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authorLinus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org>2018-03-16T22·15+0000
committerLinus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org>2018-03-16T22·15+0000
commit12913ccf454c1bc82a51c59872f8185b40c533c5 (patch)
tree96f483a67dff776480d2fa5b41846b347c43efa9 /src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
parent48662d151bdf4a38670897beacea9d1bd750376a (diff)
nix-shell: allow symlinks to .drvs
This makes persistent shell environments easier to use.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/nix-build/nix-build.cc')
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/nix-build/nix-build.cc8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
index 99f773451ffe..cf628519c6e7 100755
--- a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
+++ b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
@@ -271,10 +271,14 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
         exprs = {state.parseStdin()};
     else
         for (auto i : left) {
+            auto absolute = i;
+            try {
+                absolute = canonPath(absPath(i), true);
+            } catch (Error e) {};
             if (fromArgs)
                 exprs.push_back(state.parseExprFromString(i, absPath(".")));
-            else if (store->isStorePath(i) && std::regex_match(i, std::regex(".*\\.drv(!.*)?")))
-                drvs.push_back(DrvInfo(state, store, i));
+            else if (store->isStorePath(absolute) && std::regex_match(absolute, std::regex(".*\\.drv(!.*)?")))
+                drvs.push_back(DrvInfo(state, store, absolute));
             else
                 /* If we're in a #! script, interpret filenames
                    relative to the script. */