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diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/ruby.xml b/doc/languages-frameworks/ruby.xml index b13da92dcc413..eb1696ad2248d 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/ruby.xml +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/ruby.xml @@ -41,7 +41,29 @@ bundlerEnv rec { <para>Please check in the <filename>Gemfile</filename>, <filename>Gemfile.lock</filename> and the <filename>gemset.nix</filename> so future updates can be run easily. </para> -<para>Resulting derivations also have two helpful items, <literal>env</literal> and <literal>wrapper</literal>. The first one allows one to quickly drop into +<para>For tools written in Ruby - i.e. where the desire is to install a package and then execute e.g. <command>rake</command> at the command line, there is an alternative builder called <literal>bundlerApp</literal>. Set up the <filename>gemset.nix</filename> the same way, and then, for example: +</para> + +<screen> + <![CDATA[{ lib, bundlerApp }: + +bundlerApp { + pname = "corundum"; + gemdir = ./.; + exes = [ "corundum-skel" ]; + + meta = with lib; { + description = "Tool and libraries for maintaining Ruby gems."; + homepage = https://github.com/nyarly/corundum; + license = licenses.mit; + maintainers = [ maintainers.nyarly ]; + platforms = platforms.unix; + }; +}]]> + +<para>The chief advantage of <literal>bundlerApp</literal> over <literal>bundlerEnv</literal> is the executables introduced in the environment are precisely those selected in the <literal>exes</literal> list, as opposed to <literal>bundlerEnv</literal> which adds all the executables made available by gems in the gemset, which can mean e.g. <command>rspec</command> or <command>rake</command> in unpredictable versions available from various packages. + +<para>Resulting derivations for both builders also have two helpful attributes, <literal>env</literal> and <literal>wrapper</literal>. The first one allows one to quickly drop into <command>nix-shell</command> with the specified environment present. E.g. <command>nix-shell -A sensu.env</command> would give you an environment with Ruby preset so it has all the libraries necessary for <literal>sensu</literal> in its paths. The second one can be used to make derivations from custom Ruby scripts which have <filename>Gemfile</filename>s with their dependencies specified. It is a derivation with <command>ruby</command> wrapped so it can find all the needed dependencies. @@ -74,4 +96,3 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation { </programlisting> </section> - |