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diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new-obsolete/doc/quicklisp.md b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new-obsolete/doc/quicklisp.md deleted file mode 100644 index 964cacec9bac5..0000000000000 --- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new-obsolete/doc/quicklisp.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,54 +0,0 @@ -## Importing package definitions from Quicklisp - -This page documents how to import packages from Quicklisp. - -## Nix dumper - -Run: - -``` -$ nix-shell -$ sbcl --script ql-import.lisp -``` - -This command runs a program that dumps a `imported.nix` file -containing Nix expressions for all packages in Quicklisp. They will be -automatically picked up by the `lispPackagesFor` and -`lispWithPackages` API functions. - -It also creates a 'packages.sqlite' file. It's used during the -generation of the 'imported.nix' file and can be safely removed. It -contains the full information of Quicklisp packages, so you can use it -to query the dependency graphs using SQL, if you're interested. - -## Tarball hashes - -The Nix dumper program will re-use hashes from "imported.nix" if it -detects that it's being run for the first time. This saves a lot of -bandwidth by not having to download each tarball again. - -But when upgrading the Quicklisp release URL, this can take a while -because it needs to fetch the source code of each new system to -compute its SHA256 hash. This is because Quicklisp only provides a -SHA1 , and Nix's `builtins.fetchTarball` requires a SHA256. - -Later on, the hashes are cached in `packages.sqlite`, and are reused -in subsequent invocations. Therefore you might want to keep the -'packages.sqlite' file around if you'd like to keep hashes of -historical Quicklisp tarballs, for example for archival purposes. - -## Choosing a Quicklisp release - -Quicklisp release url's are currently hard-coded and can be changed -directly in the source code. See the `import` directory. - -## Native and Java libraries - -At the moment, native and Java libraries need to be added manually to -imported systems in `ql.nix` on an as-needed basis. - -## Dependencies from packages.nix - -Also worth noting is that systems imported from Quicklisp will prefer -packages from `packages.nix` as dependencies, so that custom versions -can be provided or broken versions replaced. |