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author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-03-19T03·14+0100 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2012-03-19T03·14+0100 |
commit | 7f38087f35e6f74a73bfdb28da8acd8930565d51 (patch) | |
tree | 56bb5dbde3da7ca5e423a24ae1bb69a998c751f5 /misc | |
parent | ea402a255f9c03a644d256b0d1443a986a2bbebb (diff) |
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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