treewide: replace make/build/configure/patchFlags with nix lists

46 files changed, 56 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/aeolus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/aeolus/default.nix
index 389052d30e1c..ee9932a7aa3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/aeolus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/aeolus/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preBuild = "cd source";
 
-  makeFlags = "DESTDIR= PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=" "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Synthetized (not sampled) pipe organ emulator";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/airwave/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/airwave/default.nix
index 737e73421c9b..dde2c5e44b30 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/airwave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/airwave/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ multiStdenv.mkDerivation {
   # Cf. https://github.com/phantom-code/airwave/issues/57
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = "-DVSTSDK_PATH=${vst-sdk}/VST2_SDK";
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DVSTSDK_PATH=${vst-sdk}/VST2_SDK" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     mv $out/bin $out/libexec
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/distrho/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/distrho/default.nix
index 054fc758d645..0d2858713eba 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/distrho/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/distrho/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libXinerama libXrender ladspa-sdk
   ];
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://distrho.sourceforge.net;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/foo-yc20/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/foo-yc20/default.nix
index b17561e1567a..e514032f44e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/foo-yc20/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/foo-yc20/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ libjack2 gtk2 lv2 faust ];
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   # remove lv2 until https://github.com/sampov2/foo-yc20/issues/6 is resolved
   postInstallFixup = "rm -rf $out/lib/lv2";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sndpeek/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sndpeek/default.nix
index ecdafdaeaddd..376aadc7385b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sndpeek/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sndpeek/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libXext
     libXi
   ];
-  buildFlags = "linux-alsa";
+  buildFlags = [ "linux-alsa" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/vcv-rack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/vcv-rack/default.nix
index c0bbd6e71db3..11daabbf8104 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/vcv-rack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/vcv-rack/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ with stdenv.lib; stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ alsaLib curl glew glfw gtk2-x11 jansson libjack2 libsamplerate libzip rtaudio rtmidi speex ];
 
-  buildFlags = "Rack";
+  buildFlags = [ "Rack" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     install -D -m755 -t $out/bin Rack
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/bviplus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/bviplus/default.nix
index 2c6b153370e4..7d70ad14b5db 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/bviplus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/bviplus/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ncurses
   ];
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   buildFlags = [ "CFLAGS=-fgnu89-inline" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/edbrowse/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/edbrowse/default.nix
index 1161fc8256cb..c43640b65245 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/edbrowse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/edbrowse/default.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = [ 
-    "-C src"
+  makeFlags = [
+    "-C" "src"
     "prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/fte/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/fte/default.nix
index d32a3fb5f1b5..ab149131b808 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/fte/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/fte/default.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
   src = [ ftesrc ftecommon ];
 
-  buildFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  buildFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
-  installFlags = "PREFIX=$(out) INSTALL_NONROOT=1";
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "INSTALL_NONROOT=1" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A free text editor for developers";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix
index 70b2d3c148db..2682c1e789b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i 's|liblldb LIBLLDB_LIBRARIES|liblldb LIBNOTHING|g' CMakeLists.txt
     sed -i 's|> arguments;|> arguments; ${lintIncludes}|g' src/source_clang.cc
   '';
-  cmakeFlags = "-DLIBLLDB_LIBRARIES=${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ llvmPackages.lldb ]}/liblldb.so";
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DLIBLLDB_LIBRARIES=${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ llvmPackages.lldb ]}/liblldb.so" ];
   postInstall = ''
     mv $out/bin/juci $out/bin/.juci
     makeWrapper "$out/bin/.juci" "$out/bin/juci" \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/smartdeblur/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/smartdeblur/default.nix
index 377a5ae61687..314b4007aad5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/smartdeblur/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/smartdeblur/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 fftw ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = "-DUSE_SYSTEM_FFTW=ON";
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DUSE_SYSTEM_FFTW=ON" ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = https://github.com/Y-Vladimir/SmartDeblur;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgv/default.nix
index 8ef705f7ef4b..7b14d7750c3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/zgv/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./switch.patch
   ];
 
-  patchFlags = "-p0";
+  patchFlags = [ "-p0" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/bibletime/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/bibletime/default.nix
index a3f0a3b84f23..4e04cdbbf386 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/bibletime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/bibletime/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake sword qt4 boost clucene_core ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = "-DUSE_QT_WEBKIT=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug";
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DUSE_QT_WEBKIT=ON" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug" ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "A Qt4 Bible study tool";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cbatticon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cbatticon/default.nix
index e506829b575e..d6680c61eb9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cbatticon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cbatticon/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -e 's/ -Wno-format//g' Makefile
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Lightweight and fast battery icon that sits in the system tray";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ddgr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ddgr/default.nix
index 9b877c2594b3..7d211b26a422 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ddgr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ddgr/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   preBuild = ''
     # Version 1.7 was released as 1.6
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fbreader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fbreader/default.nix
index e7d0e6a63a59..857ef9ac27bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/fbreader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/fbreader/default.nix
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ++ optional (uiType == "gtk") gtk2
   ++ optionals (uiType == "cocoa") [ AppKit Cocoa ];
 
-  makeFlags = "INSTALLDIR=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "INSTALLDIR=$(out)" ];
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-error=narrowing" ]; # since gcc-6
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=narrowing";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An e-book reader for Linux";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/googler/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/googler/default.nix
index 60feecd665de..3e4c9828edec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/googler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/googler/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ python ];
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jarun/googler";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hugo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hugo/default.nix
index 4251d2c1f368..b5c57054f8b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hugo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hugo/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   modSha256 = "0dwv5qnglv00jj7vlps76zlfpkzsplf93401j2l03xfvmvadifrs";
 
-  buildFlags = "-tags extended";
+  buildFlags = [ "-tags" "extended" ];
 
   subPackages = [ "." ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/jp2a/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/jp2a/default.nix
index 2a9e162e7ea9..1aece5eb4e26 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/jp2a/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/jp2a/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "12a1z9ba2j16y67f41y8ax5sgv1wdjd71pg7circdxkj263n78ql";
   };
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
   buildInputs = [ libjpeg ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/notify-osd-customizable/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/notify-osd-customizable/default.nix
index 4568c3e8acc1..d75ec9ef2c25 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/notify-osd-customizable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/notify-osd-customizable/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libtool
   ];
 
-  configureFlags = "--libexecdir=$(out)/bin";
+  configureFlags = [ "--libexecdir=$(out)/bin" ];
 
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/notify-osd" \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/stupidterm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/stupidterm/default.nix
index a3247b29fb8e..b786b34e9553 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/stupidterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/stupidterm/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1f73wvqqvj5pr3fvb7jjc4bi1iwgkkknz24k8n69mdb75jnfjipp";
   };
 
-  makeFlags = "PKGCONFIG=${pkgconfig}/bin/pkg-config binary=stupidterm";
+  makeFlags = [ "PKGCONFIG=${pkgconfig}/bin/pkg-config" "binary=stupidterm" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     install -D stupidterm $out/bin/stupidterm
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-latex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-latex/default.nix
index eb6d954eb334..bfd4b1abd5e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-latex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-latex/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [pkgconfig];
   buildInputs = [gtk2 glib pidgin];
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -e 's/-Wl,-soname//' -i Makefile
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/purple-vk-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/purple-vk-plugin/default.nix
index a2e59f0c0ff2..edb4ca3c3495 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/purple-vk-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/purple-vk-plugin/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -i -e 's|DESTINATION.*PURPLE_PLUGIN_DIR}|DESTINATION lib/purple-2|' CMakeLists.txt
   '';
 
-  cmakeFlags = "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT=1";
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT=1" ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = https://bitbucket.org/olegoandreev/purple-vk-plugin;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/sic/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/sic/default.nix
index b081a6b3672d..409142955970 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/sic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/sic/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "sic";
   version = "1.2";
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://dl.suckless.org/tools/sic-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "ac07f905995e13ba2c43912d7a035fbbe78a628d7ba1c256f4ca1372fb565185";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mblaze/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mblaze/default.nix
index 6c3b3a69b1d6..ba8f272203bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mblaze/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mblaze/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     install -Dm644 -t $out/share/zsh/site-functions contrib/_mblaze
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
index 374810138f6e..70b439a5f778 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ in (stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # For some reason librdf_redland sometimes refers to rasqal.h instead
   # of rasqal/rasqal.h
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${librdf_rasqal}/include/rasqal" ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isx86_64 "-mno-fma";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = builtins.toString ([ "-I${librdf_rasqal}/include/rasqal" ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isx86_64 "-mno-fma");
 
   patches = [
     ./xdg-open-brief.patch
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ in (stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     find -name "*.cmd" -exec sed -i s,/lib:/usr/lib,, {} \;
     '';
 
