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authorBen Wolsieffer <benwolsieffer@gmail.com>2020-07-11 16:06:08 -0400
committerBen Wolsieffer <benwolsieffer@gmail.com>2020-07-11 16:06:08 -0400
commit18c8866f7740c717b66558649a44c9e40816c38a (patch)
treec492e40d9038e1c6d35986e8fcda632cddd794ce /pkgs/stdenv
parent8d05772134f17180fb2711d0660702dae2a67313 (diff)
stdenv: correctly make `stdenv.system` refer to the host platform
This was supposed to be done in 773233ca771a, but was not due to a small
mistake.
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgs/stdenv')
-rw-r--r--pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
index e17b41eab3204..b579897869046 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -138,8 +138,11 @@ let
         is32bit is64bit
         isAarch32 isAarch64 isMips isBigEndian;
 
-      # The derivation's `system` is `buildPlatform.system`.
-      inherit (buildPlatform) system;
+      # Override `system` so that packages can get the system of the host
+      # platform through `stdenv.system`. `system` is originally set to the
+      # build platform within the derivation above so that Nix directs the build
+      # to correct type of machine.
+      inherit (hostPlatform) system;
 
       inherit (import ./make-derivation.nix {
         inherit lib config stdenv;