(rustc-nightly) init at 2016-11-26 - precompiled rustc nightly binary

pkgs/development/compilers/rust/nightlyBin.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, cacert, zlib }:
+
+let
+  inherit (stdenv.lib) optionalString;
+
+  platform = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" 
+    then "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+    else abort "missing boostrap url for platform ${stdenv.system}";
+
+  bootstrapHash =
+    if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux"
+    then "1hsvf1vj18fqxkqw8jhnwahhk2q5xcl5396czr034fphmp5n4haw"
+    else throw "missing boostrap hash for platform ${stdenv.system}";
+
+  needsPatchelf = stdenv.isLinux;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+     url = "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/${version}/rustc-nightly-${platform}.tar.gz";
+     sha256 = bootstrapHash;
+  };
+
+  version = "2016-11-26";
+in
+
+rec {
+  rustc = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "rustc-nightly-${version}";
+
+    inherit version;
+    inherit src;
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = http://www.rust-lang.org/;
+      description = "A safe, concurrent, practical language";
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ qknight ];
+      license = [ licenses.mit licenses.asl20 ];
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+    phases = ["unpackPhase" "installPhase"];
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      ./install.sh --prefix=$out \
+        --components=rustc
+
+      ${optionalString needsPatchelf ''
+        patchelf \
+          --set-interpreter $(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker) \
+          "$out/bin/rustc"
+      ''}
+
+      # Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT use `wrapProgram` on $out/bin/rustc
+      # (or similar) here. It causes strange effects where rustc loads
+      # the wrong libraries in a bootstrap-build causing failures that
+      # are very hard to track dow. For details, see
+      # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/34722#issuecomment-232164943
+    '';
+  };
+}

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -5215,6 +5215,8 @@ in
   };
 
   rust = rustStable;
+  rustcNightlyBin = lowPrio(callPackage ../development/compilers/rust/nightlyBin.nix {});
+  rustcNightlyBin-2016-11-26 = rustcNightlyBin;
   rustStable = callPackage ../development/compilers/rust {};
   rustBeta = callPackage ../development/compilers/rust/beta.nix {};
   rustUnstable = callPackage ../development/compilers/rust/head.nix {