Hi,

Peter Simons <[email protected]> writes:

> I guess I could have duplicated the builder script instead, applied the
> changes to the new one, say builder-darwin.sh, and then select builders
> in Nix by means of stdenv.system. This construct would achieve the same
> fix without causing a re-build on other platforms.

Yes, this or making the change in the ‘stdenv-updates’ branch.

The rationale is to avoid triggering full rebuilds too often, to save
bandwidth and CPU time, and ‘stdenv-updates’ is used as a staging area
for full-rebuild changes.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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