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Diffstat (limited to 'pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix index f56ce7bb87d..b66c1d9e4d1 100644 --- a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix +++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix @@ -107,10 +107,15 @@ rec { writeTextDir = name: text: writeTextFile {inherit name text; destination = "/${name}";}; /* - * Writes a text file to /nix/store/<store path> and marks the file as executable. + * Writes a text file to /nix/store/<store path> and marks the file as + * executable. + * + * If passed as a build input, will be used as a setup hook. This makes setup + * hooks more efficient to create: you don't need a derivation that copies + * them to $out/nix-support/setup-hook, instead you can use the file as is. * * Example: - * # Writes my-file to /nix/store/<store path>/bin/my-file and makes executable + * # Writes my-file to /nix/store/<store path> and makes executable * writeScript "my-file" * '' * Contents of File |