statically linked Nix. This should come in handy for installers...I hope...

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=6016

pkgs/misc/nix-static/builder.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+configureFlags="\
+  --with-store-dir=$storeDir --localstatedir=$stateDir \
+  --with-aterm=$aterm --with-bdb=$bdb \
+  --disable-init-state"
+
+preConfigure() {
+  autoreconf
+}
+
+preConfigure=preConfigure
+
+genericBuild

pkgs/misc/nix-static/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, aterm, bdb, perl, curl, autoconf, automake, libtool
+, storeDir ? "/nix/store"
+, stateDir ? "/nix/var"
+}:
+
+assert aterm != null && bdb != null && perl != null;
+# assert bdb.version >= 4.2
+# assert aterm.version >= 2.0
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "nix-0.10pre5896";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/nix-0.10pre5896/nix-0.10pre5896.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "509d4a452cbf2894a86184b5eaf45abd";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [aterm bdb perl curl autoconf automake libtool];
+  inherit storeDir stateDir aterm bdb;
+
+  # uncomment if you want to be able to use nix-prefetch-url when NIX_ROOT
+  # is set
+  patches = [./nix-0.10pre5679.patch ./nix-0.10pre5896-static.patch];
+}

pkgs/misc/nix-static/nix-0.10pre5679.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -ruN nix-0.10pre5679/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in nix-0.10pre5679.new/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in
+--- nix-0.10pre5679/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in	2006-07-11 13:24:20.000000000 +0200
++++ nix-0.10pre5679.new/scripts/nix-prefetch-url.in	2006-08-01 11:54:02.000000000 +0200
+@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
+ 
+     tmpPath=/tmp/nix-prefetch-url-$$ # !!! security?
+     tmpFile=$tmpPath/$name
+-    mkdir $tmpPath
++    mkdir -p $NIX_ROOT/$tmpPath
+ 
+     # Perform the download.
+-    @curl@ --fail --location --max-redirs 20 "$url" > $tmpFile
++    @curl@ --fail --location --max-redirs 20 "$url" > $NIX_ROOT/$tmpFile
+ 
+     # Compute the hash.
+     hash=$(@bindir@/nix-hash --type "$hashType" $hashFormat --flat $tmpFile)
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
+     # Add the downloaded file to the Nix store.
+     finalPath=$(@bindir@/nix-store --add-fixed "$hashType" $tmpFile)
+ 
+-    if test -n "$tmpPath"; then rm -rf $tmpPath || true; fi
++    if test -n "$NIX_ROOT/$tmpPath"; then rm -rf $NIX_ROOT/$tmpPath || true; fi
+ 
+     if test -n "$expHash" -a "$expHash" != "$hash"; then
+         echo "hash mismatch for URL \`$url'"

pkgs/misc/nix-static/nix-0.10pre5896-static.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+diff -ruN nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-env/Makefile.am nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-env/Makefile.am
+--- nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-env/Makefile.am	2006-07-24 20:39:47.000000000 +0200
++++ nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-env/Makefile.am	2006-08-02 12:16:34.000000000 +0200
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
+ nix_env_LDADD = ../libmain/libmain.la ../libexpr/libexpr.la \
+  ../libstore/libstore.la ../libutil/libutil.la \
+  ../boost/format/libformat.la ${bdb_lib} ${aterm_lib}
++nix_env_LDFLAGS = -all-static
+ 
+ main.o: help.txt.hh
+ 
+diff -ruN nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-hash/Makefile.am nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-hash/Makefile.am
+--- nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-hash/Makefile.am	2006-07-24 20:39:47.000000000 +0200
++++ nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-hash/Makefile.am	2006-08-02 12:16:50.000000000 +0200
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+ nix_hash_SOURCES = nix-hash.cc help.txt
+ nix_hash_LDADD = ../libmain/libmain.la ../libstore/libstore.la ../libutil/libutil.la \
+  ../boost/format/libformat.la ${bdb_lib} ${aterm_lib}
++nix_hash_LDFLAGS = -all-static
+ 
+ nix-hash.o: help.txt.hh
+ 
+diff -ruN nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-instantiate/Makefile.am nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-instantiate/Makefile.am
+--- nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-instantiate/Makefile.am	2006-07-24 20:39:47.000000000 +0200
++++ nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-instantiate/Makefile.am	2006-08-02 12:17:09.000000000 +0200
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
+ nix_instantiate_LDADD = ../libmain/libmain.la ../libexpr/libexpr.la \
+  ../libstore/libstore.la ../libutil/libutil.la \
+  ../boost/format/libformat.la ${bdb_lib} ${aterm_lib}
++nix_instantiate_LDFLAGS = -all-static
+ 
+ main.o: help.txt.hh
+ 
+diff -ruN nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-log2xml/Makefile.am nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-log2xml/Makefile.am
+--- nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-log2xml/Makefile.am	2006-07-24 20:39:47.000000000 +0200
++++ nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-log2xml/Makefile.am	2006-08-02 12:17:26.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ bin_PROGRAMS = nix-log2xml
+ 
+ nix_log2xml_SOURCES = log2xml.cc
++nix_log2xml_LDFLAGS = -all-static
+ 
+ %.xml: %.log nix-log2xml
+ 	./nix-log2xml < $< > $@
+diff -ruN nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-store/Makefile.am nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-store/Makefile.am
+--- nix-0.10pre5896/src/nix-store/Makefile.am	2006-07-24 20:39:47.000000000 +0200
++++ nix-0.10pre5896.new/src/nix-store/Makefile.am	2006-08-02 12:17:45.000000000 +0200
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+ nix_store_SOURCES = main.cc dotgraph.cc dotgraph.hh help.txt
+ nix_store_LDADD = ../libmain/libmain.la ../libstore/libstore.la ../libutil/libutil.la \
+  ../boost/format/libformat.la ${bdb_lib} ${aterm_lib}
++nix_store_LDFLAGS = -all-static
+ 
+ main.o: help.txt.hh
+