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author | github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-08-04 00:02:04 +0000 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-08-04 00:02:04 +0000 |
commit | 0542af4e290c867dc16c1b91e1b39691ea3d9a57 (patch) | |
tree | 7f3c9650c6b5c33c1ad5e9c8e8be0e55920f53f5 /doc | |
parent | bf170fec12fadd65070e190c0abbe1cca933b5a7 (diff) | |
parent | 6dd8d1ffc7e24340c02ca89bbddc3b24b192352a (diff) |
Merge master into staging-next
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md | 9 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md index 2f65afc796c54..08738026447ae 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/rust.section.md @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec { hash = "sha256-miW//pnOmww2i6SOGbkrAIdc/JMDT4FJLqdMFojZeoY="; }; - sourceRoot = "source/bindings/python"; + sourceRoot = "${src.name}/bindings/python"; nativeBuildInputs = [ cargo diff --git a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md index a0f81b97f6bcb..4e8559467f523 100644 --- a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md +++ b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md @@ -614,14 +614,19 @@ The list of source files or directories to be unpacked or copied. One of these m ##### `sourceRoot` {#var-stdenv-sourceRoot} -After running `unpackPhase`, the generic builder changes the current directory to the directory created by unpacking the sources. If there are multiple source directories, you should set `sourceRoot` to the name of the intended directory. Set `sourceRoot = ".";` if you use `srcs` and control the unpack phase yourself. +After unpacking all of `src` and `srcs`, if neither of `sourceRoot` and `setSourceRoot` are set, `unpackPhase` of the generic builder checks that the unpacking produced a single directory and moves the current working directory into it. -By default the `sourceRoot` is set to `"source"`. If you want to point to a sub-directory inside your project, you therefore need to set `sourceRoot = "source/my-sub-directory"`. +If `unpackPhase` produces multiple source directories, you should set `sourceRoot` to the name of the intended directory. +You can also set `sourceRoot = ".";` if you want to control it yourself in a later phase. + +For example, if your want your build to start in a sub-directory inside your sources, and you are using `fetchzip`-derived `src` (like `fetchFromGitHub` or similar), you need to set `sourceRoot = "${src.name}/my-sub-directory"`. ##### `setSourceRoot` {#var-stdenv-setSourceRoot} Alternatively to setting `sourceRoot`, you can set `setSourceRoot` to a shell command to be evaluated by the unpack phase after the sources have been unpacked. This command must set `sourceRoot`. +For example, if you are using `fetchurl` on an archive file that gets unpacked into a single directory the name of which changes between package versions, and you want your build to start in its sub-directory, you need to set `setSourceRoot = "sourceRoot=$(echo */my-sub-directory)";`, or in the case of multiple sources, you could use something more specific, like `setSourceRoot = "sourceRoot=$(echo ${pname}-*/my-sub-directory)";`. + ##### `preUnpack` {#var-stdenv-preUnpack} Hook executed at the start of the unpack phase. |