nixpkgs: add module

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diff --git a/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix b/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
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+# Adapted from Nixpkgs.
+
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  isConfig = x:
+    builtins.isAttrs x || builtins.isFunction x;
+
+  optCall = f: x:
+    if builtins.isFunction f
+    then f x
+    else f;
+
+  mergeConfig = lhs_: rhs_:
+    let
+      lhs = optCall lhs_ { inherit pkgs; };
+      rhs = optCall rhs_ { inherit pkgs; };
+    in
+    lhs // rhs //
+    optionalAttrs (lhs ? packageOverrides) {
+      packageOverrides = pkgs:
+        optCall lhs.packageOverrides pkgs //
+        optCall (attrByPath ["packageOverrides"] ({}) rhs) pkgs;
+    } //
+    optionalAttrs (lhs ? perlPackageOverrides) {
+      perlPackageOverrides = pkgs:
+        optCall lhs.perlPackageOverrides pkgs //
+        optCall (attrByPath ["perlPackageOverrides"] ({}) rhs) pkgs;
+    };
+
+  configType = mkOptionType {
+    name = "nixpkgs-config";
+    description = "nixpkgs config";
+    check = traceValIfNot isConfig;
+    merge = args: fold (def: mergeConfig def.value) {};
+  };
+
+  overlayType = mkOptionType {
+    name = "nixpkgs-overlay";
+    description = "nixpkgs overlay";
+    check = builtins.isFunction;
+    merge = lib.mergeOneOption;
+  };
+
+  _pkgs = import <nixpkgs> (
+    filterAttrs (n: v: v != null) config.nixpkgs
+  );
+
+in
+
+{
+  options.nixpkgs = {
+    config = mkOption {
+      default = null;
+      example = { allowBroken = true; };
+      type = types.nullOr configType;
+      description = ''
+        The configuration of the Nix Packages collection. (For
+        details, see the Nixpkgs documentation.) It allows you to set
+        package configuration options.
+        </para><para>
+        If <literal>null</literal>, then configuration is taken from
+        the fallback location, for example,
+        <filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix</filename>.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    overlays = mkOption {
+      default = null;
+      example = literalExample
+        ''
+          [ (self: super: {
+              openssh = super.openssh.override {
+                hpnSupport = true;
+                withKerberos = true;
+                kerberos = self.libkrb5;
+              };
+            };
+          ) ]
+        '';
+      type = types.nullOr (types.listOf overlayType);
+      description = ''
+        List of overlays to use with the Nix Packages collection. (For
+        details, see the Nixpkgs documentation.) It allows you to
+        override packages globally. This is a function that takes as
+        an argument the <emphasis>original</emphasis> Nixpkgs. The
+        first argument should be used for finding dependencies, and
+        the second should be used for overriding recipes.
+        </para><para>
+        If <literal>null</literal>, then the overlays are taken from
+        the fallback location, for example,
+        <filename>~/.config/nixpkgs/overlays</filename>.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    system = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      example = "i686-linux";
+      internal = true;
+      description = ''
+        Specifies the Nix platform type for which the user environment
+        should be built. If unset, it defaults to the platform type of
+        your host system. Specifying this option is useful when doing
+        distributed multi-platform deployment, or when building
+        virtual machines.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    _module.args = {
+      pkgs = _pkgs;
+      pkgs_i686 = _pkgs.pkgsi686Linux;
+    };
+  };
+}