Journal 2022-09-11

Nix stdenv.mkDerivation

The function requires a name and source and will return a derivation.

stdenv.mkDerivation {
    name = "example";
    src = ./src;

    # buildInputs = [];
    # nativeBuildInputs = [];
    # installPhase = ...;
    # etc ...
};

The source code for the function can be found here:

• make-derivation.nix: nix file fore the function.
• setup.sh: the script that is actually run when building. It’s useful to read how the hooks are configured.

Some useful configuration variables:

• dontConfigure = true;
• dontBuild = true;

You should use the post<hook-name> (postInstall, postPatch) to run code since it will not override te existing hook step like decompression, …