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Previously idris used the C compiler from PATH for the C backend, which means that the results and whether it even succeeds can vary between systems (e.g. if a Nix-built Idris was used on a super old Linux system, the cc installed there might not even work for Idris' C). To make this more predictable, this commit sets the IDRIS_CC env var, which Idris will prefer over searching in PATH, to a Nix-provided gcc executable, given that it is not already set, so it's still possible to override.
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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