Add compatibility scripts for nixos-option and other legacy nix tools

Signed-off-by: Mel <einebeere@gmail.com>

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diff --git a/compat/default.nix b/compat/default.nix
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+# compatability files for `nixos-option` and other legacy
+# nix tools.
+#
+# `nixos-option` does not support flakes (as of yet),
+# so we need to give it the path to `<nixpkgs>` (this file)
+# and to `<nixos-config>` (in `./nixos/default.nix`) which
+# then both return the correct outputs from the system flake.
+#
+# can also be useful for running out-of-tree `shell.nix` and `default.nix`
+# files, without creating a custom flake for them and still having them
+# get the correct package sets from the system flake configuration.
+#
+# see here: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/97855#issuecomment-799925924
+
+{ ... }:
+
+let
+  flake = import ./flake-compat.nix { src = ./..; };
+in
+flake.defaultNix.legacyPackages.${builtins.currentSystem}