let lib = import ../../../lib; in lib.makeOverridable (

{ system, name ? "stdenv", preHook ? "", initialPath, gcc, shell
, extraAttrs ? {}, overrides ? (pkgs: {}), config

, # The `fetchurl' to use for downloading curl and its dependencies
  # (see all-packages.nix).
  fetchurlBoot

, setupScript ? ./setup.sh

, extraBuildInputs ? []
}:

let

  allowUnfree = config.allowUnfree or false || builtins.getEnv "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE" == "1";

  # Alow granular checks to allow only some unfree packages
  # Example:
  # {pkgs, ...}:
  # {
  #   allowUnfree = false;
  #   allowUnfreePredicate = (x: pkgs.lib.hasPrefix "flashplayer-" x.name);
  # }
  allowUnfreePredicate = config.allowUnfreePredicate or (x: false);

  allowBroken = config.allowBroken or false || builtins.getEnv "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN" == "1";

  unsafeGetAttrPos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos or (n: as: null);

  extraBuildInputs' = extraBuildInputs ++
    [ ../../build-support/setup-hooks/compress-man-pages.sh
      ../../build-support/setup-hooks/strip.sh
      ../../build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
      gcc
    ];

  # The stdenv that we are producing.
  result =

    derivation {
      inherit system name;

      builder = shell;

      args = ["-e" ./builder.sh];
      /* TODO: special-cased @var@ substitutions are ugly.
          However, using substituteAll* from setup.sh seems difficult,
          as setup.sh can't be directly sourced.
          Suggestion: split similar utility functions into a separate script.
      */

      setup = setupScript;

      inherit preHook initialPath shell;

      propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [gcc] ++
        lib.filter lib.isDerivation initialPath;
    }

    // rec {

      meta = {
        description = "The default build environment for Unix packages in Nixpkgs";
      };

      # Add a utility function to produce derivations that use this
      # stdenv and its shell.
      mkDerivation = attrs:
        let
          pos =
            if attrs.meta.description or null != null then
              unsafeGetAttrPos "description" attrs.meta
            else
              unsafeGetAttrPos "name" attrs;
          pos' = if pos != null then "‘" + pos.file + ":" + toString pos.line + "’" else "«unknown-file»";
        in
        if !allowUnfree
           && (let l = lib.lists.toList attrs.meta.license or []; in lib.lists.elem "unfree" l || lib.lists.elem "unfree-redistributable" l)
           && !allowUnfreePredicate attrs then
          throw ''
            Package ‘${attrs.name}’ in ${pos'} has an unfree license, refusing to evaluate. You can set
              { nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true; }
            in configuration.nix to override this. If you use Nix standalone, you can add
              { allowUnfree = true; }
            to ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix.''
        else if !allowBroken && attrs.meta.broken or false then
          throw "you can't use package ‘${attrs.name}’ in ${pos'} because it has been marked as broken"
        else if !allowBroken && attrs.meta.platforms or null != null && !lib.lists.elem result.system attrs.meta.platforms then
          throw "the package ‘${attrs.name}’ in ${pos'} is not supported on ‘${result.system}’"
        else
          lib.addPassthru (derivation (
            (removeAttrs attrs ["meta" "passthru" "crossAttrs"])
            // (let
              buildInputs = attrs.buildInputs or [];
              nativeBuildInputs = attrs.nativeBuildInputs or [];
              propagatedBuildInputs = attrs.propagatedBuildInputs or [];
              propagatedNativeBuildInputs = attrs.propagatedNativeBuildInputs or [];
              crossConfig = attrs.crossConfig or null;
            in
            {
              builder = attrs.realBuilder or shell;
              args = attrs.args or ["-e" (attrs.builder or ./default-builder.sh)];
              stdenv = result;
              system = result.system;
              userHook = config.stdenv.userHook or null;
              __ignoreNulls = true;

              # Inputs built by the cross compiler.
              buildInputs = lib.optionals (crossConfig != null) (buildInputs ++ extraBuildInputs');
              propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (crossConfig != null) propagatedBuildInputs;
              # Inputs built by the usual native compiler.
              nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ lib.optionals (crossConfig == null) (buildInputs ++ extraBuildInputs');
              propagatedNativeBuildInputs = propagatedNativeBuildInputs ++
                lib.optionals (crossConfig == null) propagatedBuildInputs;
          }))) (
          {
            # The meta attribute is passed in the resulting attribute set,
            # but it's not part of the actual derivation, i.e., it's not
            # passed to the builder and is not a dependency.  But since we
            # include it in the result, it *is* available to nix-env for
            # queries.  We also a meta.position attribute here to
            # identify the source location of the package.
            meta = attrs.meta or {} // (if pos != null then {
              position = pos.file + ":" + (toString pos.line);
            } else {});
            passthru = attrs.passthru or {};
          } //
          # Pass through extra attributes that are not inputs, but
          # should be made available to Nix expressions using the
          # derivation (e.g., in assertions).
          (attrs.passthru or {}));

      # Utility flags to test the type of platform.
      isDarwin = system == "x86_64-darwin";
      isLinux = system == "i686-linux"
             || system == "x86_64-linux"
             || system == "powerpc-linux"
             || system == "armv5tel-linux"
             || system == "armv6l-linux"
             || system == "armv7l-linux"
             || system == "mips64el-linux";
      isGNU = system == "i686-gnu"; # GNU/Hurd
      isGlibc = isGNU # useful for `stdenvNative'
             || isLinux
             || system == "x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu";
      isSunOS = system == "i686-solaris"
             || system == "x86_64-solaris";
      isCygwin = system == "i686-cygwin";
      isFreeBSD = system == "i686-freebsd"
              || system == "x86_64-freebsd";
      isOpenBSD = system == "i686-openbsd"
              || system == "x86_64-openbsd";
      isBSD = system == "i686-freebsd"
           || system == "x86_64-freebsd"
           || system == "i686-openbsd"
           || system == "x86_64-openbsd";
      isi686 = system == "i686-linux"
            || system == "i686-gnu"
            || system == "i686-freebsd"
            || system == "i686-openbsd"
            || system == "i386-sunos";
      isx86_64 = system == "x86_64-linux"
              || system == "x86_64-darwin"
              || system == "x86_64-freebsd"
              || system == "x86_64-openbsd"
              || system == "x86_64-solaris";
      is64bit = system == "x86_64-linux"
             || system == "x86_64-darwin"
             || system == "x86_64-freebsd"
             || system == "x86_64-openbsd"
             || system == "x86_64-solaris";
      isMips = system == "mips-linux"
            || system == "mips64el-linux";
      isArm = system == "armv5tel-linux"
           || system == "armv6l-linux"
           || system == "armv7l-linux";

      # Whether we should run paxctl to pax-mark binaries.
      needsPax = isLinux;

      # For convenience, bring in the library functions in lib/ so
      # packages don't have to do that themselves.
      inherit lib;

      inherit fetchurlBoot;

      inherit overrides;

      inherit gcc;
    }

    # Propagate any extra attributes.  For instance, we use this to
    # "lift" packages like curl from the final stdenv for Linux to
    # all-packages.nix for that platform (meaning that it has a line
    # like curl = if stdenv ? curl then stdenv.curl else ...).
    // extraAttrs;

in result)