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diff --git a/doc/manual/hacking.xml b/doc/manual/hacking.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 5d9f08d38..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/hacking.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -<appendix xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xml:id="chap-hacking"> - -<title>Hacking</title> - -<para>This section provides some notes on how to hack on Nix. To get -the latest version of Nix from GitHub: -<screen> -$ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix.git -$ cd nix -</screen> -</para> - -<para>To build Nix for the current operating system/architecture use - -<screen> -$ nix-build -</screen> - -or if you have a flakes-enabled nix: - -<screen> -$ nix build -</screen> - -This will build <literal>defaultPackage</literal> attribute defined in the <literal>flake.nix</literal> file. - -To build for other platforms add one of the following suffixes to it: aarch64-linux, -i686-linux, x86_64-darwin, x86_64-linux. - -i.e. - -<screen> -$ nix-build -A defaultPackage.x86_64-linux -</screen> - -</para> - -<para>To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all -environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be -found: -<screen> -$ nix-shell -</screen> -To build Nix itself in this shell: -<screen> -[nix-shell]$ ./bootstrap.sh -[nix-shell]$ ./configure $configureFlags -[nix-shell]$ make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES -</screen> -To install it in <literal>$(pwd)/inst</literal> and test it: -<screen> -[nix-shell]$ make install -[nix-shell]$ make installcheck -[nix-shell]$ ./inst/bin/nix --version -nix (Nix) 2.4 -</screen> - -If you have a flakes-enabled nix you can replace: - -<screen> -$ nix-shell -</screen> - -by: - -<screen> -$ nix develop -</screen> - -</para> - -</appendix> |