Merge branch 'master' into read-only-local-store

.github/workflows/backport.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Create backport PRs
         # should be kept in sync with `version`
-        uses: zeebe-io/backport-action@v1.2.0
+        uses: zeebe-io/backport-action@v1.3.0
         with:
           # Config README: https://github.com/zeebe-io/backport-action#backport-action
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v20
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v21
+      with:
+        # The sandbox would otherwise be disabled by default on Darwin
+        extra_nix_config: "sandbox = true"
     - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - uses: cachix/cachix-action@v12
       if: needs.check_secrets.outputs.cachix == 'true'
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v20
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v21
       with:
         install_url: https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.13.3/install
     - uses: cachix/cachix-action@v12
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v20
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v21
       with:
         install_url: '${{needs.installer.outputs.installerURL}}'
         install_options: "--tarball-url-prefix https://${{ env.CACHIX_NAME }}.cachix.org/serve"
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v20
+    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v21
       with:
         install_url: https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.13.3/install
     - run: echo CACHIX_NAME="$(echo $GITHUB_REPOSITORY-install-tests | tr "[A-Z]/" "[a-z]-")" >> $GITHUB_ENV

.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.16.0
+2.17.0

doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
   - [CLI guideline](contributing/cli-guideline.md)
 - [Release Notes](release-notes/release-notes.md)
   - [Release X.Y (202?-??-??)](release-notes/rl-next.md)
+  - [Release 2.16 (2023-05-31)](release-notes/rl-2.16.md)
   - [Release 2.15 (2023-04-11)](release-notes/rl-2.15.md)
   - [Release 2.14 (2023-02-28)](release-notes/rl-2.14.md)
   - [Release 2.13 (2023-01-17)](release-notes/rl-2.13.md)

doc/manual/src/advanced-topics/distributed-builds.md

@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ contains Nix.
 
 > **Warning**
 >
-> If you are building via the Nix daemon, it is the Nix daemon user
+> If you are building via the Nix daemon, it is the Nix daemon user account (that is, `root`) that should have SSH access to a user (not necessarily `root`) on the remote machine.
-> account (that is, `root`) that should have SSH access to the remote
+>
-> machine. If you can’t or don’t want to configure `root` to be able to
+> If you can’t or don’t want to configure `root` to be able to access the remote machine, you can use a private Nix store instead by passing e.g. `--store ~/my-nix` when running a Nix command from the local machine.
-> access to remote machine, you can use a private Nix store instead by
-> passing e.g. `--store ~/my-nix`.
 
 The list of remote machines can be specified on the command line or in
 the Nix configuration file. The former is convenient for testing. For

doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md

@@ -17,3 +17,27 @@ These constants are built into the Nix language evaluator:
   The built-in value `currentSystem` evaluates to the Nix platform
   identifier for the Nix installation on which the expression is being
   evaluated, such as `"i686-linux"` or `"x86_64-darwin"`.
+
+  Not available in [pure evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval).
+
+- [`builtins.currentTime`]{#builtins-currentTime} (integer)
+
+  Return the [Unix time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) at first evaluation.
+  Repeated references to that name will re-use the initially obtained value.
+
+  Example:
+
+  ```console
+  $ nix repl
+  Welcome to Nix 2.15.1 Type :? for help.
+
+  nix-repl> builtins.currentTime
+  1683705525
+
+  nix-repl> builtins.currentTime
+  1683705525
+  ```
+
+  The [store path](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-path) of a derivation depending on `currentTime` will differ for each evaluation.
+
+  Not available in [pure evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval).

doc/manual/src/language/constructs.md

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Recursive sets
 
-Recursive sets are just normal sets, but the attributes can refer to
+Recursive sets are like normal [attribute sets](./values.md#attribute-set), but the attributes can refer to each other.
-each other. For example,
+
+> *rec-attrset* = `rec {` [ *name* `=` *expr* `;` `]`... `}`
+
+Example:
 
 ```nix
 rec {
@@ -12,7 +15,9 @@ rec {
 }.x
 ```
 
-evaluates to `123`. Note that without `rec` the binding `x = y;` would
+This evaluates to `123`.
+
+Note that without `rec` the binding `x = y;` would
 refer to the variable `y` in the surrounding scope, if one exists, and
 would be invalid if no such variable exists. That is, in a normal
 (non-recursive) set, attributes are not added to the lexical scope; in a
@@ -33,7 +38,10 @@ will crash with an `infinite recursion encountered` error message.
 ## Let-expressions
 
 A let-expression allows you to define local variables for an expression.
-For instance,
+
+> *let-in* = `let` [ *identifier* = *expr* ]... `in` *expr*
+
+Example:
 
 ```nix
 let
@@ -42,18 +50,19 @@ let
 in x + y
 ```
 
-evaluates to `"foobar"`.
+This evaluates to `"foobar"`.
 
