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- Perl is used at build time, so must be in `nativeBuildInputs`. It's not used at run time so it should not be in `buildInputs`, too. - Don't treat headers like a compiler---use the build and host platforms not host and target. Perhaps that would make sense if every library's headers could be a separate derivation, but since that is not feasible, best to keep the implementation and interface in the same stage. To do this, we used `stdenvNoCC` to get rid of the normal toolchain, and added a dependency for the toolchain targeting the build platform --- `buildPackages.stdenv.cc` --- thus everything is effectively slid a stage black.
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-17.03 for the latest
release and nixos-unstable for the latest successful build of master:
% git remote update channels
% git rebase channels/nixos-17.03
For pull-requests, please rebase onto nixpkgs master.
NixOS linux distribution source code is located inside
nixos/ folder.
- NixOS installation instructions
- Documentation (Nix Expression Language chapter)
- Manual (How to write packages for Nix)
- Manual (NixOS)
- Nix Wiki (deprecated, see milestone "Move the Wiki!")
- Continuous package builds for unstable/master
- Continuous package builds for 17.03 release
- Tests for unstable/master
- Tests for 17.03 release
Communication: