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-<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
-         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
-         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
-         xml:id="sec-pkgs-mkShell">
- <title>pkgs.mkShell</title>
-
- <para>
-  <function>pkgs.mkShell</function> is a special kind of derivation that is only useful when using it combined with <command>nix-shell</command>. It will in fact fail to instantiate when invoked with <command>nix-build</command>.
- </para>
-
- <section xml:id="sec-pkgs-mkShell-usage">
-  <title>Usage</title>
-
-<programlisting><![CDATA[
-{ 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 ];
-}
-]]></programlisting>
- </section>
-</section>