do
GOPATH="$p/share/go:$GOPATH"
done