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start documenting bootstrapping the static initial stdenv

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Creating a new static stdenv
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When Nix is ported to a new (Linux) platform and you want to have a completely
pure setup for the stdenv (for example for NixOS) it is necessary to rebuild
the static tools.

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- tools/text/gnupatch-diet - tools/text/gnupatch-diet
- tools/misc/findutils-static - tools/misc/findutils-static
and
- development/compilers/gcc-static-3.4
Most packages are compiled with dietlibc, an alternate C library, apart Most packages are compiled with dietlibc, an alternate C library, apart
from bash and findutils, which are statically linked to glibc. The reason from bash and findutils, which are statically linked to glibc. The reason
we chose dietlibc has various reasons. First of all, curl cannot be built we chose dietlibc has various reasons. First of all, curl cannot be built