NixOS · May 21, 2017 · May 22, 2017 · May 22, 2017 · May 22, 2017 · May 22, 2017
diff --git a/lib/systems/default.nix b/lib/systems/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+let inherit (import ../attrsets.nix) mapAttrs; in
+
 rec {
   doubles = import ./doubles.nix;
   parse = import ./parse.nix;
+  inspect = import ./inspect.nix;
   platforms = import ./platforms.nix;
 
   # Elaborate a `localSystem` or `crossSystem` so that it contains everything
@@ -18,6 +21,13 @@ rec {
       config = parse.tripleFromSystem final.parsed;
       # Just a guess, based on `system`
       platform = platforms.selectBySystem final.system;
-    } // args;
+      libc =
+        /**/ if final.isDarwin then "libSystem"
+        else if final.isMinGW  then "msvcrt"
+        else if final.isLinux  then "glibc"
+        # TODO(@Ericson2314) think more about other operating systems
+        else                        "native/impure";
+    } // mapAttrs (n: v: v final.parsed) inspect.predicates
+      // args;
   in final;
 }
diff --git a/lib/systems/doubles.nix b/lib/systems/doubles.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-let lists = import ../lists.nix; in
-let parse = import ./parse.nix; in
-let inherit (import ../attrsets.nix) matchAttrs; in
-
 let
+  lists = import ../lists.nix;
+  parse = import ./parse.nix;
+  inherit (import ./inspect.nix) predicates;
+  inherit (import ../attrsets.nix) matchAttrs;
+
   all = [
     "aarch64-linux"
     "armv5tel-linux" "armv6l-linux" "armv7l-linux"
@@ -25,20 +26,21 @@ in rec {
   allBut = platforms: lists.filter (x: !(builtins.elem x platforms)) all;
   none = [];
 
-  arm = filterDoubles (matchAttrs { cpu = { family = "arm"; bits = 32; }; });
-  i686 = filterDoubles parse.isi686;
-  mips = filterDoubles (matchAttrs { cpu = { family = "mips"; }; });
-  x86_64 = filterDoubles parse.isx86_64;
-
-  cygwin = filterDoubles parse.isCygwin;
-  darwin = filterDoubles parse.isDarwin;
-  freebsd = filterDoubles (matchAttrs { kernel = parse.kernels.freebsd; });
-  gnu = filterDoubles (matchAttrs { kernel = parse.kernels.linux; abi = parse.abis.gnu; }); # Should be better
-  illumos = filterDoubles (matchAttrs { kernel = parse.kernels.solaris; });
-  linux = filterDoubles parse.isLinux;
-  netbsd = filterDoubles (matchAttrs { kernel = parse.kernels.netbsd; });
-  openbsd = filterDoubles (matchAttrs { kernel = parse.kernels.openbsd; });
-  unix = filterDoubles parse.isUnix;
+  arm     = filterDoubles predicates.isArm32;
+  i686    = filterDoubles predicates.isi686;
+  mips    = filterDoubles predicates.isMips;
+  x86_64  = filterDoubles predicates.isx86_64;
+
+  cygwin  = filterDoubles predicates.isCygwin;
+  darwin  = filterDoubles predicates.isDarwin;
+  freebsd = filterDoubles predicates.isFreeBSD;
+  # Should be better, but MinGW is unclear, and HURD is bit-rotted.
+  gnu     = filterDoubles (matchAttrs { kernel = parse.kernels.linux;  abi = parse.abis.gnu; });
+  illumos = filterDoubles predicates.isSunOS;
+  linux   = filterDoubles predicates.isLinux;
+  netbsd  = filterDoubles predicates.isNetBSD;
+  openbsd = filterDoubles predicates.isOpenBSD;
+  unix    = filterDoubles predicates.isUnix;
 
   mesaPlatforms = ["i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "armv5tel-linux" "armv6l-linux" "armv7l-linux" "aarch64-linux"];
 }
diff --git a/lib/systems/inspect.nix b/lib/systems/inspect.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+with import ./parse.nix;
+with import ../attrsets.nix;
+
+rec {
+  patterns = {
+    "32bit"      = { cpu = { bits = 32; }; };
+    "64bit"      = { cpu = { bits = 64; }; };
+    i686         = { cpu = cpuTypes.i686; };
+    x86_64       = { cpu = cpuTypes.x86_64; };
+    Arm          = { cpu = { family = "arm"; }; };
+    Mips         = { cpu = { family = "mips"; }; };
+    BigEndian    = { cpu = { significantByte = significantBytes.bigEndian; }; };
+    LittleEndian = { cpu = { significantByte = significantBytes.littleEndian; }; };
+
+    Unix         = { kernel = { families = { inherit (kernelFamilies) unix; }; }; };
+    BSD          = { kernel = { families = { inherit (kernelFamilies) bsd; }; }; };
+
+    Darwin       = { kernel = kernels.darwin; };
+    Linux        = { kernel = kernels.linux; };
+    SunOS        = { kernel = kernels.solaris; };
+    FreeBSD      = { kernel = kernels.freebsd; };
+    NetBSD       = { kernel = kernels.netbsd; };
+    OpenBSD      = { kernel = kernels.openbsd; };
+    Windows      = { kernel = kernels.windows; };
+    Cygwin       = { kernel = kernels.windows; abi = abis.cygnus; };
+    MinGW        = { kernel = kernels.windows; abi = abis.gnu; };
+
+    Arm32        = recursiveUpdate patterns.Arm patterns."32bit";
+    Arm64        = recursiveUpdate patterns.Arm patterns."64bit";
+
+  };
+
+  predicates = mapAttrs'
+    (name: value: nameValuePair ("is" + name) (matchAttrs value))
+    patterns;
+}
diff --git a/lib/systems/parse.nix b/lib/systems/parse.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 with import ../lists.nix;
 with import ../types.nix;
 with import ../attrsets.nix;
+with (import ./inspect.nix).predicates;
 
 let
   lib = import ../default.nix;
@@ -109,19 +110,6 @@ rec {
       inherit cpu vendor kernel abi;
     };
 
-  is64Bit = matchAttrs { cpu = { bits = 64; }; };
-  is32Bit = matchAttrs { cpu = { bits = 32; }; };
-  isi686 = matchAttrs { cpu = cpuTypes.i686; };
-  isx86_64 = matchAttrs { cpu = cpuTypes.x86_64; };
-
-  isDarwin = matchAttrs { kernel = kernels.darwin; };
-  isLinux = matchAttrs { kernel = kernels.linux; };
-  isUnix = matchAttrs { kernel = { families = { inherit (kernelFamilies) unix; }; }; };
-  isWindows = matchAttrs { kernel = kernels.windows; };
-  isCygwin = matchAttrs { kernel = kernels.windows; abi = abis.cygnus; };
-  isMinGW = matchAttrs { kernel = kernels.windows; abi = abis.gnu; };
-
-
   mkSkeletonFromList = l: {
     "2" = # We only do 2-part hacks for things Nix already supports
       if elemAt l 1 == "cygwin"
@@ -153,22 +141,22 @@ rec {
     getKernel = name:  kernels.${name} or (throw "Unknown kernel: ${name}");
     getAbi    = name:     abis.${name} or (throw "Unknown ABI: ${name}");
 
-    system = rec {
+    parsed = rec {
       cpu = getCpu args.cpu;
       vendor =
         /**/ if args ? vendor    then getVendor args.vendor
-        else if isDarwin  system then vendors.apple
-        else if isWindows system then vendors.pc
+        else if isDarwin  parsed then vendors.apple
+        else if isWindows parsed then vendors.pc
         else                     vendors.unknown;
       kernel = getKernel args.kernel;
       abi =
         /**/ if args ? abi       then getAbi args.abi
-        else if isLinux   system then abis.gnu
-        else if isWindows system then abis.gnu
+        else if isLinux   parsed then abis.gnu
+        else if isWindows parsed then abis.gnu
         else                     abis.unknown;
     };
 