 ## Inheriting attributes
 
-When defining a set or in a let-expression it is often convenient to
+When defining an [attribute set](./values.md#attribute-set) or in a [let-expression](#let-expressions) it is often convenient to copy variables from the surrounding lexical scope (e.g., when you want to propagate attributes).
-copy variables from the surrounding lexical scope (e.g., when you want
+This can be shortened using the `inherit` keyword.
-to propagate attributes). This can be shortened using the `inherit`
+
-keyword. For instance,
+Example:
 
 ```nix
 let x = 123; in
-{ inherit x;
+{
+  inherit x;
   y = 456;
 }
 ```
@@ -62,15 +71,23 @@ is equivalent to
 
 ```nix
 let x = 123; in
-{ x = x;
+{
+  x = x;
   y = 456;
 }
 ```
 
-and both evaluate to `{ x = 123; y = 456; }`. (Note that this works
+and both evaluate to `{ x = 123; y = 456; }`.
-because `x` is added to the lexical scope by the `let` construct.) It is
+
-also possible to inherit attributes from another set. For instance, in
+> **Note**
-this fragment from `all-packages.nix`,
+>
+> This works because `x` is added to the lexical scope by the `let` construct.
+
+It is also possible to inherit attributes from another attribute set.
+
+Example:
+
+In this fragment from `all-packages.nix`,
 
 ```nix
 graphviz = (import ../tools/graphics/graphviz) {

doc/manual/src/language/operators.md

@@ -35,17 +35,14 @@
 
 ## Attribute selection
 
+> *attrset* `.` *attrpath* \[ `or` *expr* \]
+
 Select the attribute denoted by attribute path *attrpath* from [attribute set] *attrset*.
 If the attribute doesn’t exist, return the *expr* after `or` if provided, otherwise abort evaluation.
 
-<!-- FIXME: the following should to into its own language syntax section, but that needs more work to fit in well -->
+An attribute path is a dot-separated list of [attribute names](./values.md#attribute-set).
 
-An attribute path is a dot-separated list of attribute names.
+> *attrpath* = *name* [ `.` *name* ]...
-An attribute name can be an identifier or a string.
-
-> *attrpath* = *name* [ `.` *name* ]... \
-> *name* = *identifier* | *string* \
-> *identifier* ~ `[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_'-]*`
 
 [Attribute selection]: #attribute-selection
 

doc/manual/src/language/values.md

@@ -164,9 +164,17 @@ Note that lists are only lazy in values, and they are strict in length.
 
 An attribute set is a collection of name-value-pairs (called *attributes*) enclosed in curly brackets (`{ }`).
 
+An attribute name can be an identifier or a [string](#string).
+An identifier must start with a letter (`a-z`, `A-Z`) or underscore (`_`), and can otherwise contain letters (`a-z`, `A-Z`), numbers (`0-9`), underscores (`_`), apostrophes (`'`), or dashes (`-`).
+
+> *name* = *identifier* | *string* \
+> *identifier* ~ `[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_'-]*`
+
 Names and values are separated by an equal sign (`=`).
 Each value is an arbitrary expression terminated by a semicolon (`;`).
 
+> *attrset* = `{` [ *name* `=` *expr* `;` `]`... `}`
+
 Attributes can appear in any order.
 An attribute name may only occur once.
 
@@ -182,15 +190,19 @@ Example:
 
 This defines a set with attributes named `x`, `text`, `y`.
 
-Attributes can be selected from a set using the `.` operator. For
+Attributes can be accessed with the [`.` operator](./operators.md#attribute-selection).
-instance,
+
+Example:
 
 ```nix
 { a = "Foo"; b = "Bar"; }.a
 ```
 
-evaluates to `"Foo"`. It is possible to provide a default value in an
+This evaluates to `"Foo"`.
-attribute selection using the `or` keyword:
+
+It is possible to provide a default value in an attribute selection using the `or` keyword.
+
+Example:
 
 ```nix
 { a = "Foo"; b = "Bar"; }.c or "Xyzzy"

doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.16.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Release 2.16 (2023-05-31)
+
+* Speed-up of downloads from binary caches.
+  The number of parallel downloads (also known as substitutions) has been separated from the [`--max-jobs` setting](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-max-jobs).
+  The new setting is called [`max-substitution-jobs`](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-max-substitution-jobs).
+  The number of parallel downloads is now set to 16 by default (previously, the default was 1 due to the coupling to build jobs).
+
+* The function [`builtins.replaceStrings`](@docroot@/language/builtins.md#builtins-replaceStrings) is now lazy in the value of its second argument `to`. That is, `to` is only evaluated when its corresponding pattern in `from` is matched in the string `s`.

doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md

@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 # Release X.Y (202?-??-??)
 
