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doc/manual/src/expressions/generic-builder.md
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@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ Here is what each line means:
1. The `buildInputs` variable tells `setup` to use the indicated
packages as “inputs”. This means that if a package provides a `bin`
subdirectory, it's added to `PATH`; if it has a `include`
subdirectory, it's added to GCC's header search path; and so
on.\[1\]
subdirectory, it's added to GCC's header search path; and so on.
(This is implemented in a modular way: `setup` tries to source the
file `pkg/nix-support/setup-hook` of all dependencies. These “setup
hooks” can then set up whatever environment variables they want; for
instance, the setup hook for Perl sets the `PERL5LIB` environment
variable to contain the `lib/site_perl` directories of all inputs.)
2. The function `genericBuild` is defined in the file `$stdenv/setup`.
@ -55,10 +59,3 @@ shorter:
In fact, `mkDerivation` provides a default builder that looks exactly
like that, so it is actually possible to omit the builder for Hello
entirely.
1. How does it work? `setup` tries to source the file
`pkg/nix-support/setup-hook` of all dependencies. These “setup
hooks” can then set up whatever environment variables they want;
for instance, the setup hook for Perl sets the `PERL5LIB`
environment variable to contain the `lib/site_perl` directories of
all inputs.