From 0c2c29e27d306db8f760308519dccbcb51ca76c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: alex Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:43:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] mention that the stdenv automates a lot of this --- source/tutorials/packaging-existing-software.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/tutorials/packaging-existing-software.md b/source/tutorials/packaging-existing-software.md index 0f68d1d..dcaf93d 100644 --- a/source/tutorials/packaging-existing-software.md +++ b/source/tutorials/packaging-existing-software.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ In the long term, Nix helps tremendously in alleviating that stress, but when *f If you haven't already read the tutorial on making a derivation, please go do so before reading this! -In this tutorial, we'll see how to create Nix derivations to package C/C++ software. +In this tutorial, we'll see how to create Nix derivations to package C/C++ software, taking advantage of the [`nixpkgs` `stdenv`](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-stdenv) which automates much of the work of building self-contained C/C++ packages. We'll begin by considering `hello`, a feature-complete implementation of the famous "hello world", which requires no external dependencies.