pkgs: add writePerl{,Bin}

examples/hello_world.nix

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ in {
     main = do
       putStrLn "hello world"
   '';
+  perl = pkgs.writePerl "hello-world" {} ''
+    print "hello world\n";
+  '';
   python2 = pkgs.writePython2 "hello-world" {} ''
     print "hello world"
   '';

examples/simple.nix

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ in {
     main :: IO ()
     main = print Rolf
   '';
+  perl = pkgs.writePerl "simple.pl" { deps = [ pkgs.perlPackages.boolean ]; } ''
+    use boolean;
+    print "Howdy!\n" if true;
+  '';
   python2 = pkgs.writePython2 "hello-world" { deps = [ pkgs.python2Packages.pyyaml ]; } ''
     import yaml
 

pkgs/default.nix

@@ -313,6 +313,23 @@ pkgs: oldpkgs: {
       ${pkgs.cabal2nix}/bin/cabal2nix ${path} > $out
     '');
 
+  writePerl = name: { deps ? [] }:
+  let
+    perl-env = pkgs.buildEnv {
+      name = "perl-environment";
+      paths = deps;
+      pathsToLink = [
+        "/lib/perl5/site_perl"
+      ];
+    };
+  in
+  pkgs.makeScriptWriter {
+    interpreter = "${pkgs.perl}/bin/perl -I ${perl-env}/lib/perl5/site_perl";
+  } name;
+
+  writePerlBin = name:
+    pkgs.writePerl "/bin/${name}";
+
   writePython2 = name: { deps ? [], flakeIgnore ? [] }:
   let
     py = pkgs.python2.withPackages (ps: deps);