mk-aggregated: overridable stdenv #216
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I'd like to be able to override
stdenvso that for example all C dependencies get built with clang instead of gcc.This is quite tricky to do as you can't just pass any
stdenvoverride to the toolchain because the toolchain can be placed into different contexts (e.g.nativeBuildInputswhere splicing is offset by -1).I haven't been able to find a better solution than accepting a
stdenvSelectorfunction. This picks the stdenv from the context of the toolchain derivation so it's always correctly offset.The selector function also allows you to pick a different
stdenvdepending on the platform, which could be useful when cross-compiling, say you want a different stdenv per build/host/target platform: