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Add a command "nix-build --run-env" to reproduce the environment of a derivation

This command builds or fetches all dependencies of the given
derivation, then starts a shell with the environment variables from
the derivation.  This shell also sources $stdenv/setup to initialise
the environment further.

The current directory is not changed.  Thus this is a convenient way
to reproduce a build environment in an existing working tree.

Existing environment variables are left untouched (unless the
derivation overrides them).  As a special hack, the original value of
$PATH is appended to the $PATH produced by $stdenv/setup.

Example session:

$ nix-build --run-env '<nixpkgs>' -A xterm
(the dependencies of xterm are built/fetched...)
$ tar xf $src
$ ./configure
$ make
$ emacs
(... hack source ...)
$ make
$ ./xterm
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Eelco Dolstra 2012-03-19 04:14:21 +01:00
parent ea402a255f
commit 7f38087f35
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@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
topoSortPaths computeFSClosure followLinksToStorePath exportPaths
hashPath hashFile hashString
addToStore makeFixedOutputPath
derivationFromPath
);
our $VERSION = '0.15';