nixpkgs/manual: document default setup hooks

Fixes #34857.
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</para>
<para>
Here are some packages that provide a setup hook. Since the mechanism is
modular, this probably isn't an exhaustive list. Then again, since the
mechanism is only to be used as a last resort, it might be.
<variablelist>
First, lets cover some setup hooks that are part of Nixpkgs
default stdenv. This means that they are run for every package
built using <function>stdenv.mkDerivation</function>. Some of
these are platform specific, so they may run on Linux but not
Darwin or vice-versa.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>move-docs.sh</literal>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This setup hook moves any installed documentation to the
<literal>/share</literal> subdirectory directory. This includes
the man, doc and info directories. This is needed for legacy
programs that do not know use the share subdirectory.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>compress-man-pages.sh</literal>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This setup hook compresses any man pages that have been
installed. The compression is done using the gzip program. This
helps to reduce installed size of packages.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>strip.sh</literal>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This runs the strip command on installed binaries and
libraries. This removed things like debug symbols when they are
not needed. This also helps to reduce installed size of
packages.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>patch-shebangs.sh</literal>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This setup hook patches installed scripts to use the full path
to the shebang interpreter. A shebang interpreter is the first
commented line of a script telling the operating system
what to use to run this script. In Nix, we want an exact path
to that interpreter to be used. This often replcaes
<literal>/bin/sh</literal> with a path in the Nix store.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>audit-tmpdir.sh</literal>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This verifies that no references are left from the install
binaries to the directory used to build those binaries. This
ensures that the binaries do not need things outside the Nix
store. This currently Linux only.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>multiple-outputs.sh</literal>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This setup hook adds configure flags that tell packages to
install files into any one of the proper outputs listed in
<literal>outputs</literal>. This behavior can be turned off by setting
<literal>setOutputFlags</literal> to false in the derivation
environment. See <xref linkend="chap-multiple-output"/> for
more information.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>move-sbin.sh</literal>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This setup hook moves any binaries installed in the sbin
subdirectory into bin. In addition, a link is provided from
sbin to bin for compatibility.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>move-lib64.sh</literal>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This setup hook moves any libraries installed in the lib64
subdirectory into lib. In addition, a link is provided from
lib64 to lib for compatibility.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<literal>set-source-date-epoch-to-latest.sh</literal>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This sets <literal>SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH</literal> to the
modification time of the most recent file.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
Bintools Wrapper
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
Here are some more packages that provide a setup hook. Since the
mechanism is modular, this probably isn't an exhaustive list. Then
again, since the mechanism is only to be used as a last resort, it
might be.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
Perl