-  makeFlags = "SHELL=${bash}/bin/bash";
+  makeFlags = [ "SHELL=${bash}/bin/bash" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/dmrconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/dmrconfig/default.nix
index f718854224ce..68b4cfe8af46 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/dmrconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/dmrconfig/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace /usr/local/bin/dmrconfig $out/bin/dmrconfig
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = "VERSION=${version} GITCOUNT=0";
+  makeFlags = [ "VERSION=${version}" "GITCOUNT=0" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib/udev/rules.d
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/sumatools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/sumatools/default.nix
index f9042f300113..5230fcd2eb62 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/sumatools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/sumatools/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ in rec {
       rev = "sumalib_v${version}";
       sha256 = "0hwkrxzfz7m5wdjvmrhkjg8kis378iaqr5n4nhdhkwwhn8x1jn5a";
     };
-    makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+    makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
     inherit meta;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/default.nix
index 2378cb9408ef..ac001540e097 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/coq/default.nix
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   prefixKey = "-prefix ";
 
-  buildFlags = "revision coq coqide bin/votour";
+  buildFlags = [ "revision" "coq" "coqide" "bin/votour" ];
 
   createFindlibDestdir = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/prover9/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/prover9/default.nix
index a4538e1070a3..9528a5942a43 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/prover9/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/prover9/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     done
   '';
 
-  buildFlags = "all";
+  buildFlags = [ "all" ];
 
   checkPhase = "make test1";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
index 6e1926810df0..643d990feb8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ECM = if ecm == null then "0" else "1";
 
   # Doesn't hurt Linux but lets clang-based platforms like Darwin work fine too
-  makeFlags = "CC=cc all";
+  makeFlags = [ "CC=cc" "all" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin/
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/ries/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/ries/default.nix
index 4b237a01a3e5..b244ee75b304 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/ries/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/ries/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1h2wvd4k7f0l0i1vm9niz453xdbcs3nxccmri50qyrzzzc1b0842";
   };
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://mrob.com/pub/ries/;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/scilab/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/scilab/default.nix
index 432280a18fb2..02f1f4e58a9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/scilab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/scilab/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional (!withXaw3d) "--with-local-xaw"
   ;
 
-  makeFlags = "all";
+  makeFlags = [ "all" ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.scilab.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/megam/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/megam/default.nix
index f86bed854a2b..6cdc86d20eb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/megam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/megam/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
-  makeFlags = "CAML_INCLUDES=${ocaml}/lib/ocaml/caml";
+  makeFlags = [ "CAML_INCLUDES=${ocaml}/lib/ocaml/caml" ];
 
   # see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435559
   dontStrip = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-imerge/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-imerge/default.nix
index 76b29135f66c..528a96c9903a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-imerge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-imerge/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX= DESTDIR=$(out)" ; 
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=" "DESTDIR=$(out)" ] ; 
  
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/mhagger/git-imerge;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix
index 660c391c0d5e..3a354133e875 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ python2 git ];
 
-  makeFlags = "prefix=$$out";
+  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$$out" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p "$out/etc/bash_completion.d/"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix
index c2153ebea893..d06ae234ae92 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gogs/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ]
     ++ optional pamSupport pam;
 
-  buildFlags = "-tags";
+  buildFlags = [ "-tags" ];
 
   buildFlagsArray =
     (  optional sqliteSupport "sqlite"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/mr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/mr/default.nix
index a4632399df04..66e63fcc3750 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/mr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/mr/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ perl ];
 
-  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Multiple Repository management tool";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix
index 70865ea848b3..9e9e6657291b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/containerd/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   outputs = [ "bin" "out" "man" ];
 
   buildInputs = [ btrfs-progs go-md2man utillinux ];
-  buildFlags = "VERSION=v${version}";
+  buildFlags = [ "VERSION=v${version}" ];
 
   BUILDTAGS = []
     ++ optional (btrfs-progs == null) "no_btrfs";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic.nix
index 8093d4752a0b..5a8814fb9e28 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/generic.nix
@@ -187,11 +187,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   '';
 
