Build fails on DESTDIR= build environments: No rule to make target '/usr/bin/nix' #5781
Description
Linux distributions usually install packages into sandboxed environments before moving packages into live system:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make install DESTDIR=/sandbox
$ mv /sandbox/* /
nix fails at make install stage:
make: *** No rule to make target '/usr/bin/nix', needed by 'doc/manual/nix.json'. Stop.
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
On NixOS it's easiest to reproduce by using inaccessible prefix:
$ nix develop -f ~/nixpkgs/master nixUnstable
$ ./bootstrap.sh
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
$ make install DESTDIR=$PWD/__sandbox__
...
make: *** No rule to make target '/usr/bin/nix', needed by 'doc/manual/nix.json'. Stop.
I sprinlked s@$(bindir)/nix@$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/nix@g around with:
--- a/doc/manual/local.mk
+++ b/doc/manual/local.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dummy-env = env -i \
NIX_STATE_DIR=/dummy \
NIX_CONFIG='cores = 0'
-nix-eval = $(dummy-env) $(bindir)/nix eval --experimental-features nix-command -I nix/corepkgs=corepkgs --store dummy:// --impure --raw
+nix-eval = $(dummy-env) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/nix eval --experimental-features nix-command -I nix/corepkgs=corepkgs --store dummy:// --impure --raw
$(d)/%.1: $(d)/src/command-ref/%.md
@printf "Title: %s\n\n" "$$(basename $@ .1)" > $^.tmp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md: $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md.in $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli
$(trace-gen) cat doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in | while IFS= read line; do if [[ $$line = @manpages@ ]]; then cat doc/manual/src/command-ref/new-cli/SUMMARY.md; else echo "$$line"; fi; done > [email protected]
@mv [email protected] $@But it's not enough as nix relies on it's own local libraries:
$ dev>LANG=C make install DESTDIR=$PWD/__sandbox__
INST /home/slyfox/dev/git/nix/__sandbox__/usr/libexec/nix/build-remote
GEN doc/manual/nix.json
/home/slyfox/dev/git/nix/__sandbox__/usr/bin/nix: error while loading shared libraries: libnixexpr.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
make: *** [doc/manual/local.mk:57: doc/manual/nix.json] Error 127
What would be the best way to fix it?