* `nix-env -qa --description' shows human-readable descriptions of

  packages (provided that they have a `meta.description' attribute).
  E.g.,

  $ ./src/nix-env/nix-env -qa --description gcc
  gcc-4.0.2   GNU Compiler Collection, 4.0.x (cross-compiler for sparc-linux)
  gcc-4.0.2   GNU Compiler Collection, 4.0.x (cross-compiler for mips-linux)
  gcc-4.0.2   GNU Compiler Collection, 4.0.x (cross-compiler for arm-linux)
  gcc-4.0.2   GNU Compiler Collection, 4.0.x

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tests/user-envs.nix.in b/tests/user-envs.nix.in
index 21feea0d31c9..6b9bbe86db41 100644
--- a/tests/user-envs.nix.in
+++ b/tests/user-envs.nix.in
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ assert foo == "foo";
 
 let {
 
-  makeDrv = name: progName: derivation {
+  makeDrv = name: progName: (derivation {
     inherit name progName system;
     builder = "@shell@";
     shell = "@shell@";
     args = ["-e" "-x" ./user-envs.builder.sh];
-  };
+  } // {
+    meta = {
+      description = "A silly test package";
+    };
+  });
 
   body = [
     (makeDrv "foo-1.0" "foo")