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+# Generic builder for GNU Octave libraries.
+# This is a file that contains nested functions. The first, outer, function
+# is the library- and package-wide details, such as the nixpkgs library, any
+# additional configuration provided, and the namePrefix to use (based on the
+# pname and version of Octave), the octave package, etc.
+
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, config
+, octave
+, texinfo
+, computeRequiredOctavePackages
+, writeRequiredOctavePackagesHook
+}:
+
+# The inner function contains information required to build the individual
+# libraries.
+{ fullLibName ? "${attrs.pname}-${attrs.version}"
+
+, src
+
+, dontPatch ? false
+, patches ? []
+, patchPhase ? ""
+
+, enableParallelBuilding ? true
+# Build-time dependencies for the package, which were compiled for the system compiling this.
+, nativeBuildInputs ? []
+
+# Build-time dependencies for the package, which may not have been compiled for the system compiling this.
+, buildInputs ? []
+
+# Propagate build dependencies so in case we have A -> B -> C,
+# C can import package A propagated by B
+# Run-time dependencies for the package.
+, propagatedBuildInputs ? []
+
+# Octave packages that are required at runtime for this one.
+# These behave similarly to propagatedBuildInputs, where if
+# package A is needed by B, and C needs B, then C also requires A.
+# The main difference between these and propagatedBuildInputs is
+# during the package's installation into octave, where all
+# requiredOctavePackages are ALSO installed into octave.
+, requiredOctavePackages ? []
+
+, preBuild ? ""
+
+, meta ? {}
+
+, passthru ? {}
+
+, ... } @ attrs:
+
+let
+  requiredOctavePackages' = computeRequiredOctavePackages requiredOctavePackages;
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  packageName = "${fullLibName}";
+  # The name of the octave package ends up being
+  # "octave-version-package-version"
+  name = "${octave.pname}-${octave.version}-${fullLibName}";
+
+  # This states that any package built with the function that this returns
+  # will be an octave package. This is used for ensuring other octave
+  # packages are installed into octave during the environment building phase.
+  isOctavePackage = true;
+
+  OCTAVE_HISTFILE = "/dev/null";
+
+  inherit src;
+
+  inherit dontPatch patches patchPhase;
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = enableParallelBuilding;
+
+  requiredOctavePackages = requiredOctavePackages';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    octave
+    writeRequiredOctavePackagesHook
+  ]
+  ++ nativeBuildInputs;
+
+  buildInputs = buildInputs ++ requiredOctavePackages';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ [ texinfo ];
+
+  preBuild = if preBuild == "" then
+    ''
+      # This trickery is needed because Octave expects a single directory inside
+      # at the top-most level of the tarball.
+      tar --transform 's,^,${fullLibName}/,' -cz * -f ${fullLibName}.tar.gz
+    ''
+             else
+               preBuild;
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    mkdir -p $out
+    octave-cli --eval "pkg build $out ${fullLibName}.tar.gz"
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  # We don't install here, because that's handled when we build the environment
+  # together with Octave.
+  dontInstall = true;
+
+  inherit meta;
+}