-  in mkSystem system;
+  in mkSystem parsed;
 
   mkSystemFromString = s: mkSystemFromSkeleton (mkSkeletonFromList (lib.splitString "-" s));
 

diff --git a/lib/tests/release.nix b/lib/tests/release.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs ? import ((import ../../lib).cleanSource ../..) {} }:
+{ pkgs ? import ((import ../.).cleanSource ../..) {} }:
 
 pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nixpkgs-lib-tests";

diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/cctools/port.nix
@@ -5,17 +5,15 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  inherit (stdenv.lib.systems.parse) isDarwin;
-
   prefix = stdenv.lib.optionalString
     (targetPlatform != hostPlatform)
     "${targetPlatform.config}-";
 in
 
-assert isDarwin targetPlatform.parsed;
+assert targetPlatform.isDarwin;
 
 # Non-Darwin alternatives
-assert (!isDarwin hostPlatform.parsed) -> (maloader != null && xctoolchain != null);
+assert (!hostPlatform.isDarwin) -> (maloader != null && xctoolchain != null);
 
 let
   baseParams = rec {
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ let
     '';
 
     postInstall =
-      if isDarwin hostPlatform.parsed
+      if hostPlatform.isDarwin
       then ''
         cat >$out/bin/dsymutil << EOF
         #!${stdenv.shell}

diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ in rec {
                           allowedRequisites ? null}:
     let
       thisStdenv = import ../generic {
-        inherit system config shell extraBuildInputs allowedRequisites;
+        inherit config shell extraBuildInputs allowedRequisites;
 
         name = "stdenv-darwin-boot-${toString step}";
 
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ in rec {
           ${extraPreHook}
         '';
         initialPath  = [ bootstrapTools ];
+
+        hostPlatform = localSystem;
+        targetPlatform = localSystem;
+
         fetchurlBoot = import ../../build-support/fetchurl {
           stdenv = stage0.stdenv;
           curl   = bootstrapTools;
@@ -268,7 +272,7 @@ in rec {
   };
 
   stdenvDarwin = prevStage: let pkgs = prevStage; in import ../generic rec {
-    inherit system config;
+    inherit config;
     inherit (pkgs.stdenv) fetchurlBoot;
 
     name = "stdenv-darwin";
@@ -280,6 +284,9 @@ in rec {
     stdenvSandboxProfile = binShClosure + libSystemProfile;
     extraSandboxProfile  = binShClosure + libSystemProfile;
 
+    hostPlatform = localSystem;
+    targetPlatform = localSystem;
+
     initialPath = import ../common-path.nix { inherit pkgs; };
     shell       = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
 

diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/freebsd/default.nix
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ let inherit (localSystem) system; in
 
     stdenv = import ../generic {
       name = "stdenv-freebsd-boot-1";
-      inherit system config;
+      inherit config;
       initialPath = [ "/" "/usr" ];
+      hostPlatform = localSystem;
+      targetPlatform = localSystem;
       shell = "${bootstrapTools}/bin/bash";
       fetchurlBoot = null;
       cc = null;
@@ -50,9 +52,10 @@ let inherit (localSystem) system; in
 
     stdenv = import ../generic {
       name = "stdenv-freebsd-boot-0";
-      inherit system config;
+      inherit config;
       initialPath = [ prevStage.bootstrapTools ];
-      inherit (prevStage.stdenv) shell;
+      inherit (prevStage.stdenv)
+        hostPlatform targetPlatform shell;
       fetchurlBoot = prevStage.fetchurl;
       cc = null;
     };
@@ -65,10 +68,10 @@ let inherit (localSystem) system; in
     inherit config overlays;
     stdenv = import ../generic {
       name = "stdenv-freebsd-boot-3";
-      inherit system config;
+      inherit config;
 
       inherit (prevStage.stdenv)
-        initialPath shell fetchurlBoot;
+        hostPlatform targetPlatform initialPath shell fetchurlBoot;
 
       cc = import ../../build-support/cc-wrapper {
         nativeTools  = true;

diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 let lib = import ../../../lib; in lib.makeOverridable (
 
-{ system, name ? "stdenv", preHook ? "", initialPath, cc, shell
+{ name ? "stdenv", preHook ? "", initialPath, cc, shell
 , allowedRequisites ? null, extraAttrs ? {}, overrides ? (self: super: {}), config
 
