About the xPack NixOS PatchELF
The project
The xPack NixOS PatchELF project is part of the
xPack Reproducible Build Framework
and is hosted on GitHub as
xpack-dev-tools/patchelf-xpack,
part of the xPack Binary Development Tools.
This project currently functions as a supplementary tool for building the main xPack Development Tools. Since these tools are exclusively built on macOS and GNU/Linux, to reduce maintenance efforts, for now there are no Windows binaries. However, the project is versatile and can be used in any builds; if necessary, Windows binaries can be added in future releases.
Project history
The project was created in October 2022.
October 2022
The first xPack NixOS PatchELF release was v0.15.0-1.
August 2024
The project underwent a comprehensive restructuring. To streamline the top
package.json by showcasing only user-related definitions and concealing
build-related ones, all build-related files were relocated to the
build-assets folder. Furthermore, the development Git branch was
renamed to xpack-development for enhanced clarity.
The web site
The initial web site was launched in February 2023 as a sub-site in the xPack web site. It used the Jekyll Doc Theme 6.0 by Tom Johnson.
In August 2024,
as part of the project restructuring, the website content was migrated
from the xPack Jekyll sub-site to a local Docusaurus configuration
stored in the website folder. To ensure continuity, HTML <meta>
redirects were added to the old pages.
Additionally, a GitHub Action was implemented to automatically
publish the site upon any pushes to the website Git branch.
The author
This project is currently maintained by Liviu Ionescu (ilg-ul), a senior computer engineer, with expertise in C++/C embedded systems, RTOSes, build tools, operating systems, compilers and Internet technologies.
He can be reached at <ilg@livius.net>.
Please note, this email address is provided as a courtesy.
For all correspondence related to the xPack NixOS PatchELF
project, kindly use the project support page).