Documentation: alternative stdenv for hacking

Signed-off-by: Pamplemousse <xav.maso@gmail.com>
2021-11-26 10:04:56 +01:00
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 $ nix-shell
 ```

+or if you have a flake-enabled nix:
+
+```console
+$ nix develop
+```
+
+To get a shell with a different compilation environment (e.g. stdenv,
+gccStdenv, clangStdenv, clang11Stdenv):
+
+```console
+$ nix-shell -A devShells.x86_64-linux.clang11StdenvPackages
+```
+
+or if you have a flake-enabled nix:
+
+```console
+$ nix develop .#clang11StdenvPackages
+```
+
 To build Nix itself in this shell:

 ```console