 , # The `fetchurl' to use for downloading curl and its dependencies
@@ -14,9 +14,18 @@ let lib = import ../../../lib; in lib.makeOverridable (
 , __extraImpureHostDeps ? []
 , stdenvSandboxProfile ? ""
 , extraSandboxProfile ? ""
+
+, # The platforms here do *not* correspond to the stage the stdenv is
+  # used in, but rather the previous one, in which it was built. We
+  # use the latter two platforms, like a cross compiler, because the
+  # stand environment is a build tool if you squint at it, and because
+  # neither of these are used when building stdenv so we know the
+  # build platform is irrelevant.
+  hostPlatform, targetPlatform
 }:
 
 let
+  inherit (targetPlatform) system;
 
   # See discussion at https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/25304#issuecomment-298385426
   # for why this defaults to false, but I (@copumpkin) want to default it to true soon.
@@ -265,7 +274,7 @@ let
 
       outputs' =
         outputs ++
-        (if separateDebugInfo then assert result.isLinux; [ "debug" ] else []);
+        (if separateDebugInfo then assert targetPlatform.isLinux; [ "debug" ] else []);
 
       buildInputs' = lib.chooseDevOutputs buildInputs ++
         (if separateDebugInfo then [ ../../build-support/setup-hooks/separate-debug-info.sh ] else []);
@@ -311,7 +320,7 @@ let
           # Inputs built by the usual native compiler.
           nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs'
             ++ lib.optional
-                (result.isCygwin
+                (hostPlatform.isCygwin
                   || (crossConfig != null && lib.hasSuffix "mingw32" crossConfig))
                 ../../build-support/setup-hooks/win-dll-link.sh
             ;
@@ -392,54 +401,14 @@ let
       };
 
       # Utility flags to test the type of platform.
-      isDarwin = system == "x86_64-darwin";
-      isLinux = system == "i686-linux"
-             || system == "x86_64-linux"
-             || system == "powerpc-linux"
-             || system == "armv5tel-linux"
-             || system == "armv6l-linux"
-             || system == "armv7l-linux"
-             || system == "aarch64-linux"
-             || system == "mips64el-linux";
-      isGNU = system == "i686-gnu"; # GNU/Hurd
-      isGlibc = isGNU # useful for `stdenvNative'
-             || isLinux
-             || system == "x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu";
-      isSunOS = system == "i686-solaris"
-             || system == "x86_64-solaris";
-      isCygwin = system == "i686-cygwin"
-              || system == "x86_64-cygwin";
-      isFreeBSD = system == "i686-freebsd"
-               || system == "x86_64-freebsd";
-      isOpenBSD = system == "i686-openbsd"
-               || system == "x86_64-openbsd";
-      isi686 = system == "i686-linux"
-            || system == "i686-gnu"
-            || system == "i686-freebsd"
-            || system == "i686-openbsd"
-            || system == "i686-cygwin"
-            || system == "i386-sunos";
-      isx86_64 = system == "x86_64-linux"
-              || system == "x86_64-darwin"
-              || system == "x86_64-freebsd"
-              || system == "x86_64-openbsd"
-              || system == "x86_64-cygwin"
-              || system == "x86_64-solaris";
-      is64bit = system == "x86_64-linux"
-             || system == "x86_64-darwin"
-             || system == "x86_64-freebsd"
-             || system == "x86_64-openbsd"
-             || system == "x86_64-cygwin"
-             || system == "x86_64-solaris"
-             || system == "aarch64-linux"
-             || system == "mips64el-linux";
-      isMips = system == "mips-linux"
-            || system == "mips64el-linux";
-      isArm = system == "armv5tel-linux"
-           || system == "armv6l-linux"
-           || system == "armv7l-linux";
-      isAarch64 = system == "aarch64-linux";
-      isBigEndian = system == "powerpc-linux";
+      inherit (hostPlatform)
+        isDarwin isLinux isSunOS isCygwin isFreeBSD isOpenBSD isi686 isx86_64
+        is64bit isMips isBigEndian;
+      isArm = hostPlatform.isArm32;
+      isAarch64 = hostPlatform.isArm64;
+      # Other code instead checks for anything using GNU userland,
+      # e.g. GNU/linux. This refers just to GNU Hurd.
+      isGNU = system == "i686-gnu";
 
       # Whether we should run paxctl to pax-mark binaries.
       needsPax = isLinux;