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lib/modules.nix: Add file context to unmerged values in mergeDefinitions #80919

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This helps with troubleshooting exceptions in config values, which were hard
to track down for options with many definitions.
The trace will look like:

error: while evaluating the attribute 'config.foo' at undefined position:
[...]
while evaluating the option `foo':
[...]
while evaluating definitions from `/home/user/mymod.nix':
while evaluating 'dischargeProperties' at /home/user/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:464:25, called from /home/user/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:392:137:
while evaluating the attribute 'value' at /home/user/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:277:44:
Value error!

where the /home/user/mymod.nix module is

{ lib, ... }: {
  options.foo = lib.mkOption {
    type = lib.types.lines;
  };
  config.foo = builtins.throw "Value error!";
}
Motivation for this change

Make error locations easier to find.

Things done
  • Tested using sandboxing (nix.useSandbox on NixOS, or option sandbox in nix.conf on non-NixOS linux)
  • Built on platform(s)
    • NixOS
    • macOS
    • other Linux distributions
  • Tested via one or more NixOS test(s) if existing and applicable for the change (look inside nixos/tests)
  • Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review wip"
  • Tested execution of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
  • Determined the impact on package closure size (by running nix path-info -S before and after)
  • Ensured that relevant documentation is up to date
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

This helps with troubleshooting exceptions in config values, which were hard
to track down for options with many definitions.
The trace will look like:

    error: while evaluating the attribute 'config.foo' at undefined position:
    [...]
    while evaluating the option `foo':
    [...]
    while evaluating definitions from `/home/user/mymod.nix':
    while evaluating 'dischargeProperties' at /home/user/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:464:25, called from /home/user/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:392:137:
    while evaluating the attribute 'value' at /home/user/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:277:44:
    Value error!

where the `/home/user/mymod.nix` module is

    { lib, ... }: {
      options.foo = lib.mkOption {
        type = lib.types.lines;
      };
      config.foo = builtins.throw "Value error!";
    }
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Nice! LGTM

@roberth roberth merged commit 99a2910 into NixOS:master Mar 5, 2020
@infinisil infinisil added the 6.topic: module system About NixOS module system internals label Mar 19, 2020
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