autotools.nix

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

hello.nix

let
  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
  mkDerivation = import ./autotools.nix pkgs;
in mkDerivation {
  name = "hello";
  src = ./hello-2.10.tar.gz;
}