13 files changed, 103 insertions, 75 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0443fe49205a..52c92b76bf10 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -346,9 +346,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
    perl/Makefile
    scripts/Makefile
    corepkgs/Makefile
-   corepkgs/nar/Makefile
-   corepkgs/buildenv/Makefile
-   corepkgs/channels/Makefile
    doc/Makefile
    doc/manual/Makefile
    misc/Makefile
diff --git a/corepkgs/Makefile.am b/corepkgs/Makefile.am
index 7f43a700e734..86d7027ed06e 100644
--- a/corepkgs/Makefile.am
+++ b/corepkgs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-SUBDIRS = channels
-
 all-local: config.nix
 
+files = nar.nix buildenv.nix buildenv.pl unpack-channel.nix unpack-channel.sh
+
 install-exec-local:
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) config.nix $(srcdir)/nar.nix $(srcdir)/buildenv.nix $(srcdir)/buildenv.pl $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) config.nix $(files) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs
 
 include ../substitute.mk
 
-EXTRA_DIST = config.nix.in nar.nix buildenv.nix buildenv.pl
+EXTRA_DIST = config.nix.in $(files)
diff --git a/corepkgs/channels/Makefile.am b/corepkgs/channels/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index d4d478f0e2c5..000000000000
--- a/corepkgs/channels/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-all-local: unpack.sh
-
-install-exec-local:
-	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs
-	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs/channels
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/unpack.nix $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs/channels
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) unpack.sh $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs/channels
-
-include ../../substitute.mk
-
-EXTRA_DIST = unpack.nix unpack.sh.in
diff --git a/corepkgs/channels/unpack.nix b/corepkgs/channels/unpack.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 80ca4a371034..000000000000
--- a/corepkgs/channels/unpack.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{system, inputs}:
-
-derivation {
-  name = "channels";
-  builder = ./unpack.sh;
-  inherit system inputs;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in b/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e5939f4f21b..000000000000
--- a/corepkgs/channels/unpack.sh.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#! @shell@ -e
-
-# Cygwin compatibility hack: bunzip2 expects cygwin.dll in $PATH.
-export PATH=@coreutils@
-
-@coreutils@/mkdir $out
-@coreutils@/mkdir $out/tmp
-cd $out/tmp
-
-inputs=($inputs)
-for ((n = 0; n < ${#inputs[*]}; n += 2)); do
-    channelName=${inputs[n]}
-    channelTarball=${inputs[n+1]}
-    
-    echo "unpacking channel $channelName"
-    
-    @bzip2@ -d < $channelTarball | @tar@ xf -
-
-    if test -e */channel-name; then
-        channelName="$(@coreutils@/cat */channel-name)"
-    fi
-
-    nr=1
-    attrName=$(echo $channelName | @tr@ -- '- ' '__')
-    dirName=$attrName
-    while test -e ../$dirName; do
-        nr=$((nr+1))
-        dirName=$attrName-$nr
-    done
-
-    @coreutils@/mv * ../$dirName # !!! hacky
-done
-
-cd ..
-@coreutils@/rmdir tmp
diff --git a/corepkgs/unpack-channel.nix b/corepkgs/unpack-channel.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e6ccf23fd47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corepkgs/unpack-channel.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+with import <nix/config.nix>;
+
+{ system, inputs }:
+
+derivation {
+  name = "channels";
+  builder = shell;
+  args = [ "-e" ./unpack-channel.sh ];
+  inherit system inputs bzip2 tar tr;
+  PATH = "${nixBinDir}:${coreutils}";
+}
diff --git a/corepkgs/unpack-channel.sh b/corepkgs/unpack-channel.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c244a6a8552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corepkgs/unpack-channel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+mkdir $out
+mkdir $out/tmp
+cd $out/tmp
+
+inputs=($inputs)
+for ((n = 0; n < ${#inputs[*]}; n += 2)); do
+    channelName=${inputs[n]}
+    channelTarball=${inputs[n+1]}
+    
+    echo "unpacking channel $channelName"
+    
+    $bzip2 -d < $channelTarball | $tar xf -
+
+    if test -e */channel-name; then
+        channelName="$(cat */channel-name)"
+    fi
+
+    nr=1
+    attrName=$(echo $channelName | $tr -- '- ' '__')
+    dirName=$attrName
+    while test -e ../$dirName; do
+        nr=$((nr+1))
+        dirName=$attrName-$nr
+    done
+
+    mv * ../$dirName # !!! hacky
+done
+
+cd ..
+rmdir tmp
diff --git a/perl/lib/Nix/Config.pm.in b/perl/lib/Nix/Config.pm.in
index b657683be3f8..c88854daf0a8 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Nix/Config.pm.in
+++ b/perl/lib/Nix/Config.pm.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package Nix::Config;
 
 $binDir = $ENV{"NIX_BIN_DIR"} || "@bindir@";
 $libexecDir = $ENV{"NIX_LIBEXEC_DIR"} || "@libexecdir@";
+$stateDir = $ENV{"NIX_STATE_DIR"} || "@localstatedir@/nix";
 $manifestDir = $ENV{"NIX_MANIFESTS_DIR"} || "@localstatedir@/nix/manifests";
 $logDir = $ENV{"NIX_LOG_DIR"} || "@localstatedir@/log/nix";
 $confDir = $ENV{"NIX_CONF_DIR"} || "@sysconfdir@/nix";
diff --git a/scripts/nix-channel.in b/scripts/nix-channel.in
index 3688063cba4e..9bfa04722647 100755
--- a/scripts/nix-channel.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-channel.in
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 #! @perl@ -w
 
 use strict;
+use Nix::Config;
 
