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WIP: enable __structuredAttrs in stdenv.mkDerivation #65686

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@FRidh FRidh commented Jul 31, 2019

This is an attempt at adding support for __structuredAttrs.

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  • Tested using sandboxing (nix.useSandbox on NixOS, or option sandbox in nix.conf on non-NixOS)
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  • 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 nix-review --run "nix-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.
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@FRidh FRidh force-pushed the attrs branch 2 times, most recently from 29793f6 to ec448e9 Compare July 31, 2019 19:05
This is an attempt at adding support for `__structuredAttrs`.
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FRidh commented Jul 31, 2019

While .attrs.sh is bash-compatible, the declared attributes are different than what existed. E.g., the output $out is now ${outputs["out"]}. I suppose for compatibility we should ensure the original variables still function.

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globin commented Aug 1, 2019

Feel free to steal from: https://github.com/mayflower/nixpkgs/tree/structured-attrs

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FRidh commented Aug 2, 2019

oh, nice! It certainly seems there is still a lot of work required. Is Mayflower going with this any further?

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globin commented Aug 3, 2019

I don't have time to progress further for now. Building stdenv partly suceeds to build in my branch, in the sense that as far as I can see the only problem is that I have a problem with input ordering or similar so that the bootstrap tools are referenced instead of stuff built during stdenv bootstrapping. but didn't manage to debug that further until now.

I know @matthewbauer, @Ericson2314 and @edolstra at least were interested in this too.

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globin commented Aug 3, 2019

Furthermore I'd propose pushing my branch to NixOS/nixpkgs and create a follow-up PR so that a larger number of people can work on this concurrently? Feel free to just go ahead and do so if you think that should be the way to move forward on this.

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