mkShell: add builder (#30975)

2017-12-20 23:42:07 +00:00
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+---
+title: stdenv.mkShell
+author: zimbatm
+date: 2017-10-30
+---
+
+stdenv.mkShell is a special kind of derivation that is only useful when using
+it combined with nix-shell. It will in fact fail to instantiate when invoked
+with nix-build.
+
+## Usage
+
+```nix
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  # this will make all the build inputs from hello and gnutar available to the shell environment
+  inputsFrom = with pkgs; [ hello gnutar ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.gnumake ];
+}
+```