diff --git a/pkgs-ng/archivers/gnutar/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/archivers/gnutar/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..f79d158b86a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/archivers/gnutar/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd tar-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/archivers/gnutar/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/archivers/gnutar/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81aeda1cd9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/archivers/gnutar/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "gnutar-1.13.25"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.13.25.tar.gz
+      , md5 = "6ef8c906e81eee441f8335652670ac4a"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/compression/bzip2/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/compression/bzip2/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2fa113aa17a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/compression/bzip2/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd bzip2-* || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install PREFIX=$out || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/compression/bzip2/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/compression/bzip2/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f49e057f7074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/compression/bzip2/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "bzip2-1.0.2"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/bzip2/v102/bzip2-1.0.2.tar.gz
+      , md5 = "ee76864958d568677f03db8afad92beb"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/compression/gzip/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/compression/gzip/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..0254e252958a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/compression/gzip/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd gzip-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/compression/gzip/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/compression/gzip/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0b267f55d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/compression/gzip/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "gzip-1.3.3"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = http://www.gzip.org/gzip-1.3.3.tar.gz
+      , md5 = "52eaf713673507d21f7abefee98ba662"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/devel/compilers/gcc/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/devel/compilers/gcc/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..15746b264399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/devel/compilers/gcc/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+buildinputs="$binutils"
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+
+if test "$noSysDirs" == "1"; then
+    # Disable the standard include directories.
+    cd gcc-* || exit 1
+    cat >> ./gcc/cppdefault.h <<EOF
+#undef LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR
+#undef SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR
+#undef STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIR
+EOF
+    cd .. || exit 1
+fi
+
+# Configure.
+mkdir build || exit 1
+cd build || exit 1
+../gcc-*/configure --prefix=$out --enable-languages=c,c++ || exit 1
+
+if test "$noSysDirs" == "1"; then
+    # Patch some of the makefiles to force linking against our own glibc.
+    extraflags="-Wl,-s $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE $NIX_CFLAGS_LINK"
+    for i in $NIX_LDFLAGS; do
+        extraflags="$extraflags -Wl,$i"
+    done
+
+    mf=Makefile
+    sed \
+        -e "s^FLAGS_FOR_TARGET =\(.*\)^FLAGS_FOR_TARGET = \1 $extraflags^" \
+        < $mf > $mf.tmp || exit 1
+    mv $mf.tmp $mf
+
+    mf=gcc/Makefile
+    sed \
+        -e "s^X_CFLAGS =\(.*\)^X_CFLAGS = \1 $extraflags^" \
+        < $mf > $mf.tmp || exit 1
+    mv $mf.tmp $mf
+
+    # Patch gcc/Makefile to prevent fixinc.sh from "fixing" system header files
+    # from /usr/include.
+    mf=gcc/Makefile
+    sed \
+        -e "s^NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR =\(.*\)^NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR = /fixinc-disabled^" \
+        < $mf > $mf.tmp || exit 1
+    mv $mf.tmp $mf
+fi
+
+# Build and install.
+make bootstrap || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
+
+find $out -name "*.a" -exec strip -S {} \; || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/devel/compilers/gcc/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/devel/compilers/gcc/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfc503e15dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/devel/compilers/gcc/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, binutils}: derivation
+  { name = "gcc-3.3.2"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-3.3.2/gcc-3.3.2.tar.bz2
+      , md5 = "65999f654102f5438ac8562d13a6eced"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  , binutils = binutils
+  , noSysDirs = stdenv.noSysDirs
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/devel/libs/pcre/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/devel/libs/pcre/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..dea883667fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/devel/libs/pcre/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd pcre-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/devel/libs/pcre/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/devel/libs/pcre/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76a06fe7f2c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/devel/libs/pcre/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "pcre-4.3"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-4.3.tar.bz2
+      , md5 = "7bc7d5b590a41e6f9ede30f272002a02"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/binutils/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/binutils/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..7782ea089889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/binutils/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd binutils-* || exit 1
+
+# Clear the default library search path.
