What resources led you to try: default.nix (i'm guessing): derivation { name = "...

What resources led you to try:

default.nix (i'm guessing):

    derivation {
      name = "simple";
      builder = "${bash}/bin/bash";
      args = [ ./simple_builder.sh ];
      inherit gcc coreutils;
      src = ./simple.c;
      system = builtins.currentSystem;
    }

Command:

    nix-build -E 'with import <nixpkgs> {}; callPackage ./default.nix {}'

Rather than something like this[0]:

default.nix:

    with (import <nixpkgs> {});
    derivation {
      name = "simple";
      builder = "${bash}/bin/bash";
      args = [ ./simple_builder.sh ];
      inherit gcc coreutils;
      src = ./simple.c;
      system = builtins.currentSystem;
    }

Which can be built with:

    nix build

We should fix the docs that led your version rather than the second.

0: https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/working-derivation.html#i...