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Jonas Chevalier 1e910209ae
mkShell: make it buildable (#153194)
When I designed `mkShell`, I didn't have a good idea of what the output
should look like and so decided to make the build fail. In practice,
this causes quite a bit of confusion and complications because now the
shell cannot be part of a normal package set without failing the CI as
well.

This commit changes that build phase to record all the build inputs in a
file. That way it becomes possible to build it, makes sure that all the
build inputs get built as well, and also can be used as a GC root.
(by applying the same trick as #95536).

The documentation has also been improved to better describe what mkShell
does and how to use it.
2022-01-08 01:54:04 +01:00
Jonas Chevalier c6b62f2381
mkShell: introduce packages argument (#122180)
The distinction between the inputs doesn't really make sense in the
mkShell context.  Technically speaking, we should be using the
nativeBuildInputs most of the time.

So in order to make this function more beginner-friendly, add "packages"
as an attribute, that maps to nativeBuildInputs.

This commit also updates all the uses in nixpkgs.
2021-05-13 19:17:29 +02:00
AndersonTorres 23d5784770 Convert mkShell from DocBook to CommonMark 2020-12-16 14:51:43 -03:00