Provide nix Toolchain
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Not entirely, my request is related to a feature that would allow for more use-cases.
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like this repo to provide a nix binary toolchain. This would allow the execution of nix binary commands from inside bazel. I would like this toolchain to offer linux (amd64) and macOS (amd64 and arm64) binaries. At the moment it appears that rules_nixpkgs is meant to be run via the nix binary, which in turn will execute bazel -- Our group would like to run a bazel binary, which in turn would run a nix binary in a bazel sandbox.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Our group wouldn't like to require a nix binary in our developers local environments, this could be difficult to maintain version parity across our ecosystem.
Additional context
None at this time.
Thank you so much for this repo! 😸
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Research direction
Review the repository's existing Bazel and rules_nixpkgs integration points first; the issue does not name specific files, tests, or entry points. Define the toolchain's packaging and execution behavior, then verify that it can run Nix binary commands inside Bazel sandboxes for Linux amd64 and macOS amd64 and arm64 without a local Nix installation.
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Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100