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@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +-*- mode: org -*- +#+TITLE: D related overlays +#+DESCRIPTION: ldc, dub, dtools: dlang compiler build tool and tools +#+FILETAGS: :dlang:build:tools: +#+AUTHOR: Ralph Amissah +#+EMAIL: [[mailto:ralph.amissah@gmail.com][ralph.amissah@gmail.com]] +#+COPYRIGHT: Copyright (C) 2022 - 2024 Ralph Amissah +#+LANGUAGE: en +#+STARTUP: content hideblocks hidestars noindent entitiespretty + +* README for D related dev shells with overlays +** in emacs write (tangle) this (org) file for its output + +This org file: "dlang-nix-flakes.org" when using emacs and saved (tangling output) +it creates and writes output to the subdirectory path: + + ./dlang-nix-flakes + +and writes output there, this is to prevent accidentally writing over anything +in the directory in which the dlang-nix-flakes.org file happens to be saved. + +./dlang-nix-flakes becomes your nix flake work directory. + +** dlang-nix-flakes.org + +the file dlang-nix-flakes.org contains nix related files for producing more +recent versions of the dlang compiler and build tools: ldc, dub and dtools, than +exist in nixpkgs at the time of publishing, in some cases with additional fixes. + +.envrc files + +nix control files + - default.nix + - shell.nix + - flake.nix + +nix overlays for (updates nixpkgs, more recent versions of): + - ldc ( 1.30.0 -> 1.37.0 ) + - dub ( 1.23.0 -> 1.36.0 ) [for nix versions 1.31.0 ... 1.33.0 broken] + - dtools ( 2.095.1 -> 2.103.1 ) + + - dmd ( 2.100.2 -> 2.106.1 ) KO ✗ + - gdc [not yet available] + +(updates nixpkgs circa 2023-05-12) + +dlang-nix-flakes.org --❯ + . + └── dlang-nix-flakes + ├── #default.nix + ├── flake.lock + ├── flake.nix + ├── README + ├── shell.nix + └── nix-overlays + ├── dmd [not working] + │ ├── binary.nix + │ ├── bootstrap.nix + │ ├── default.nix + │ └── generic.nix + ├── dtools + │ └── default.nix + ├── dub + │ └── default.nix + └── ldc + ├── binary.nix + ├── bootstrap.nix + ├── default.nix + └── generic.nix + +search nixpkgs here: + +- https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&from=0&size=100&sort=relevance&query= + +** compilers +*** ldc OK ✓ ( 1.30.0 -> 1.37.0 ) + +- https://wiki.dlang.org/LDC + +- https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc + - https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases + nix-prefetch-url --unpack https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/archive/refs/tags/v1.37.0.tar.gz + - https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/issues + +- version in nixpkgs: + - https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=ldc&from=0&size=100&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=ldc + +*** dmd KO ✗ ( 2.100.2 -> 2.106.1 ) + +- https://dlang.org/ + - https://wiki.dlang.org/LDC + +- https://github.com/dlang/dmd + - https://github.com/dlang/dmd/tags + nix-prefetch-url --unpack https://github.com/dlang/dmd/archive/refs/tags/v2.106.1.tar.gz + - https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pulls + +- version in nixpkgs: + - https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=dmd&from=0&size=100&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=dmd + +- dmd nixpkg modified and appears to build ok, but it appears my overlay does + not get things right REVIEW + +- dmd on nixos FAILS to build (my working projects), appears not to find parts + of itself + +*** gdc ( not provided yet with gcc12 in nixpkgs ) + +not yet provided in nixpkgs with gcc12, no attempt made + +- https://wiki.dlang.org/GDC + - https://wiki.dlang.org/GDC_Development + +- https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdc + +** build tool +*** dub ( 1.23.0 -> 1.36.0 ) + +- https://code.dlang.org/packages/dub + +- https://github.com/dlang/dub + - https://github.com/dlang/dub/releases + nix-prefetch-url --unpack https://github.com/dlang/dub/archive/refs/tags/v1.36.0.tar.gz + - https://github.com/dlang/dub/issues + +- version in nixpkgs: + - https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=dub&from=0&size=100&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=dub + +- dub nixpkg overlay is updated and runs most dub tests correctly + +- dub OK ✓ ( 1.30.0 -> 1.36.0 ) + + from v1.31.0 requires seeting of pwd in buildPhase else fails to build + packages with nix tools that previous version of dub built; + +** tools +*** dtools OK ✓ ( 2.095.1 -> 2.103.1 ) + +- https://code.dlang.org/packages/dtools + +- https://github.com/dlang/tools + - https://github.com/dlang/tools/tags + nix-prefetch --unpack https://github.com/dlang/tools/archive/refs/tags/v2.103.1.tar.gz + - https://github.com/dlang/tools/issues + +- version in nixpkgs + - https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=dtools&from=0&size=100&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=dtools + +** nixpkgs + +It is possible to work directly against a local copy of nixpkgs. To do so you +would clone nixpkgs and point to the local nixpkgs as your build source. + +git clone --depth=1 --branch master https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs nixpkgs + +- ./nixpkgs/pkgs/development/compilers/ldc +- ./nixpkgs/pkgs/development/compilers/dmd +- ./nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/dub +- ./nixpkgs/pkgs/development/tools/dtools + +- ./nixpkgs/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc + +Note the overlays if copied to the nixpkgs path locations should work as they do +in the overlay, with a pointer to the cloned nixpkgs as nixpkgs repository +source. In fact the starting point for the overlays was to take verbatim what +was in nixpkgs and then to update and fix where necessary those packages. + +It is possible to compare the changes made by the overlays here directly against +what is currently available in nixpkgs. + +- https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&size=100&sort=relevance&query= + +nix flake update && nix flake check --show-trace && nix flake info && echo "" && nix flake show + │ + ├───devShells + │ └───x86_64-linux + │ ├───default: development environment 'nix-shell' + │ ├───dsh-nixpkgs-ldc-dub: development environment 'nixpkgs---ldc---dub' + │ ├───dsh-overlay-dmd-dub: development environment 'overlay---dmd-2.104.0---dub-1.30.0---broken' + │ ├───dsh-overlay-dtest-tilix: development environment 'overlay---ldc-1.32.2---dub-1.30.0---tilix---gtkd' + │ ├───dsh-overlay-dtools: development environment 'overlay---ldc-1.32.2---dub-1.30.0---dtools-2.103.1' + │ └───dsh-overlay-ldc-dub: development environment 'overlay---ldc-1.32.2---dub-1.30.0' + └───packages + └───x86_64-linux + ├───check-local-dir-build: package 'dummy-0.1.0' + ├───check-tilix: package 'tilix-1.9.5' + └───default: package 'tilix-1.9.5' |