stdenvNative (attribute path in nixpkgs) means using as stdenv programs available in the OS /usr.
I think Ludovic refers to stdenvLinux in his explanation, calling it 'native stdenv'. Regards, Lluís. On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 11:08:51PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hello, > > The “native” stdenv means building the whole operating system (kernel > excluded), which is indeed a lot of software packages. > > Currently Nixpkgs’s native stdenv works only on GNU/Linux (i.e., glibc, > GNU Coreutils, etc.) and it can cross-build GNU/Hurd. > > For Solaris, you’d have to package its own libc and kernel headers, to > start with (rather OpenSolaris, since Solaris is proprietary IIUC.) You > could try GNU/kOpenSolaris, which would save you the need to package > another libc, and may also avoid portability issues: > > http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~dtbartle/opensolaris/ > > Thanks, > Ludo’. > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.cs.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.cs.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
