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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstore/normalise.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/normalise.cc | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/normalise.cc b/src/libstore/normalise.cc index 5c13f04ecb..e287914a10 100644 --- a/src/libstore/normalise.cc +++ b/src/libstore/normalise.cc @@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ Path normaliseStoreExpr(const Path & _nePath, PathSet pending) non-existing path. */ env["HOME"] = "/homeless-shelter"; + /* Tell the builder where the Nix store is. Usually they + shouldn't care, but this is useful for purity checking (e.g., + the compiler or linker might only want to accept paths to files + in the store or in the build directory). */ + env["NIX_STORE"] = nixStore; + /* Build the environment. */ for (StringPairs::iterator i = ne.derivation.env.begin(); i != ne.derivation.env.end(); i++) |