   # TODO: Flask needs more testing before enabling it by default.
-  #makeFlags = "XSM_ENABLE=y FLASK_ENABLE=y PREFIX=$(out) CONFIG_DIR=/etc XEN_EXTFILES_URL=\\$(XEN_ROOT)/xen_ext_files ";
+  #makeFlags = [ "XSM_ENABLE=y" "FLASK_ENABLE=y" "PREFIX=$(out)" "CONFIG_DIR=/etc" "XEN_EXTFILES_URL=\\$(XEN_ROOT)/xen_ext_files" ];
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out) CONFIG_DIR=/etc" "XEN_SCRIPT_DIR=/etc/xen/scripts" ]
            ++ (config.makeFlags or []);
 
-  buildFlags = "xen tools";
+  buildFlags = [ "xen" "tools" ];
 
   postBuild = ''
     make -C docs man-pages
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
index c62edd6d71a1..acfd06235ac7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0v9307ij8xzwdaxay3r75sd2cp453s3qb6q7dy9fks2p6wwqpazi";
   };
 
-  makeFlags = "all";
-  installFlags = "PREFIX=\${out} VERSION=${version}";
+  makeFlags = [ "all" ];
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=\${out}" "VERSION=${version}" ];
 
   buildInputs = optional (contains_any scripts perlscripts) perl;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix
index 2fb6fb44833d..7895d8c124ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libxcb xcbutilkeysyms xcbutilimage pam libX11
     libev cairo libxkbcommon libxkbfile libjpeg_turbo xcbutilxrm ];
 
-  makeFlags = "all";
+  makeFlags = [ "all" ];
   preInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
   '';
-  installFlags = "PREFIX=\${out} SYSCONFDIR=\${out}/etc MANDIR=\${out}/share/man";
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=\${out}" "SYSCONFDIR=\${out}/etc" "MANDIR=\${out}/share/man" ];
   postInstall = ''
     mv $out/bin/i3lock $out/bin/i3lock-color
     mv $out/share/man/man1/i3lock.1 $out/share/man/man1/i3lock-color.1
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix
index 3e976f8919f8..619345d1b96d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ which libxcb xcbutilkeysyms xcbutilimage xcbutilxrm
     pam libX11 libev cairo libxkbcommon libxkbfile ];
 
-  makeFlags = "all";
-  installFlags = "PREFIX=\${out} SYSCONFDIR=\${out}/etc";
+  makeFlags = [ "all" ];
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=\${out}" "SYSCONFDIR=\${out}/etc" ];
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
     cp *.1 $out/share/man/man1
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ion-3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ion-3/default.nix
index c13b950599ed..073af3bfd053 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ion-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ion-3/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1nkks5a95986nyfkxvg2rik6zmwx0lh7szd5fji7yizccwzc9xns";
   };
   buildInputs = [ xlibsWrapper lua gettext groff ];
-  buildFlags = "LUA_DIR=${lua} X11_PREFIX=/no-such-path PREFIX=\${out}";
-  installFlags = "PREFIX=\${out}";
+  buildFlags = [ "LUA_DIR=${lua}" "X11_PREFIX=/no-such-path" "PREFIX=\${out}" ];
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=\${out}" ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/notion/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/notion/default.nix
index eaeb9979c10c..60900bd2a3c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/notion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/notion/default.nix
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [makeWrapper xlibsWrapper lua gettext mandoc which libXinerama libXrandr libX11 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableXft libXft;
 
-  buildFlags = "LUA_DIR=${lua} X11_PREFIX=/no-such-path PREFIX=\${out}";
-  installFlags = "PREFIX=\${out}";
+  buildFlags = [ "LUA_DIR=${lua}" "X11_PREFIX=/no-such-path" "PREFIX=\${out}" ];
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=\${out}" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/notion \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii-hg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii-hg/default.nix
index e0f2243827c5..426fcfe8efce 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii-hg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii-hg/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                   libX11 libXrender libXext libXinerama libXrandr libXft ];
 
   # For some reason including mercurial in buildInputs did not help
-  makeFlags = "WMII_HGVERSION=hg${rev}";
+  makeFlags = [ "WMII_HGVERSION=hg${rev}" ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = https://suckless.org/; # https://wmii.suckless.org/ does not exist anymore