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| author | Sarah Brofeldt <sbrofeldt@gmail.com> | 2018-09-11 12:04:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Sarah Brofeldt <sbrofeldt@gmail.com> | 2018-09-11 13:25:50 +0200 |
| commit | 2a6e4ae49a891adc7c0562fda08b17d60beb1b4f (patch) | |
| tree | 5e8e60a510d189a66ca1242d353f6fcb19ed8203 /doc/cross-compilation.xml | |
| parent | e02575b906b3a45f2c60018442d4082976dfd8da (diff) | |
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Revert "top-level: Deprecate top-level `{build,host,target}Platform`"
This reverts commit e51f736076548459f36a1250de4bf6867f880b66.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/cross-compilation.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/cross-compilation.xml b/doc/cross-compilation.xml index c7187d86d1b..3b90596bcc2 100644 --- a/doc/cross-compilation.xml +++ b/doc/cross-compilation.xml @@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ <para> In Nixpkgs, these three platforms are defined as attribute sets under the - names <literal>buildPlatform</literal>, <literal>hostPlatform</literal>, and - <literal>targetPlatform</literal>. They are always defined as attributes in - the standard environment. That means one can access them like: + names <literal>buildPlatform</literal>, <literal>hostPlatform</literal>, + and <literal>targetPlatform</literal>. All three are always defined as + attributes in the standard environment, and at the top level. That means + one can get at them just like a dependency in a function that is imported + with <literal>callPackage</literal>: +<programlisting>{ stdenv, buildPlatform, hostPlatform, fooDep, barDep, .. }: ...buildPlatform...</programlisting> + , or just off <varname>stdenv</varname>: <programlisting>{ stdenv, fooDep, barDep, .. }: ...stdenv.buildPlatform...</programlisting> . </para> |