+if test "$noSysDirs" == "1"; then
+    echo 'NATIVE_LIB_DIRS=' >> ld/configure.tgt || exit 1
+fi
+
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
+
+strip -S $out/lib/*.a || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/binutils/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/binutils/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a4bc4a47bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/binutils/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "binutils-2.14"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.14.tar.bz2
+      , md5 = "2da8def15d28af3ec6af0982709ae90a"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  , noSysDirs = stdenv.noSysDirs
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/gnumake/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/gnumake/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..362de7cd9a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/gnumake/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd make-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/gnumake/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/gnumake/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00624e761498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/devel/tools/gnumake/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "gnumake-3.80"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/make/make-3.80.tar.bz2
+      , md5 = "0bbd1df101bc0294d440471e50feca71"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/fetchurl/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/fetchurl/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4560017220f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/fetchurl/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+echo "downloading $url into $out..."
+
+#prefetch=@prefix@/store/nix-prefetch-url-$md5
+prefetch=/nix/store/nix-prefetch-url-$md5
+if test -f "$prefetch"; then
+    echo "using prefetched $prefetch";
+    mv $prefetch $out || exit 1
+else
+    wget --passive-ftp "$url" -O "$out" || exit 1
+fi
+
+#actual=$(@bindir@/nix-hash --flat $out)
+actual=$(/nix/bin/nix-hash --flat $out)
+if test "$actual" != "$md5"; then
+    echo "hash is $actual, expected $md5"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/fetchurl/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/fetchurl/default.fix
index 5354ece885d7..ee5564057f3d 100644
--- a/pkgs-ng/fetchurl/default.fix
+++ b/pkgs-ng/fetchurl/default.fix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {stdenv}: {url, md5}: derivation
-  { name = "fetchurl"
+  { name = baseNameOf (toString url)
   , system = stdenv.system
   , builder = ./builder.sh
   , stdenv = stdenv
   , url = url
   , md5 = md5
+  , id = md5
   }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/shells/bash/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/shells/bash/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..7b0d093c5760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/shells/bash/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd bash-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
+(cd $out/bin; ln -s bash sh) || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/shells/bash/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/shells/bash/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d2c5d55e6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/shells/bash/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "bash-2.05b"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/bash/bash-2.05b.tar.gz
+      , md5 = "5238251b4926d778dfe162f6ce729733"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 363067568b62..000000000000
--- a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-
-echo BAR
-exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/default.fix
deleted file mode 100644
index b46eeee80291..000000000000
--- a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/default.fix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{system}: derivation
-  { name = "stdenv"
-  , system = system
-  , builder = ./builder.sh
-  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ad788118492c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Set up the initial path.
+for i in $initialPath; do
+    PATH=$PATH:$i/bin
+done
+
+# Make output directories.
+mkdir $out || exit 1
+mkdir $out/bin || exit 1
+
+# Create the setup script.
+sed \
+ -e "s^@OUT@^$out^g" \
+ -e "s^@PREHOOK@^$prehook^g" \
+ -e "s^@POSTHOOK@^$posthook^g" \
+ -e "s^@INITIALPATH@^$initialPath^g" \
+ -e "s^@PARAM1@^$param1^g" \
+ -e "s^@PARAM2@^$param2^g" \
+ -e "s^@PARAM3@^$param3^g" \
+ -e "s^@PARAM4@^$param4^g" \
+ -e "s^@PARAM5@^$param5^g" \
+ < $setup > $out/setup || exit 1
+
+# Create the gcc wrapper.
+sed \
+ -e 's^@GCC\@^$NIX_CC^g' \
+ < $gccwrapper > $out/bin/gcc || exit 1
+chmod +x $out/bin/gcc || exit 1
+ln -s gcc $out/bin/cc || exit 1
+
+# Create the g++ wrapper.
