pkgs.applyPatches

The following is the current implementation of this function.

applyPatches =
    {
      src,
      name ?
        (
          if builtins.typeOf src == "path" then
            builtins.baseNameOf src
          else if builtins.isAttrs src && builtins.hasAttr "name" src then
            src.name
          else
            throw "applyPatches: please supply a `name` argument because a default name can only be computed when the `src` is a path or is an attribute set with a `name` attribute."
        )
        + "-patched",
      patches ? [ ],
      prePatch ? "",
      postPatch ? "",
      ...
    }@args:
    if patches == [ ] && prePatch == "" && postPatch == "" then
      src # nothing to do, so use original src to avoid additional drv
    else
      stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (
        {
          inherit
            name
            src
            patches
            prePatch
            postPatch
            ;
          preferLocalBuild = true;
          allowSubstitutes = false;
          phases = "unpackPhase patchPhase installPhase";
          installPhase = "cp -R ./ $out";
        }
        # Carry `meta` information from the underlying `src` if present.
        // (optionalAttrs (src ? meta) { inherit (src) meta; })
        // (removeAttrs args [
          "src"
          "name"
          "patches"
          "prePatch"
          "postPatch"
        ])
      );