wafHook: let derivations use an existing waf in a non-standard location

this is necessary for talloc
2019-03-28 18:30:07 +01:00
parent 07b42ccf2d
commit f075de5c25
2 changed files with 9 additions and 8 deletions
--- a/doc/stdenv.xml
+++ b/doc/stdenv.xml
@@ -2751,9 +2751,9 @@ addEnvHooks "$hostOffset" myBashFunction
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Overrides the configure, build, and install phases. This will run the
-       "waf" script used by many projects. If waf doesn’t exist, it will copy
-       the version of waf available in Nixpkgs wafFlags can be used to pass
-       flags to the waf script.
+       "waf" script used by many projects. If wafPath (default ./waf) doesn’t
+       exist, it will copy the version of waf available in Nixpkgs. wafFlags can
+       be used to pass flags to the waf script.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>