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diff --git a/nixpkgs/maintainers/scripts/bootstrap-files/README.md b/nixpkgs/maintainers/scripts/bootstrap-files/README.md index b55878f34192..7a1a2bef867c 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/maintainers/scripts/bootstrap-files/README.md +++ b/nixpkgs/maintainers/scripts/bootstrap-files/README.md @@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ binaries (without the reliance on external inputs): - `bootstrap-tools`: an archive with the compiler toolchain and other helper tools enough to build the rest of the `nixpkgs`. - initial binaries needed to unpack `bootstrap-tools.*`. On `linux` - it's just `busybox`, on `darwin` it's `sh`, `bzip2`, `mkdir` and - `cpio`. These binaries can be executed directly from the store. + it's just `busybox`, on `darwin` it is unpack.nar.xz which contains + the binaries and script needed to unpack the tools. These binaries + can be executed directly from the store. These are called "bootstrap files". @@ -74,12 +75,3 @@ There are two types of bootstrap files: The `.build` job contains `/on-server/` subdirectory with binaries to be uploaded to `tarballs.nixos.org`. The files are uploaded to `tarballs.nixos.org` by writers to `S3` store. - -## TODOs - -- `pkgs/stdenv/darwin` file layout is slightly different from - `pkgs/stdenv/linux`. Once `linux` seed update becomes a routine we can - bring `darwin` in sync if it's feasible. -- `darwin` definition of `.build` `on-server/` directory layout differs - and should be updated. - |