[Nix-dev] Porting question

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On Friday, November 22, 2013 04:11:07 PM Roelof Wobben wrote:
> > The stuff between { ... }: are the arguments of the function you
> > create. : in Nix creates a lambda. buildInputs is the named argument
> > to the 'mkDerivation' fuction.
> > 
> > (To be exact, the function you create takes one argument: An attrset,
> > with keys named 'spellChecking', 'stdenv' and so on)
> 
> Still not clear to a non-coder.

buildInputs lits the stuff that will get included in the default search paths 
for libraries, headers and such. The {} list contains everything the 
derivation uses, including the nixos toolchain(stdenv)