-- Speed-up of downloads from binary caches.
-  The number of parallel downloads (also known as substitutions) has been separated from the [`--max-jobs` setting](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-max-jobs).
-  The new setting is called [`max-substitution-jobs`](../command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-max-substitution-jobs).
-  The number of parallel downloads is now set to 16 by default (previously, the default was 1 due to the coupling to build jobs).

maintainers/release-process.md

@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ release:
   TODO: This script requires the right AWS credentials. Document.
 
   TODO: This script currently requires a
-  `/home/eelco/Dev/nix-pristine` and
+  `/home/eelco/Dev/nix-pristine`.
-  `/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-pristine`.
 
   TODO: trigger nixos.org netlify: https://docs.netlify.com/configure-builds/build-hooks/
 
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ release:
   $ git checkout master
   $ git pull
   $ NEW_VERSION=2.13.0
-  $ echo -n $NEW_VERSION > .version
+  $ echo $NEW_VERSION > .version
   $ git checkout -b bump-$NEW_VERSION
   $ git commit -a -m 'Bump version'
   $ git push --set-upstream origin bump-$NEW_VERSION

maintainers/upload-release.pl

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ my $evalId = $ARGV[0] or die "Usage: $0 EVAL-ID\n";
 
 my $releasesBucketName = "nix-releases";
 my $channelsBucketName = "nix-channels";
-my $nixpkgsDir = "/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs-pristine";
 
 my $TMPDIR = $ENV{'TMPDIR'} // "/tmp";
 
@@ -200,26 +199,22 @@ for my $fn (glob "$tmpDir/*") {
     }
 }
 
-# Update nix-fallback-paths.nix.
+# Print new nix-fallback-paths.nix.
 if ($isLatest) {
-    system("cd $nixpkgsDir && git pull") == 0 or die;
-
     sub getStorePath {
         my ($jobName) = @_;
         my $buildInfo = decode_json(fetch("$evalUrl/job/$jobName", 'application/json'));
         return $buildInfo->{buildoutputs}->{out}->{path} or die "cannot get store path for '$jobName'";
     }
 
-    write_file("$nixpkgsDir/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix",
+    print STDERR "nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix:\n" .
                "{\n" .
                "  x86_64-linux = \"" . getStorePath("build.x86_64-linux") . "\";\n" .
                "  i686-linux = \"" . getStorePath("build.i686-linux") . "\";\n" .
                "  aarch64-linux = \"" . getStorePath("build.aarch64-linux") . "\";\n" .
                "  x86_64-darwin = \"" . getStorePath("build.x86_64-darwin") . "\";\n" .
                "  aarch64-darwin = \"" . getStorePath("build.aarch64-darwin") . "\";\n" .
-               "}\n");
+               "}\n";
-
-    system("cd $nixpkgsDir && git commit -a -m 'nix-fallback-paths.nix: Update to $version'") == 0 or die;
 }
 
 # Update the "latest" symlink.

scripts/install-multi-user.sh

@@ -246,8 +246,15 @@ printf -v _OLD_LINE_FMT "%b" $'\033[1;7;31m-'"$ESC ${RED}%L${ESC}"
 printf -v _NEW_LINE_FMT "%b" $'\033[1;7;32m+'"$ESC ${GREEN}%L${ESC}"
 
 _diff() {
+    # macOS Ventura doesn't ship with GNU diff. Print similar output except
+    # without +/- markers or dimming
+    if diff --version | grep -q "Apple diff"; then
+        printf -v CHANGED_GROUP_FORMAT "%b" "${GREEN}%>${RED}%<${ESC}"
+        diff --changed-group-format="$CHANGED_GROUP_FORMAT" "$@"
+    else
     # simple colorized diff comatible w/ pre `--color` versions
-    diff --unchanged-group-format="$_UNCHANGED_GRP_FMT" --old-line-format="$_OLD_LINE_FMT" --new-line-format="$_NEW_LINE_FMT" --unchanged-line-format="  %L" "$@"
+        diff --unchanged-group-format="$_UNCHANGED_GRP_FMT" --old-line-format="$_OLD_LINE_FMT" --new-line-format="$_NEW_LINE_FMT" --unchanged-line-format="  %L" "$@"
+    fi
 }
 
 confirm_rm() {

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ Strings EvalSettings::getDefaultNixPath()
 {
     Strings res;
     auto add = [&](const Path & p, const std::string & s = std::string()) {
-        if (pathExists(p)) {
+        if (pathAccessible(p)) {
             if (s.empty()) {
                 res.push_back(p);
             } else {

src/libexpr/eval.hh

@@ -745,7 +745,13 @@ struct EvalSettings : Config
         )"};
 
