* nix-env -q now has a flag --prebuilt-only (-b<) that causes nix-env

  to show only those derivations whose output is already in the Nix
  store or that can be substituted (i.e., downloaded from somewhere).
  In other words, it shows the packages that can be installed “quickly”,
  i.e., don’t need to be built from source.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
index 5dab2e60b2d0..77b7881711e4 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ static void opQuery(Globals & globals,
     bool printDrvPath = false;
     bool printOutPath = false;
     bool printDescription = false;
+    bool prebuiltOnly = false;
     bool compareVersions = false;
     bool xmlOutput = false;
 
@@ -849,6 +850,7 @@ static void opQuery(Globals & globals,
         else if (*i == "--out-path") printOutPath = true;
         else if (*i == "--installed") source = sInstalled;
         else if (*i == "--available" || *i == "-a") source = sAvailable;
+        else if (*i == "--prebuilt-only" || *i == "-b") prebuiltOnly = true;
         else if (*i == "--xml") xmlOutput = true;
         else throw UsageError(format("unknown flag `%1%'") % *i);
 
@@ -914,6 +916,12 @@ static void opQuery(Globals & globals,
 
             /* For XML output. */
             XMLAttrs attrs;
+
+            if (prebuiltOnly) {
+                if (!store->isValidPath(i->queryOutPath(globals.state)) &&
+                    !store->hasSubstitutes(i->queryOutPath(globals.state)))
+                    continue;
+            }
         
             if (printStatus) {
                 bool hasSubs = store->hasSubstitutes(i->queryOutPath(globals.state));