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