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author | AndersonTorres <torres.anderson.85@protonmail.com> | 2020-12-13 15:47:22 -0300 |
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committer | AndersonTorres <torres.anderson.85@protonmail.com> | 2020-12-16 14:51:43 -0300 |
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diff --git a/doc/builders/special/mkshell.section.md b/doc/builders/special/mkshell.section.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1feb75cbd6f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/builders/special/mkshell.section.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# pkgs.mkShell {#sec-pkgs-mkShell} + +`pkgs.mkShell` is a special kind of derivation that is only useful when using it combined with `nix-shell`. It will in fact fail to instantiate when invoked with `nix-build`. + +## Usage {#sec-pkgs-mkShell-usage} + +```nix +{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }: +pkgs.mkShell { + # this will make all the build inputs from hello and gnutar + # available to the shell environment + inputsFrom = with pkgs; [ hello gnutar ]; + buildInputs = [ pkgs.gnumake ]; +} +``` |