d97069da1a
* Updated some packages that are referenced in that section. svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=12139
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- Intro
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- Goal of this manual
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- Quick start to adding a package
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(Some of this can be copied/moved from the Nix manual)
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- Hello example
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- Nix expr
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- Update all-packages.nix
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- How to test
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- How to debug failing builds
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- Subversion example
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- Some X example?
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- The standard environment
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(Some of this can be moved from the Nix manual)
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- Special attributes
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- Generic builder
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- Helper functions
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- GCC / ld wrapper (+ env vars)
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- Phases (+ how to add phases) and hooks
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- Override functions for stdenv
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- Overriding GCC
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- Overriding the setup script
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- Predefined override functions in all-packages.nix: static binary
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stdenv, dietlibc stdenv
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- Stdenv bootstrap; how to update the Linux bootstrap binaries
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- Support for specific languages
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- Perl
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- Generic Perl builder
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- Python
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- Wrapper generation
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- Haskell
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- TODO
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- Java
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- TODO; Java needs lots of improvement
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- TeX/LaTeX
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- Special support for building TeX documents
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- Special kinds of applications
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- OpenGL apps
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- Binary-only apps
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- Linux kernel modules
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- Mozilla plugins/extensions
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- X apps
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- KDE apps
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- GConf-based apps
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- Programs that need wrappers
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- makeWrapper etc.
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- Initial ramdisks
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- Library functions
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- i.e. in lib/default.nix
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- Specific package notes
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- Linux kernel; how to update; feature tests
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- X.org; how to update
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- Gnome; how to update
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- GCC?
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- GHC?
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- ...
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- Meta attributes
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- License attr; possible values
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- Virtual machine support (for the build farm)
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- vmtools
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- KVM notes
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- Performing a build in a VM
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- In the host FS
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- In a disk image
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- RPM builds
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- RPM image creation
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- Deb builds
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- Deb image creation
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- Debugging VM builds
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- Guidelines for Nixpkgs contributions
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- File naming conventions
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- Versioning of packages
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- Tree organisation
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- Variable naming
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- Layout / indentations style
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- Output FS hierarchy (e.g. $out/share/man instead of $out/man)
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- Misc
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- Building outside of the Nixpkgs tree
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- Config options
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- Downloading stuff
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- fetchurl
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- mirror:// scheme
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- fetchsvn
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- fetchcvs
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- fetchdarcs
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- Appendix: Nixpkgs config options
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