Runtime Dependencies

• Explain how nix finds runtime dependencies (essentially greps for valid /nix/store/... paths)

  • TODO: link to another section on how to reduce closure sizes
  • TODO: link to another section on how to ensure runtime dependencies are correctly picked up
    • E.g. jar files are compressed, but may reference another package which needs to be present on the host
    • Generally this is done by doing echo ${dependency} > $out/nix-support

• How to determine a runtime depdency (e.g. nix-store -q --requisites)

• How to wrap programs so that certain dependencies are present on PATH or in other ways

• Mention that patching is sometimes required (e.g. python), as there's not always a deterministic way to define how a package will be consumed (e.g. python module importing another)