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@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ steps to elucidate what a builder does. It performs the following steps:
1. When Nix runs a builder, it initially completely clears the
environment (except for the attributes declared in the derivation).
For instance, the `PATH` variable is empty\[1\]. This is done to
prevent undeclared inputs from being used in the build process. If
for example the `PATH` contained `/usr/bin`, then you might
accidentally use `/usr/bin/gcc`.
This is done to prevent undeclared inputs from being used in the
build process. If for example the `PATH` contained `/usr/bin`, then
you might accidentally use `/usr/bin/gcc`.
So the first step is to set up the environment. This is done by
calling the `setup` script of the standard environment. The
@ -67,6 +66,3 @@ If you are wondering about the absence of error checking on the result
of various commands called in the builder: this is because the shell
script is evaluated with Bash's `-e` option, which causes the script to
be aborted if any command fails without an error check.
1. Actually, it's initialised to `/path-not-set` to prevent Bash from
setting it to a default value.