Pierre Neidhardt <m...@ambrevar.xyz> skribis: >> ‘%build-inputs’ etc. are global variables of package derivation build >> scripts; see ‘build-expression->derivation’ in (guix derivations). >> >> To view the code of one of these scripts, open the file returned by: >> >> $ guix gc --references $(guix build -d coreutils) | grep builder >> /gnu/store/v02xky6f5rvjywd7ficzi5pyibbmk6cq-coreutils-8.29-guile-builder > > Nice, I had never looked into the builders before. Good to know :) > > Maybe we keep the concept of derivations out of this tutorial for now. So I > think I'll explain this as "variables global to the package definition". > Sounds > alright?
Or global variables in the build stage, to be more accurate. :-) It’s really a fine point though and shouldn’t block the whole tutorial! Thanks, Ludo’.
