nixpkgs/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix

lua:

{ buildInputs ? [], disabled ? false, ... } @ attrs:

if disabled then
  throw "${attrs.name} not supported by interpreter lua-${lua.luaversion}"
else
  lua.stdenv.mkDerivation ({

      preBuild = ''
        makeFlagsArray=(
          PREFIX=$out
          LUA_LIBDIR="$out/lib/lua/${lua.luaversion}"
          LUA_INC="-I${lua}/include");
      '';
    }
    //
    attrs
    //
    {
      name = "lua${lua.luaversion}-" + attrs.name;
      buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ lua ];
    }
  )