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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id='sec-standard-environment'>
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<title>The Standard Environment</title>
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<para>The standard environment is used by passing it as an input
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called <envar>stdenv</envar> to the derivation, and then doing
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<programlisting>
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source $stdenv/setup</programlisting>
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at the top of the builder.</para>
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<para>Apart from adding the aforementioned commands to the
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<envar>PATH</envar>, <filename>setup</filename> also does the
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following:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>All input packages specified in the
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<envar>buildInputs</envar> environment variable have their
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<filename>/bin</filename> subdirectory added to <envar>PATH</envar>,
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their <filename>/include</filename> subdirectory added to the C/C++
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header file search path, and their <filename>/lib</filename>
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subdirectory added to the linker search path. This can be extended.
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For instance, when the <command>pkgconfig</command> package is
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used, the subdirectory <filename>/lib/pkgconfig</filename> of each
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input is added to the <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> environment
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variable.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The environment variable
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<envar>NIX_CFLAGS_STRIP</envar> is set so that the compiler strips
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debug information from object files. This can be disabled by
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setting <envar>NIX_STRIP_DEBUG</envar> to
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<literal>0</literal>.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>The <filename>setup</filename> script also exports a function
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called <function>genericBuild</function> that knows how to build
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typical Autoconf-style packages. It can be customised to perform
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builds for any type of package. It is advisable to use
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<function>genericBuild</function> since it provides facilities that
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are almost always useful such as unpacking of sources, patching of
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sources, nested logging, etc.</para>
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<para>The definitive, up-to-date documentation of the generic builder
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is the source itself, which resides in
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<filename>pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh</filename>.</para>
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<xi:include href="custom-builder.xml" />
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<xi:include href="debug-build.xml" />
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</chapter> |