+sed \
+ -e 's^@GCC\@^$NIX_CXX^g' \
+ < $gccwrapper > $out/bin/g++ || exit 1
+chmod +x $out/bin/g++ || exit 1
+ln -s g++ $out/bin/c++ || exit 1
+
+# Create the ld wrapper.
+cp $ldwrapper $out/bin/ld || exit 1
+chmod +x $out/bin/ld || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3e917ea02df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{system, name, noSysDirs, prehook, posthook, initialPath, 
+ param1, param2, param3, param4, param5}: derivation
+  { name = name
+  , system = system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , noSysDirs = noSysDirs
+
+  , setup = ./setup.sh
+  , gccwrapper = ./gcc-wrapper.sh
+  , ldwrapper = ./ld-wrapper.sh
+
+  , prehook = prehook
+  , posthook = posthook
+
+  , initialPath = initialPath
+  # TODO: make this more elegant.
+  , param1 = param1
+  , param2 = param2
+  , param3 = param3
+  , param4 = param4
+  , param5 = param5
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/gcc-wrapper.sh b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/gcc-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f743c96ec2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/gcc-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+IFS=
+
+justcompile=0
+for i in $@; do
+    if test "$i" == "-c"; then
+        justcompile=1
+    elif test "$i" == "-S"; then
+        justcompile=1
+    elif test "$i" == "-E"; then
+        justcompile=1
+    elif test "$i" == "-E"; then
+        justcompile=1
+    elif test "$i" == "-M"; then
+        justcompile=1
+    elif test "$i" == "-MM"; then
+        justcompile=1
+    fi
+done
+
+IFS=" "
+extra=($NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE)
+if test "$justcompile" != "1"; then
+    extra=(${extra[@]} $NIX_CFLAGS_LINK)
+    for i in $NIX_LDFLAGS; do
+	extra=(${extra[@]} "-Wl,$i")
+    done
+    if test "$NIX_STRIP_DEBUG" == "1"; then
+	extra=(${extra[@]} -g0 -Wl,-s)
+    fi
+fi
+
+if test "$NIX_DEBUG" == "1"; then
+  echo "extra flags to @GCC@:" >&2
+  for i in ${extra[@]}; do
+      echo "  $i" >&2
+  done
+fi
+
+IFS=
+exec @GCC@ $@ ${extra[@]}
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/ld-wrapper.sh b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/ld-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6a2fe74c5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/ld-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+IFS=" "
+extra=($NIX_CFLAGS_LINK $NIX_LDFLAGS)
+if test "$NIX_STRIP_DEBUG" == "1"; then
+    extra=(${extra[@]} -s)
+fi
+
+if test "$NIX_DEBUG" == "1"; then
+  echo "extra flags to @LD@:" >&2
+  for i in ${extra[@]}; do
+      echo "  $i" >&2
+  done
+fi
+
+IFS=
+exec $NIX_LD $@ ${extra[@]}
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/setup.sh b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3dc8aea11d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/generic/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Set up the initial path.
+for i in @INITIALPATH@; do
+    PATH=$PATH:$i/bin
+done
+echo $PATH
+
+# Execute the pre-hook.
+param1=@PARAM1@
+param2=@PARAM2@
+param3=@PARAM3@
+param4=@PARAM4@
+param5=@PARAM5@
+. @PREHOOK@
+
+# Add the directory containing the GCC wrappers to the PATH.
+export PATH=@OUT@/bin:$PATH
+
+# Recursively add all buildinputs to the relevant environment variables.
+addtoenv()
+{
+    pkgs="$buildinputs $1"
+
+    if test -d $1/bin; then
+        export PATH=$1/bin:$PATH
+    fi
+
+    if test -d $1/lib; then
+        export NIX_CFLAGS_LINK="-L$1/lib $NIX_CFLAGS_LINK"
+        export NIX_LDFLAGS="-rpath $1/lib $NIX_LDFLAGS"
+    fi
+
+    if test -d $1/lib/pkgconfig; then
+        export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$1/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+    fi
+
+    if test -d $1/include; then
+        export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I$1/include $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
+    fi
+
+    if test -f $1/propagated-build-inputs; then
+        for i in $(cat $1/propagated-build-inputs); do
+            addtoenv $i
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
+oldbuildinputs=$buildinputs
+buildinputs=
+
+for i in $oldbuildinputs; do
+    addtoenv $i
+done
+
+# Add the output as an rpath.
