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In 3027bca, binutils was upgraded from 2.28.1 to 2.30. However, in 2.30, the ldmain.c file within binutils, which the nixpkgs new-dtags.patch file is meant to modify, was changed in such a way that the patch no longer works. As a result, the new dtags are not actually enabled, and binaries are built with RPATH set instead of RUNPATH, thereby preventing LD_LIBRARY_PATH from overriding this built-in path. This change corrects this. The patch file is no longer necessary because binutils's ldmain.c now sets link_info.new_dtags based on the configuration flags. This was probably not noticed immediately because, when the derivation is built with nix-build, the fixupPhase runs patchelf --shrink-rpath. patchelf converts any RPATH in the binary into RUNPATH (unless --force-rpath is specified). Of course, if the binary is built without nix-build (such as in a nix-shell), this never occurs, and any RPATH in the binary is left in place.
Nixpkgs is a collection of packages for the Nix package manager. It is periodically built and tested by the Hydra build daemon as so-called channels. To get channel information via git, add nixpkgs-channels as a remote:
% git remote add channels git://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git
For stability and maximum binary package support, it is recommended to maintain
custom changes on top of one of the channels, e.g. nixos-18.03 for the latest
release and nixos-unstable for the latest successful build of master:
% git remote update channels
% git rebase channels/nixos-18.03
For pull-requests, please rebase onto nixpkgs master.
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