* Add a test for nix-channel.

* Refactor the nix-channel unpacker a bit.

1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/nix-channel.sh b/tests/nix-channel.sh
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+source common.sh
+
+clearProfiles
+clearManifests
+
+rm -f $TEST_ROOT/.nix-channels
+
+# Override location of ~/.nix-channels.
+export HOME=$TEST_ROOT
+
+# Test add/list/remove.
+nix-channel --add http://foo/bar
+nix-channel --list | grep -q http://foo/bar
+nix-channel --remove http://foo/bar
+
+[ -e $TEST_ROOT/.nix-channels ]
+[ "$(cat $TEST_ROOT/.nix-channels)" = '' ]
+
+# Create a channel.
+rm -rf $TEST_ROOT/foo
+mkdir -p $TEST_ROOT/foo
+nix-push --copy $TEST_ROOT/foo $TEST_ROOT/foo/MANIFEST $(nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate dependencies.nix))
+rm -rf $TEST_ROOT/nixexprs
+mkdir -p $TEST_ROOT/nixexprs
+cp config.nix dependencies.nix dependencies.builder*.sh $TEST_ROOT/nixexprs/
+ln -s dependencies.nix $TEST_ROOT/nixexprs/default.nix
+(cd $TEST_ROOT && tar cv nixexprs) | bzip2 > $TEST_ROOT/foo/nixexprs.tar.bz2
+
+# Test the update action.
+nix-channel --add file://$TEST_ROOT/foo
+nix-channel --update
+
+# Do a query.
+nix-env -qa \* --meta --xml --out-path > $TEST_ROOT/meta.xml
+if [ "$xmllint" != false ]; then
+    $xmllint --noout $TEST_ROOT/meta.xml || fail "malformed XML"
+fi
+grep -q 'meta.*description.*Random test package' $TEST_ROOT/meta.xml
+grep -q 'item.*attrPath="foo".*name="dependencies"' $TEST_ROOT/meta.xml
+
+# Do an install.
+nix-env -i dependencies
+[ -e $TEST_ROOT/var/nix/profiles/default/foobar ]