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+#! /bin/sh
+
+# give absolute path of release.nix as argument
+hydra_eval_jobs \
+  --argstr system x86_64-linux \
+  --argstr system i686-linux \
+  --argstr system x86_64-darwin \
+  --argstr system i686-darwin \
+  --argstr system i686-cygwin \
+  --argstr system i686-freebsd \
+  --arg officialRelease false \
+  --arg nixpkgs "{ outPath = builtins.storePath ./. ; rev = 1234; }" \
+  $@