From ae7351dbeed3d03087b6b56d23b4b3942de1507d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 14:19:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'nix build' manpage --- src/nix/build.cc | 19 +++------- src/nix/build.md | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/nix/build.md diff --git a/src/nix/build.cc b/src/nix/build.cc index 67be4024b..c2974d983 100644 --- a/src/nix/build.cc +++ b/src/nix/build.cc @@ -43,22 +43,11 @@ struct CmdBuild : InstallablesCommand, MixDryRun, MixJSON, MixProfile return "build a derivation or fetch a store path"; } - Examples examples() override + std::string doc() override { - return { - Example{ - "To build and run GNU Hello from NixOS 17.03:", - "nix build -f channel:nixos-17.03 hello; ./result/bin/hello" - }, - Example{ - "To build the build.x86_64-linux attribute from release.nix:", - "nix build -f release.nix build.x86_64-linux" - }, - Example{ - "To make a profile point at GNU Hello:", - "nix build --profile /tmp/profile nixpkgs#hello" - }, - }; + return + #include "build.md" + ; } void run(ref store) override diff --git a/src/nix/build.md b/src/nix/build.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c2f3e387a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/nix/build.md @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +R""( + +# Examples + +* Build the default package from the flake in the current directory: + + ```console + # nix build + ``` + +* Build and run GNU Hello from the `nixpkgs` flake: + + ```console + # nix build nixpkgs#hello + # ./result/bin/hello + Hello, world! + ``` + +* Build GNU Hello and Cowsay, leaving two result symlinks: + + ```console + # nix build nixpkgs#hello nixpkgs#cowsay + # ls -l result* + lrwxrwxrwx 1 … result -> /nix/store/v5sv61sszx301i0x6xysaqzla09nksnd-hello-2.10 + lrwxrwxrwx 1 … result-1 -> /nix/store/rkfrm0z6x6jmi7d3gsmma4j53h15mg33-cowsay-3.03+dfsg2 + ``` + +* Build a specific output: + + ```console + # nix build nixpkgs#glibc.dev + # ls -ld ./result-dev + lrwxrwxrwx 1 … ./result-dev -> /nix/store/dkm3gwl0xrx0wrw6zi5x3px3lpgjhlw4-glibc-2.32-dev + ``` + +* Build attribute `build.x86_64-linux` from (non-flake) Nix expression + `release.nix`: + + ```console + # nix build -f release.nix build.x86_64-linux + ``` + +* Build a NixOS system configuration from a flake, and make a profile + point to the result: + + ```console + # nix build --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system \ + ~/my-configurations#nixosConfigurations.machine.config.system.build.toplevel + ``` + + (This is essentially what `nixos-rebuild` does.) + +* Build an expression specified on the command line: + + ```console + # nix build --impure --expr \ + 'with import {}; + runCommand "foo" { + buildInputs = [ hello ]; + } + "hello > $out"' + # cat ./result + Hello, world! + ``` + + Note that `--impure` is needed because we're using ``, + which relies on the `$NIX_PATH` environment variable. + +* Fetch a store path from the configured substituters, if it doesn't + already exist: + + ```console + # nix build /nix/store/rkfrm0z6x6jmi7d3gsmma4j53h15mg33-cowsay-3.03+dfsg2 + ``` + +# Description + +`nix build` builds the specified *installables*. Installables that +resolve to derivations are built (or substituted if possible). Store +path installables are substituted. + +Unless `--no-link` is specified, after a successful build, it creates +symlinks to the store paths of the installables. These symlinks have +the prefix `./result` by default; this can be overriden using the +`--out-link` option. Each symlink has a suffix `--`, where +*N* is the index of the installable (with the left-most installable +having index 0), and *outname* is the symbolic derivation output name +(e.g. `bin`, `dev` or `lib`). `-` is omitted if *N* = 0, and +`-` is omitted if *outname* = `out` (denoting the default +output). + +)""