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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-02-14T17·35+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-02-14T17·35+0000
commit8992fce3da844e3cfc7cbc563cbf5313980c16dd (patch)
treeaf637cfba0fccea836877d43cd950f7aab93f164 /src/libstore/misc.cc
parente446d342b77e0babb200afd6b6275df2c70cfaee (diff)
* It is now possible to add store derivations or paths directly to a
  user environment, e.g.,

    $ nix-env -i /nix/store/z58v41v21xd3ywrqk1vmvdwlagjx7f10-aterm-2.3.1.drv

  or 

    $ nix-env -i /nix/store/hsyj5pbn0d9iz7q0aj0fga7cpaadvp1l-aterm-2.3.1

  This is useful because it allows Nix expressions to be bypassed
  entirely.  For instance, if only a nix-pull manifest is provided,
  plus the top-level path of some component, it can be installed
  without having to supply the Nix expression (e.g., for obfuscation,
  or to be independent of Nix expression language changes or context
  dependencies).

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diff --git a/src/libstore/misc.cc b/src/libstore/misc.cc
index 5f20ee277513..f3cc98bf4e2a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/misc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/misc.cc
@@ -27,3 +27,12 @@ void computeFSClosure(const Path & storePath,
          i != references.end(); ++i)
         computeFSClosure(*i, paths, flipDirection);
 }
+
+
+ Path findOutput(const Derivation & drv, string id)
+{
+    for (DerivationOutputs::const_iterator i = drv.outputs.begin();
+         i != drv.outputs.end(); ++i)
+        if (i->first == id) return i->second.path;
+    throw Error(format("derivation has no output `%1%'") % id);
+}