From 8938d311a5b4b1b6b14d9945ebf647b12822b70d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max <max@privatevoid.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:17:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] packages: implement shadows

---
 packages/part.nix    |  1 +
 packages/shadows.nix | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/shadows.nix

diff --git a/packages/part.nix b/packages/part.nix
index 7823eae..c57ef79 100644
--- a/packages/part.nix
+++ b/packages/part.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ in {
     ./projects.nix
     ./patched-inputs.nix
     ./catalog
+    ./shadows.nix
   ];
   perSystem = { pkgs, self', system, ... }: let
     patched-derivations = import ./patched-derivations.nix (pkgs // { flakePackages = self'.packages; });
diff --git a/packages/shadows.nix b/packages/shadows.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae7ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shadows.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+
+{
+  perSystem = { inputs', self', ... }: {
+    # much like overlays, shadows can *shadow* packages in nixpkgs
+    # unlike overlays, shadows don't cause a nixpkgs re-evaluation
+    # this is a hack for dealing with poorly written NixOS modules
+    # that don't provide a `package` option to perform overrides
+
+    options.shadows = lib.mkOption {
+      type = with lib.types; lazyAttrsOf package;
+      default = {
+        inherit (self'.packages)
+          kanidm
+        ;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}