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[pinch] / pinch.py

diff --git a/pinch.py b/pinch.py
index 4a6158adb7a7907537d10a9f5273ccc6bd2fafc3..b1471007f9399db512013a95a226210ef8cdf04c 100644 (file)
--- a/pinch.py
+++ b/pinch.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import os.path
 import shlex
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import tempfile
 import types
 import urllib.parse
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class ChannelTableEntry(types.SimpleNamespace):
 
 
 class Channel(types.SimpleNamespace):
+    alias_of: str
     channel_html: bytes
     channel_url: str
     forwarded_url: str
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ class Verification:
         self.line_length = 0
 
     def status(self, s: str) -> None:
-        print(s, end=' ', flush=True)
+        print(s, end=' ', file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
         self.line_length += 1 + len(s)  # Unicode??
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ class Verification:
         length = len(message)
         cols = shutil.get_terminal_size().columns
         pad = (cols - (self.line_length + length)) % cols
-        print(' ' * pad + self._color(message, color))
+        print(' ' * pad + self._color(message, color), file=sys.stderr)
         self.line_length = 0
         if not r:
             raise VerificationError()
@@ -463,6 +465,11 @@ def pin(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
             continue
 
         channel = Channel(**dict(config[section].items()))
+
+        if hasattr(channel, 'alias_of'):
+            assert not hasattr(channel, 'git_repo')
+            continue
+
         if hasattr(channel, 'git_revision'):
             channel.old_git_revision = channel.git_revision
             del channel.git_revision
@@ -485,8 +492,13 @@ def update(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     v = Verification()
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     config.read_file(open(args.channels_file), args.channels_file)
-    exprs = []
+    exprs = {}
     for section in config.sections():
+
+        if 'alias_of' in config[section]:
+            assert 'git_repo' not in config[section]
+            continue
+
         if 'channel_url' in config[section]:
             tarball = fetch_with_nix_prefetch_url(
                 v, config[section]['tarball_url'], Digest16(
@@ -495,9 +507,15 @@ def update(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
             channel = Channel(**dict(config[section].items()))
             ensure_git_rev_available(v, channel)
             tarball = git_get_tarball(v, channel)
-        exprs.append(
-            'f: f { name = "%s"; channelName = "%s"; src = builtins.storePath "%s"; }' %
-            (config[section]['release_name'], section, tarball))
+
+        exprs[section] = (
+            'f: f { name = "%s"; channelName = "%%s"; src = builtins.storePath "%s"; }' %
+            (config[section]['release_name'], tarball))
+
+    for section in config.sections():
+        if 'alias_of' in config[section]:
+            exprs[section] = exprs[str(config[section]['alias_of'])]
+
     command = [
         'nix-env',
         '--profile',
@@ -507,7 +525,7 @@ def update(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         '--file',
         '<nix/unpack-channel.nix>',
         '--install',
-        '--from-expression'] + exprs
+        '--from-expression'] + [exprs[name] % name for name in sorted(exprs.keys())]
     if args.dry_run:
         print(' '.join(map(shlex.quote, command)))
     else: