autotools.nix

pkgs: attrs:
  with pkgs;
  let defaultAttrs = {
    builder = "${bash}/bin/bash";
    args = [ ./builder.sh ];
    setup = [ ./setup.sh ];
    baseInputs = [ gnutar gzip gnumake gcc binutils-unwrapped
      coreutils gawk gnused gnugrep patchelf findutils ];
    buildInputs = [];
    system = builtins.currentSystem;
  };
  in
derivation (defaultAttrs // attrs)

builder.sh

set -e
source $setup
genericBuild

commands

[patrik@attentec85:~/nixtest/11_inputpattern]$ nix-build graphviz.nix 
/nix/store/kw92knc13ljycc8rxx9a8khyc5gqdahs-graphviz

[patrik@attentec85:~/nixtest/11_inputpattern]$ echo 'graph test { a -- b }'|result/bin/dot -Tpng -o butterfly16.png
Format: "png" not recognized. Use one of: canon cmap cmapx cmapx_np dot eps fig gv imap imap_np ismap pic plain plain-ext pov ps ps2 svg tk vml xdot xdot1.2 xdot1.4

graphviz.nix

let
  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
  mkDerivation = import ./autotools.nix pkgs;
in mkDerivation {
  name = "graphviz";
  src = ./graphviz-2.38.0.tar.gz;
  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ gd fontconfig libjpeg bzip2 ];
}

setup.sh

unset PATH
for p in $baseInputs $buildInputs; do
  if [ -d $p/bin ]; then
    export PATH="$p/bin${PATH:+:}$PATH"
  fi
  if [ -d $p/include ]; then
    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I $p/include${NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE:+ }$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
  fi
  if [ -d $p/lib ]; then
    export NIX_LDFLAGS="-rpath $p/lib -L $p/lib${NIX_LDFLAGS:+ }$NIX_LDFLAGS"
  fi
done

function unpackPhase() {
    tar -xzf $src

    for d in *; do
	if [ -d "$d" ]; then
	    cd "$d"
	    break
	fi
    done
}

function configurePhase() {
    ./configure --prefix=$out
}

function buildPhase() {
    make
}

function installPhase() {
    make install
}

function fixupPhase() {
    find $out -type f -exec patchelf --shrink-rpath '{}' \; -exec strip '{}' \; 2>/dev/null
}

function genericBuild() {
    unpackPhase
    configurePhase
    buildPhase
    installPhase
    fixupPhase
}