No configurePhase within `nix develop` shell

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Hello,

I’m trying to debug a package I maintain by running the different build phase within nix develop. The package (gildas) does contain a configurePhase , but when I run nix develop .#gildas within the nixpkgs repository, and then configurePhase, I get the following message:

bash-5.2$ configurePhase 
no configure script, doing nothing

Why is this not working?

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the general way now is runPhase configurePhase

perhaps confusingly, configurePhase runs the default configure phase, not the one defined in $configurePhase. it’s a historical artifact that can’t really be fixed now, unfortunately.

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