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Robert Scott 1a5bd697ad mkDerivation, bintools-wrapper: move defaultHardeningFlags determination to bintools-wrapper
this makes it a lot easier to create a modified stdenv with a
different set of defaultHardeningFlags and as a bonus allows us
to inject the correct defaultHardeningFlags into toolchain wrapper
scripts, reducing repetition.

while most hardening flags are arguably more of a compiler thing,
it works better to put them in bintools-wrapper because cc-wrapper
can easily refer to bintools but not vice-versa.

mkDerivation can still easily refer to either when it is constructed.

this also switches fortran-hook.sh to use the same defaults for
NIX_HARDENING_ENABLE as for C. previously NIX_HARDENING_ENABLE
defaults were apparently used to avoid passing problematic flags
to a fortran compiler, but this falls apart as soon as mkDerivation
sets its own NIX_HARDENING_ENABLE - cc.hardeningUnsupportedFlags
is a more appropriate mechanism for this as it actively filters
out flags from being used by the wrapper, so switch to using that
instead.

this is still an imperfect mechanism because it doesn't handle a
compiler which has both langFortran *and* langC very well - applying
the superset of the two's hardeningUnsupportedFlags to either
compiler's invocation. however this is nothing new - cc-wrapper
already poorly handles a langFortran+langC compiler, applying two
setup hooks that have contradictory options.
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Nixpkgs is a collection of over 80,000 software packages that can be installed with the Nix package manager. It also implements NixOS, a purely-functional Linux distribution.

Manuals

  • NixOS Manual - how to install, configure, and maintain a purely-functional Linux distribution
  • Nixpkgs Manual - contributing to Nixpkgs and using programming-language-specific Nix expressions
  • Nix Package Manager Manual - how to write Nix expressions (programs), and how to use Nix command line tools

Community

Other Project Repositories

The sources of all official Nix-related projects are in the NixOS organization on GitHub. Here are some of the main ones:

  • Nix - the purely functional package manager
  • NixOps - the tool to remotely deploy NixOS machines
  • nixos-hardware - NixOS profiles to optimize settings for different hardware
  • Nix RFCs - the formal process for making substantial changes to the community
  • NixOS homepage - the NixOS.org website
  • hydra - our continuous integration system
  • NixOS Artwork - NixOS artwork

Continuous Integration and Distribution

Nixpkgs and NixOS are built and tested by our continuous integration system, Hydra.

Artifacts successfully built with Hydra are published to cache at https://cache.nixos.org/. When successful build and test criteria are met, the Nixpkgs expressions are distributed via Nix channels.

Contributing

Nixpkgs is among the most active projects on GitHub. While thousands of open issues and pull requests might seem a lot at first, it helps consider it in the context of the scope of the project. Nixpkgs describes how to build tens of thousands of pieces of software and implements a Linux distribution. The GitHub Insights page gives a sense of the project activity.

Community contributions are always welcome through GitHub Issues and Pull Requests.

For more information about contributing to the project, please visit the contributing page.

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You can donate to the NixOS foundation through SEPA bank transfers or by using Open Collective:

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Nixpkgs is licensed under the MIT License.

Note: MIT license does not apply to the packages built by Nixpkgs, merely to the files in this repository (the Nix expressions, build scripts, NixOS modules, etc.). It also might not apply to patches included in Nixpkgs, which may be derivative works of the packages to which they apply. The aforementioned artifacts are all covered by the licenses of the respective packages.