"elaborated", not "elaborate" The former means "with all the details spelled out explicitly". The latter means "intricate". And, I've yet to see a .drv file

"elaborated", not "elaborate" The former means "with all the details spelled out explicitly". The latter means "intricate". And, I've yet to see a .drv file that contains absolutely 0% shell script. Let's be honest, nix is used mainly as a metaprogramming language for bash.