nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
Eelco Dolstra 88c502217b * coreutils 7.0 already has the backwards compatibility patch for old
Linux kernels.

svn path=/nixpkgs/branches/stdenv-updates/; revision=13875
2009-01-27 10:51:54 +00:00

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{stdenv, fetchurl, aclSupport ? false, acl}:
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
name = "coreutils-7.0";
src = fetchurl {
# Version 7.0 is marked as "beta", which is why it's on `alpha.gnu.org'.
# See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2008-10/msg00064.html .
url = "ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/${name}.tar.gz";
sha256 = "00cwf8rqbj89ikv8fhdhv26dpc2ghzw1hn48pk1vg3nnmxj55nr7";
};
buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional aclSupport acl;
meta = {
homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/;
description = "The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system";
longDescription = ''
The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text
manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system. These are
the core utilities which are expected to exist on every
operating system.
'';
license = "GPLv3+";
};
}