[Nix-dev] Why does nix depend on gcc-4.2.1-apple-5646?

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 11/29/2010 07:11 PM, Peter Simons wrote:

> I'm running Nix on i686-linux:
> 
>   $ nix-env -q \* --system
>   nix-1.0pre24122  i686-linux
> 
> Now, when I try to update my installation using the current HEAD of
> nixpkgs trunk, one of the dependencies are the GCC binaries for Darwin:
> 
>   $ nix-env -u \* --always --dry-run
>   (dry run; not doing anything)
>   upgrading `nix-1.0pre24122' to `nix-1.0pre24749'
>   the following paths will be downloaded/copied (0.00 MiB):
>     /nix/store/0iyck40cbhmx0ksdjg3gg8ygs7h6apki-sqlite-3.7.2
>     /nix/store/0rhkg57hpyhqvgkz6jyjnnz4vwjcp8kp-curl-7.21.0
>     /nix/store/2bmj7gbdvgs694srcp5759ycxby7mcil-nix-1.0pre24749
>     /nix/store/5z7wx3n3f6pplwp08rppzxas7x6n0mhq-bash-4.1-p2
>     /nix/store/6p4jxwxylj52f2phaxgpxp750d000j47-gcc-4.2.1-apple-5646
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I cannot reproduce this.  Obviously it shouldn't depend on the Apple GCC, but
furthermore "nix-env -u" shouldn't upgrade to nix-1.0pre24749 (which is the
SQLite Nix branch, marked as low priority).

What does "nix-build -A nix" produce?

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