+export NIX_LDFLAGS="-rpath $out/lib $NIX_LDFLAGS"
+
+# Strip debug information by default.
+export NIX_STRIP_DEBUG=1
+
+# Execute the post-hook.
+. @POSTHOOK@
+
+if test "$NIX_DEBUG" == "1"; then
+    echo "Setup: PATH=$PATH"
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/native/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/native/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2492296e4ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/native/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{system}: (import ../generic)
+  { name = "stdenv-native"
+  , system = system
+  , prehook = ./prehook.sh
+  , posthook = ./posthook.sh
+  , initialPath = "/usr/local /usr /"
+  , param1 = ""
+  , param2 = ""
+  , param3 = ""
+  , param4 = ""
+  , param5 = ""
+  , noSysDirs = false
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/native/posthook.sh b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/native/posthook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/native/prehook.sh b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/native/prehook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72e9c1748702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/native/prehook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export SHELL=/bin/sh
+
+export NIX_CC=/usr/bin/gcc
+export NIX_CXX=/usr/bin/g++
+export NIX_LD=/usr/bin/ld
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb7768f2407e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{bootStdenv, pkgs}: (import ../generic)
+  { name = "stdenv-nix"
+  , system = bootStdenv.system
+  , prehook = ./prehook.sh
+  , posthook = ./posthook.sh
+  , initialPath =
+      [ pkgs.coreutils
+      , pkgs.findutils
+      , pkgs.gnused
+      , pkgs.gnugrep
+      , pkgs.gnutar
+      , pkgs.gzip
+      , pkgs.binutils
+      , pkgs.gnumake
+      , pkgs.gcc
+      ]
+  , param1 = pkgs.bash
+  , param2 = pkgs.gcc
+  , param3 = pkgs.binutils
+  , param4 = ""
+  , param5 = ""
+  , noSysDirs = false
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/posthook.sh b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/posthook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/prehook.sh b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/prehook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6052113f168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/prehook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export SHELL=$param1
+
+echo "SHELL = $SHELL"
+
+export NIX_CC=$param2/bin/gcc
+export NIX_CXX=$param2/bin/g++
+export NIX_LD=$param3/bin/ld
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/coreutils/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/coreutils/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..753086391082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/coreutils/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd coreutils-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/coreutils/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/coreutils/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c89ffa251cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/coreutils/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "coreutils-5.0"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.0.tar.bz2
+      , md5 = "94e5558ee2a65723d4840bfde2d323f0"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/findutils/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/findutils/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..f61ec740c1b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/findutils/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd findutils-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/findutils/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/findutils/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f8995bb14584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/findutils/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "findutils-4.1.20"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/findutils/findutils-4.1.20.tar.gz
+      , md5 = "e90ce7222daadeb8616b8db461e17cbc"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnugrep/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnugrep/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..3453b5b0cb87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnugrep/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+buildinputs="$pcre"
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd grep-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnugrep/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnugrep/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b018601227c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnugrep/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pcre}: derivation
+  { name = "gnugrep-2.5.1"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/grep/grep-2.5.1.tar.bz2
+      , md5 = "ddd99e2d5d4f4611357e31e97f080cf2"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  , pcre = pcre
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnused/builder.sh b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnused/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..126635327925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnused/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd sed-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnused/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnused/default.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2ccc3401297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/sys-utils/gnused/default.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
+  { name = "gnused-4.0.7"
+  , system = stdenv.system
+  , builder = ./builder.sh
+  , src = fetchurl
+      { url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/sed/sed-4.0.7.tar.gz
+      , md5 = "005738e7f97bd77d95b6907156c8202a"
+      }
+  , stdenv = stdenv
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages-generic.fix b/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages-generic.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b013c6c684c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages-generic.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# This file evaluates to a function that, when supplied with a system
+# identifier and a standard build environment, returns the set of all
+# packages provided by the Nix Package Collection.
