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<appendix xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xml:id="chap-hacking">
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<title>Hacking</title>
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<para>This section provides some notes on how to hack on Nix. To get
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the latest version of Nix from GitHub:
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<screen>
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$ git clone git://github.com/NixOS/nix.git
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$ cd nix
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>To build it and its dependencies:
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<screen>
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$ nix-build release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all
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environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be
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found:
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<screen>
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$ nix-shell
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</screen>
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To build Nix itself in this shell:
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<screen>
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[nix-shell]$ ./bootstrap.sh
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[nix-shell]$ configurePhase
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[nix-shell]$ make
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</screen>
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To install it in <literal>$(pwd)/nix</literal> and test it:
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<screen>
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[nix-shell]$ make install
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[nix-shell]$ make installcheck
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</screen>
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</para>
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</appendix>
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