Statically built Nix doesn't install its libraries

[sternenseemann]

Describe the bug

$ nix-build -A pkgsStatic.nix
$ ls result/lib
systemd  tmpfiles.d

However, the still installed pkg-config files claim libraries are available:

$ nix-build -A pkgsStatic.nix.dev
$ cat result-dev/lib/pkgconfig/nix-main.pc 
prefix=/nix/store/756yh330xipm9fdncislpp46cxfh33an-nix-static-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-2.11.0
libdir=/nix/store/756yh330xipm9fdncislpp46cxfh33an-nix-static-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-2.11.0/lib
includedir=/nix/store/sssclazqrxw13h362k5afq729160zqw3-nix-static-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-2.11.0-dev/include

Name: Nix
Description: Nix Package Manager
Version: 2.11.0
Libs: -L${libdir} -lnixmain
Cflags: -I${includedir}/nix -std=c++17

I think the static archive should be installed when static linking for the benefit of the packages that link against Nix. In nixpkgs of course we should use a separate output for this, so we don't redundantly ship parts of Nix to users of just the executable.

See also NixOS/nixpkgs#188401 (comment).

[zhaofengli]

Was looking into getting Attic to build statically, and came across this issue. I submitted #7567.