* nix-env now maintains meta info (from the `meta' derivation

  attribute) about installed packages in user environments.  Thus, an
  operation like `nix-env -q --description' shows useful information
  not only on available packages but also on installed packages.

* nix-env now passes the entire manifest as an argument to the Nix
  expression of the user environment builder (not just a list of
  paths), so that in particular the user environment builder has
  access to the meta attributes.
  
* New operation `--set-flag' in nix-env to change meta info of
  installed packages.  This will be useful to pass per-package
  policies to the user environment builder (e.g., how to resolve
  collision or whether to disable a package (NIX-80)) or upgrade
  policies in nix-env (e.g., that a package should be "masked", that
  is, left untouched by upgrade actions).  Example:

  $ nix-env --set-flag enabled false ghc-6.4

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libexpr/get-drvs.hh b/src/libexpr/get-drvs.hh
index 3dac56a4f3..920197d1fb 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/get-drvs.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/get-drvs.hh
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ public:
     string attrPath; /* path towards the derivation */
     string system;
 
+    /* !!! these should really be hidden, and setMetaInfo() should
+       make a copy since the ATermMap can be shared between multiple
+       DrvInfos. */
     boost::shared_ptr<ATermMap> attrs;
 
     string queryDrvPath(EvalState & state) const;
@@ -41,6 +44,8 @@ public:
     {
         outPath = s;
     }
+
+    void setMetaInfo(const MetaInfo & meta);
 };