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Eelco Dolstra 2015-02-17 13:55:37 +01:00
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doc/manual/expressions/advanced-attributes.xml
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@ -90,6 +90,33 @@ derivation {
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><varname>impureEnvVars</varname></term>
<listitem><para>This attribute allows you to specify a list of
environment variables that should be passed from the environment
of the calling user to the builder. Usually, the environment is
cleared completely when the builder is executed, but with this
attribute you can allow specific environment variables to be
passed unmodified. For example, <function>fetchurl</function> in
Nixpkgs has the line
<programlisting>
impureEnvVars = [ "http_proxy" "https_proxy" <replaceable>...</replaceable> ];
</programlisting>
to make it use the proxy server configuration specified by the
user in the environment variables <envar>http_proxy</envar> and
friends.</para>
<para>This attribute is only allowed in <link
linkend="fixed-output-drvs">fixed-output derivations</link>, where
impurities such as these are okay since (the hash of) the output
is known in advance. It is ignored for all other
derivations.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="fixed-output-drvs"> <varlistentry xml:id="fixed-output-drvs">
<term><varname>outputHash</varname></term> <term><varname>outputHash</varname></term>
<term><varname>outputHashAlgo</varname></term> <term><varname>outputHashAlgo</varname></term>
@ -215,33 +242,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><varname>impureEnvVars</varname></term>
<listitem><para>This attribute allows you to specify a list of
environment variables that should be passed from the environment
of the calling user to the builder. Usually, the environment is
cleared completely when the builder is executed, but with this
attribute you can allow specific environment variables to be
passed unmodified. For example, <function>fetchurl</function> in
Nixpkgs has the line
<programlisting>
impureEnvVars = [ "http_proxy" "https_proxy" <replaceable>...</replaceable> ];
</programlisting>
to make it use the proxy server configuration specified by the
user in the environment variables <envar>http_proxy</envar> and
friends.</para>
<para>This attribute is only allowed in <link
linkend="fixed-output-drvs">fixed-output derivations</link>, where
impurities such as these are okay since (the hash of) the output
is known in advance. It is ignored for all other
derivations.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><varname>preferLocalBuild</varname></term> <varlistentry><term><varname>preferLocalBuild</varname></term>
<listitem><para>If this attribute is set to <listitem><para>If this attribute is set to