+
+{system, stdenv}: rec
+  { fetchurl = (import ../fetchurl)
+      { stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  # sys-utils/coreutils
+  , coreutils = (import ../sys-utils/coreutils)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  # sys-utils/findutils
+  , findutils = (import ../sys-utils/findutils)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  # sys-utils/gnused
+  , gnused = (import ../sys-utils/gnused)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  # sys-utils/gnugrep
+  , gnugrep = (import ../sys-utils/gnugrep)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      , pcre = pcre
+      }
+
+  # archivers/gnutar
+  , gnutar = (import ../archivers/gnutar)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  # compression/gzip
+  , gzip = (import ../compression/gzip)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  # shells/bash
+  , bash = (import ../shells/bash)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  # devel/tools/binutils
+  , binutils = (import ../devel/tools/binutils)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  # devel/tools/gnumake
+  , gnumake = (import ../devel/tools/gnumake)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  # devel/compilers/gcc
+  , gcc = (import ../devel/compilers/gcc)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      , binutils = binutils
+      }
+
+  # devel/libs/pcre
+  , pcre = (import ../devel/libs/pcre)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+
+  , aterm = (import ../aterm)
+      { fetchurl = fetchurl
+      , stdenv = stdenv
+      }
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages.fix b/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages.fix
index ec27319bb6fe..e38549bb01f0 100644
--- a/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages.fix
+++ b/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages.fix
@@ -1,14 +1,41 @@
-{system}: rec
-  { stdenv = (import ../stdenv)
-      { system = system
+# This file evaluates to a function that, when supplied with a system
+# identifier, returns the set of all packages provided by the Nix
+# Package Collection.  It does this by supplying
+# `all-packages-generic.fix' with a standard build environment.
+#
+# On Linux systems, the standard build environment consists of
+# Nix-built instances glibc and the `standard' Unix tools, i.e., the
+# Posix utilities, the GNU C compiler, and so on.  On other systems,
+# we use the native C library.
+
+{system}: let
+  { allPackages = import ./all-packages-generic.fix
+
+  # The native (i.e., impure) build environment.  This one uses the
+  # tools installed on the system outside of the Nix environment,
+  # i.e., the stuff in /bin, /usr/bin, etc.  This environment should
+  # be used with care, since many Nix packages will not build properly
+  # with it (e.g., because they require GNU Make).
+  , stdenvNative = (import ../stdenv/native) {system = system}
+
+  # The Nix build environment.
+  , stdenvNixPkgs = allPackages {system = system, stdenv = stdenvNative}
+  , stdenvNix = (import ../stdenv/nix)
+      { bootStdenv = stdenvNative
+      , pkgs = stdenvNixPkgs
       }
 
-  , fetchurl = (import ../fetchurl)
-      { stdenv = stdenv
-      }
+  # The Linux build environment consists of the Nix build environment
+  # built against the GNU C Library.
+  , stdenvLinux = (import ../stdenv/nix-linux) {baseStdenv = stdenvNix}
 
-  , aterm = (import ../aterm)
-      { fetchurl = fetchurl
-      , stdenv = stdenv
-      }
-  }
\ No newline at end of file
+  # Select the right one.
+  , stdenv =
+      if system == "i686-suse-linux"
+      then stdenvNix
+      else stdenvNix
+
+  # Instantiate.
+  , body = allPackages {system = system, stdenv = stdenv}
+
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/system/user-environment.fix b/pkgs-ng/system/user-environment.fix
index 6bc6ef25bcee..5a46ed6f111a 100644
--- a/pkgs-ng/system/user-environment.fix
+++ b/pkgs-ng/system/user-environment.fix
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
   , pkgs =
       [ ((import ./all-packages.fix) {system = system}).aterm
       ]
-  }
\ No newline at end of file
+  }