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<p>create page: Out-of-tree build</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>By default, <code>stdenv.mkDerivation</code><br />
will run <code>configure</code> and <code>make</code> in the source root,<br><br />
but some projects require an out-of-tree build<br />
<br />
Example: the build script<br />
<br />
<syntaxHighlight lang=bash><br />
./autogen.sh<br />
<br />
# out-of-tree build<br />
mkdir build<br />
cd build<br />
<br />
../configure --enable-feature-a<br />
<br />
make<br />
<br />
make install<br />
</syntaxHighlight><br />
<br />
can be translated to the Nix expression<br />
<br />
<syntaxHighlight lang=nix><br />
stdenv.mkDerivation {<br />
<br />
preConfigure = ''<br />
patchShebangs .<br />
./autogen.sh<br />
<br />
mkdir build<br />
cd build<br />
'';<br />
<br />
configureScript = "../configure";<br />
<br />
configureFlags = [<br />
"--enable-feature-a"<br />
];<br />
}<br />
</syntaxHighlight></div>
imported>Milahu