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@yoshuawuyts you can also pin the channel — but what you're asking for is essentially pinning specific functions in a module

@yoshuawuyts it just happens to be a module that contains definitions for building other packages

@FrozenFire I hear what you're saying, and it's different of how I thought of Nix - might need to go deeper - thanks for explaining! ^__^

@yoshuawuyts Nix definitely requires some brain-bending to get used to — but it has become an indispensable tool for me

@yoshuawuyts super worth checking out: https://code.nathan7.eu/nathan7/etc-nixos … (my laptop's config) + https://code.nathan7.eu/nathan7/colossus.nathan7.eu … (that server's config)

@yoshuawuyts I've also been playing with deeper integration with language package management: https://code.nathan7.eu/nathan7/goix 

@FrozenFire oh waiiiit, there's alpine in there. This is exactly what I wanted. Do you happen to have Alpine AMI's / packer build :o ?

@yoshuawuyts there's Alpine's package manager packaged for Nix, and there's Nix packaged for Alpine — you could build an AMI easily though