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| author | John Ericson <Ericson2314@yahoo.com> | 2017-04-23 14:12:42 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-04-23 14:12:42 -0400 |
| commit | b59fdc4289f52d4e59e938f66d7181f6a28f98a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 043404ec8ace8159ecb7f3529e1fd2363c09d263 /doc | |
| parent | 749d495cb3a8d0d704fc157c92307c08a1a39f99 (diff) | |
| parent | 863d79b36446bb2dbcc34d4f57c832ac2dc57f68 (diff) | |
Merge pull request #25099 from obsidiansystems/cross-lib-foundation
Changes to nixpkgs infra to prepare to better package some pesky cross-compilers No hashes (native or cross) should be changed
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/cross-compilation.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/cross-compilation.xml b/doc/cross-compilation.xml index 06a8919c2a19e..728616a9f2635 100644 --- a/doc/cross-compilation.xml +++ b/doc/cross-compilation.xml @@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ Because of this, a best-of-both-worlds solution is in the works with no splicing or explicit access of <varname>buildPackages</varname> needed. For now, feel free to use either method. </para> + <note><para> + There is also a "backlink" <varname>__targetPackages</varname>, yielding a package set whose <varname>buildPackages</varname> is the current package set. + This is a hack, though, to accommodate compilers with lousy build systems. + Please do not use this unless you are absolutely sure you are packaging such a compiler and there is no other way. + </para></note> </section> </section> |