doc: Mention package names.

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Ludovic Courtès 2011-10-12 21:42:28 +00:00
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runs <command>autoreconf &amp;&amp; ./configure &amp;&amp;
make dist</command> on the checkout. The
<varname>buildInputs</varname> attribute specifies
additional software dependencies for the job.
additional software dependencies for the
job<footnote><para>The package names used in
<varname>buildInputs</varname>e.g.,
<varname>texLive</varname>are the names of the
<emphasis>attributes</emphasis> corresponding to these
packages in Nixpkgs, specifically in the <link
xlink:href="https://svn.nixos.org/repos/nix/nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix"><filename>all-packages.nix</filename></link>
file. See the section entitled “Package Naming” in the
Nixpkgs manual for more information.</para></footnote>.
</para>
</callout>