systems: allow passing in string for cross/localSystem

This makes things a little bit more convenient. Just pass in like:

$ nix-build ’<nixpkgs>’ -A hello --argstr localSystem x86_64-linux --argstr crossSystem aarch64-linux

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/default.nix b/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
index b6de076a570c6..904ef8d39796d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ in let
 
   # From a minimum of `system` or `config` (actually a target triple, *not*
   # nixpkgs configuration), infer the other one and platform as needed.
-  localSystem = lib.systems.elaborate (
+  localSystem = lib.systems.elaborate (if builtins.isAttrs args.localSystem then (
     # Allow setting the platform in the config file. This take precedence over
     # the inferred platform, but not over an explicitly passed-in one.
     builtins.intersectAttrs { platform = null; } config1
-    // args.localSystem);
+    // args.localSystem) else args.localSystem);
 
   crossSystem = if crossSystem0 == null then localSystem
                 else lib.systems.elaborate crossSystem0;