{  system ? builtins.currentSystem,
 buildtype ? "release",
 compiler ? "gcc",
 lib_type ? "shared",
 dep_type ? "shared",
 mesonFlags ? ""
}:

with import <nixpkgs> { inherit system; };

stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 name = "nonlibc-${buildtype}-${compiler}";
 env = buildEnv { name = name; paths = nativeBuildInputs; };
 outputs = [ "out" ];
 nativeBuildInputs = [
  (lowPrio gcc)
  clang
  clang-tools
  cscope
  meson
  ninja
  pandoc
  python3
  valgrind
  which
 ];

 # just work with the current directory (aka: Git repo), no fancy tarness
 src = ./.;
 # Override the setupHook in the meson nix derviation,
 # so that meson doesn't automatically get invoked from there.
 meson = pkgs.meson.overrideAttrs ( oldAttrs: rec {
  setupHook = "";
 });

 # build
 mFlags = mesonFlags
  + " --buildtype=${buildtype}"
  + " -Dlib_type=${lib_type}"
  + " -Ddep_type=${dep_type}";
 configurePhase = ''
  echo "pkgconfig: $PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
  echo "flags: $mFlags"
  echo "prefix: $out"
  CC=${compiler} meson --prefix=$out build $mFlags
  cd build
  '';

 buildPhase = ''
  ninja test
  ninja install
  '';
}