-my $rootsDir = "@localstatedir@/nix/gcroots";
-
-my $stateDir = $ENV{"NIX_STATE_DIR"};
-$stateDir = "@localstatedir@/nix" unless defined $stateDir;
+my $manifestDir = $Nix::Config::manifestDir;
 
 
 # Turn on caching in nix-prefetch-url.
-my $channelCache = "$stateDir/channel-cache";
+my $channelCache = "$Nix::Config::stateDir/channel-cache";
 mkdir $channelCache, 0755 unless -e $channelCache;
 $ENV{'NIX_DOWNLOAD_CACHE'} = $channelCache if -W $channelCache;
 
@@ -79,19 +77,19 @@ sub update {
     readChannels;
 
     # Create the manifests directory if it doesn't exist.
-    mkdir "$stateDir/manifests", 0755 unless -e "$stateDir/manifests";
+    mkdir $manifestDir, 0755 unless -e $manifestDir;
 
     # Do we have write permission to the manifests directory?  If not,
     # then just skip pulling the manifest and just download the Nix
     # expressions.  If the user is a non-privileged user in a
     # multi-user Nix installation, he at least gets installation from
     # source.
-    if (-W "$stateDir/manifests") {
+    if (-W $manifestDir) {
 
         # Pull cache manifests.
         foreach my $url (@channels) {
             #print "pulling cache manifest from `$url'\n";
-            system("@bindir@/nix-pull", "--skip-wrong-store", "$url/MANIFEST") == 0
+            system("$Nix::Config::binDir/nix-pull", "--skip-wrong-store", "$url/MANIFEST") == 0
                 or die "cannot pull cache manifest from `$url'";
         }
 
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ sub update {
         print "downloading Nix expressions from `$fullURL'...\n";
         $ENV{"PRINT_PATH"} = 1;
         $ENV{"QUIET"} = 1;
-        my ($hash, $path) = `@bindir@/nix-prefetch-url '$fullURL'`;
+        my ($hash, $path) = `$Nix::Config::binDir/nix-prefetch-url '$fullURL'`;
         die "cannot fetch `$fullURL'" if $? != 0;
         chomp $path;
         $inputs .= '"' . $channelName . '"' . " " . $path . " ";
@@ -121,13 +119,13 @@ sub update {
     my $userName = getpwuid($<);
     die "who ARE you? go away" unless defined $userName;
 
-    my $rootFile = "$rootsDir/per-user/$userName/channels";
+    my $rootFile = "$Nix::Config::stateDir/gcroots/per-user/$userName/channels";
     
     # Build the Nix expression.
     print "unpacking channel Nix expressions...\n";
     my $outPath = `\\
-        @bindir@/nix-build --out-link '$rootFile' --drv-link '$rootFile'.tmp \\
-        @datadir@/nix/corepkgs/channels/unpack.nix \\
+        $Nix::Config::binDir/nix-build --out-link '$rootFile' --drv-link '$rootFile'.tmp \\
+        '<nix/unpack-channel.nix>' \\
         --argstr system @system@ --arg inputs '$inputs'`
         or die "cannot unpack the channels";
     chomp $outPath;
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 38bfa139d767..dbafd553ac82 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ TESTS = init.sh hash.sh lang.sh add.sh simple.sh dependencies.sh \
   referrers.sh user-envs.sh logging.sh nix-build.sh misc.sh fixed.sh \
   gc-runtime.sh install-package.sh check-refs.sh filter-source.sh \
   remote-store.sh export.sh export-graph.sh negative-caching.sh \
-  binary-patching.sh timeout.sh secure-drv-outputs.sh
+  binary-patching.sh timeout.sh secure-drv-outputs.sh nix-channel.sh
 
 XFAIL_TESTS =
 
@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS) \
   secure-drv-outputs.nix \
   $(wildcard lang/*.nix) $(wildcard lang/*.exp) $(wildcard lang/*.exp.xml) $(wildcard lang/*.flags) $(wildcard lang/dir*/*.nix) \
   common.sh.in
-
diff --git a/tests/config.nix.in b/tests/config.nix.in
index 2bfee8b44b19..db3da145135c 100644
--- a/tests/config.nix.in
+++ b/tests/config.nix.in
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ rec {
       builder = shell;
       args = ["-e" args.builder];
       PATH = path;
-    } // removeAttrs args ["builder"]);
+    } // removeAttrs args ["builder" "meta"])
+    // { meta = args.meta or {}; };
 }
diff --git a/tests/dependencies.nix b/tests/dependencies.nix
index 00717ae98d90..6f6a7e46fa80 100644
--- a/tests/dependencies.nix
+++ b/tests/dependencies.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ let {
     builder = ./dependencies.builder0.sh  + "/FOOBAR/../.";
     input1 = input1 + "/.";
     inherit input2;
+    meta.description = "Random test package";
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/nix-channel.sh b/tests/nix-channel.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d7724e93374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nix-channel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+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 ]