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glibc: comments on bin not being the first output

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The glibc package does not respect a standard convention to put the
executables in the first output which should be as clear as possible
to anyone seeking to use such executables (e.g. `ldd`). This commit
adds a detailed comment a the top of `common.nix` explaining the
deviation from the convention and how to reference the binaries.
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Ilya Kolpakov 2017-11-06 16:47:30 +01:00
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/* Build configuration used to build glibc, Info files, and locale /* Build configuration used to build glibc, Info files, and locale
information. */ information.
Note that this derivation has multiple outputs and does not respect the
standard convention of putting the executables into the first output. The
first output is `lib` so that the libraries provided by this derivation
can be accessed directly, e.g.
"${pkgs.glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86_64.so.2"
The executables are put into `bin` output and need to be referenced via
the `bin` attribute of the main package, e.g.
"${pkgs.glibc.bin}/bin/ldd".
The executables provided by glibc typically include `ldd`, `locale`, `iconv`
but the exact set depends on the library version and the configuration.
*/
{ stdenv, lib { stdenv, lib
, buildPlatform, hostPlatform , buildPlatform, hostPlatform