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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions pkgs/build-support/expand-response-params/default.nix
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{ stdenv }:

#
# A "response file" is a sequence of arguments that is passed via a
# file, rather than via argv[]. These are used mainly for platforms
# like Windows and Darwin that have awkwardly-small limits on the
# amount of memory that argv[] can use.
#
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "expand-response-params";
src = ./expand-response-params.c;
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