Merge #19328: mkWrapper fix and docs

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Vladimír Čunát
2017-02-05 14:09:22 +01:00
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@@ -1111,6 +1111,34 @@ functions.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry xml:id='fun-makeWrapper'>
<term><function>makeWrapper</function>
<replaceable>executable</replaceable>
<replaceable>wrapperfile</replaceable>
<replaceable>args</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Constructs a wrapper for a program with various
possible arguments. For example:
<programlisting>
# adds `FOOBAR=baz` to `$out/bin/foo`s environment
makeWrapper $out/bin/foo $wrapperfile --set FOOBAR baz
# prefixes the binary paths of `hello` and `git`
# Be advised that paths often should be patched in directly
# (via string replacements or in `configurePhase`).
makeWrapper $out/bin/foo $wrapperfile --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ hello git ]}
</programlisting>
Theres many more kinds of arguments, they are documented in
<literal>nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-wrapper.sh</literal>.</para>
<para><literal>wrapProgram</literal> is a convenience function you probably
want to use most of the time.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id='fun-substitute'>
<term><function>substitute</function>
<replaceable>infile</replaceable>
@@ -1268,6 +1296,22 @@ someVar=$(stripHash $name)
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id='fun-wrapProgram'>
<term><function>wrapProgram</function>
<replaceable>executable</replaceable>
<replaceable>makeWrapperArgs</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Convenience function for <literal>makeWrapper</literal>
that automatically creates a sane wrapper file
It takes all the same arguments as <literal>makeWrapper</literal>,
except for <literal>--argv0</literal>.</para>
<para>It cannot be applied multiple times, since it will overwrite the wrapper
file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>