nix-super/doc/manual
Shea Levy 4d652875bd Add the pre-build hook.
This hook can be used to set system-specific per-derivation build
settings that don't fit into the derivation model and are too complex or
volatile to be hard-coded into nix. Currently, the pre-build hook can
only add chroot dirs/files through the interface, but it also has full
access to the chroot root.

The specific use case for this is systems where the operating system ABI
is more complex than just the kernel-support system calls. For example,
on OS X there is a set of system-provided frameworks that can reliably
be accessed by any program linked to them, no matter the version the
program is running on. Unfortunately, those frameworks do not
necessarily live in the same locations on each version of OS X, nor do
their dependencies, and thus nix needs to know the specific version of
OS X currently running in order to make those frameworks available. The
pre-build hook is a perfect mechanism for doing just that.
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advanced-topics Rename files 2014-12-14 01:07:23 +01:00
command-ref Add the pre-build hook. 2015-04-18 16:56:02 -04:00
expressions Allow the leading component of a path to be a ~ 2015-02-19 08:05:16 -05:00
figures Fix corrupt PNG 2013-08-21 12:53:51 +02:00
glossary Restructuring the Nix manual 2014-08-27 18:41:09 +02:00
images/callouts Add docbook icons to the distribution 2014-04-09 14:52:43 +02:00
installation Document how to set up build users on Mac OS X 2015-01-06 11:17:11 +01:00
introduction Fix typos: s/the the/the/ 2015-03-06 16:43:22 +01:00
packages doc: remove wrong phrase. 2015-01-05 15:08:53 +01:00
release-notes Belatedly add contributors 2014-12-16 18:58:04 +01:00
troubleshooting ReiserFS -> ext4 2014-12-13 23:23:19 +01:00
hacking.xml Manual: Typo 2014-07-16 11:21:44 +02:00
local.mk Fix build 2014-12-14 01:29:35 +01:00
manual.xml edition -> subtitle 2015-01-02 12:53:32 +01:00
nix-lang-ref.xml * Various updates. 2009-11-05 09:07:43 +00:00
quote-literals.xsl Generate release notes again 2014-03-12 14:24:29 +01:00
schemas.xml * Document setuid Nix installs. 2004-10-31 17:08:48 +00:00
style.css Style 2014-12-13 23:21:14 +01:00