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| -rw-r--r-- | pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix | 15 |
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diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix index 2d9c25fd0974..b8febdace3c0 100644 --- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix +++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix @@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ let in { + # A module system style type tag + # + # Allows the nixpkgs fixpoint, usually known as `pkgs` + # to be distinguished nominally. + # + # pkgs._type == "pkgs" + # pkgs.pkgsStatic._type == "pkgs" + # + # Design note: + # While earlier stages of nixpkgs fixpoint construction + # are supertypes of this stage, they're generally not + # usable in places where a `pkgs` is expected. + # (earlier stages being the various `super` variables + # that precede all-packages.nix) + _type = "pkgs"; # A stdenv capable of building 32-bit binaries. On x86_64-linux, # it uses GCC compiled with multilib support; on i686-linux, it's |