1. First of all, this doesn't work in nixpkgs. Per [1], gcc ignores `-L`
for purposes of `--print-file-dirs`, which breaks horribly on linux. But
if we don't pass extra dirs, meosn first just tries `-l...`, which does
work.
2. Even if it did work, `libdir` means where we are installing libs, not
where libs are expected to be found. Those are not necessarily the
same (again, nixpkgs), and even when they are and non-standard, it is
better to use DESTDIR or have a modified toolchain.
[1]: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87758
(cherry picked from commit a142164e746644e20f66908c156ca913bef4664f)
Nix is a new take on package management that is fairly unique. Because of its
purity aspects, a lot of issues found in traditional package managers don't
appear with Nix.
To find out more about the tool, usage and installation instructions, please
read the manual, which is available on the Nix website at
http://nixos.org/nix/manual.
Contributing
Take a look at the Hacking Section
of the manual. It helps you to get started with building Nix from source.
License
Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for
use in the OpenSSL Toolkit.
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