     Setting<bool> pureEval{this, false, "pure-eval",
-        "Whether to restrict file system and network access to files specified by cryptographic hash."};
+        R"(
+          Pure evaluation mode ensures that the result of Nix expressions is fully determined by explicitly declared inputs, and not influenced by external state:
+
+          - Restrict file system and network access to files specified by cryptographic hash
+          - Disable [`bultins.currentSystem`](@docroot@/language/builtin-constants.md#builtins-currentSystem) and [`builtins.currentTime`](@docroot@/language/builtin-constants.md#builtins-currentTime)
+        )"
+        };
 
     Setting<bool> enableImportFromDerivation{
         this, true, "allow-import-from-derivation",

src/libexpr/primops.cc

@@ -1152,16 +1152,14 @@ drvName, Bindings * attrs, Value & v)
                 if (i->value->type() == nNull) continue;
             }
 
-            if (i->name == state.sContentAddressed) {
+            if (i->name == state.sContentAddressed && state.forceBool(*i->value, noPos, context_below)) {
-                contentAddressed = state.forceBool(*i->value, noPos, context_below);
+                contentAddressed = true;
-                if (contentAddressed)
+                experimentalFeatureSettings.require(Xp::CaDerivations);
-                    experimentalFeatureSettings.require(Xp::CaDerivations);
             }
 
-            else if (i->name == state.sImpure) {
+            else if (i->name == state.sImpure && state.forceBool(*i->value, noPos, context_below)) {
-                isImpure = state.forceBool(*i->value, noPos, context_below);
+                isImpure = true;
-                if (isImpure)
+                experimentalFeatureSettings.require(Xp::ImpureDerivations);
-                    experimentalFeatureSettings.require(Xp::ImpureDerivations);
             }
 
             /* The `args' attribute is special: it supplies the
@@ -1503,7 +1501,7 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_storePath({
       causes the path to be *copied* again to the Nix store, resulting
       in a new path (e.g. `/nix/store/ld01dnzc…-source-source`).
 
-      This function is not available in pure evaluation mode.
+      Not available in [pure evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval).
     )",
     .fun = prim_storePath,
 });
@@ -3910,13 +3908,8 @@ static void prim_replaceStrings(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * a
     for (auto elem : args[0]->listItems())
         from.emplace_back(state.forceString(*elem, pos, "while evaluating one of the strings to replace passed to builtins.replaceStrings"));
 
-    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, NixStringContext>> to;
+    std::unordered_map<size_t, std::string> cache;
-    to.reserve(args[1]->listSize());
+    auto to = args[1]->listItems();
-    for (auto elem : args[1]->listItems()) {
-        NixStringContext ctx;
-        auto s = state.forceString(*elem, ctx, pos, "while evaluating one of the replacement strings passed to builtins.replaceStrings");
-        to.emplace_back(s, std::move(ctx));
-    }
 
     NixStringContext context;
     auto s = state.forceString(*args[2], context, pos, "while evaluating the third argument passed to builtins.replaceStrings");
@@ -3927,10 +3920,19 @@ static void prim_replaceStrings(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * a
         bool found = false;
         auto i = from.begin();
         auto j = to.begin();
-        for (; i != from.end(); ++i, ++j)
+        size_t j_index = 0;
+        for (; i != from.end(); ++i, ++j, ++j_index)
             if (s.compare(p, i->size(), *i) == 0) {
                 found = true;
-                res += j->first;
+                auto v = cache.find(j_index);
+                if (v == cache.end()) {
+                    NixStringContext ctx;
+                    auto ts = state.forceString(**j, ctx, pos, "while evaluating one of the replacement strings passed to builtins.replaceStrings");
+                    v = (cache.emplace(j_index, ts)).first;
+                    for (auto& path : ctx)
+                        context.insert(path);
+                }
+                res += v->second;
                 if (i->empty()) {
                     if (p < s.size())
                         res += s[p];
@@ -3938,9 +3940,6 @@ static void prim_replaceStrings(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * a
                 } else {
                     p += i->size();
                 }
-                for (auto& path : j->second)
-                    context.insert(path);
-                j->second.clear();
                 break;
             }
         if (!found) {
@@ -3958,7 +3957,11 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_replaceStrings({
     .args = {"from", "to", "s"},
     .doc = R"(
       Given string *s*, replace every occurrence of the strings in *from*
-      with the corresponding string in *to*. For example,
+      with the corresponding string in *to*.
+
+      The argument *to* is lazy, that is, it is only evaluated when its corresponding pattern in *from* is matched in the string *s*
+
+      Example:
 
       ```nix
       builtins.replaceStrings ["oo" "a"] ["a" "i"] "foobar"

src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc

@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_fetchurl({
     .name = "__fetchurl",
     .args = {"url"},
     .doc = R"(
-      Download the specified URL and return the path of the downloaded
+      Download the specified URL and return the path of the downloaded file.
-      file. This function is not available if [restricted evaluation
+
-      mode](../command-ref/conf-file.md) is enabled.
+      Not available in [restricted evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval).
     )",
     .fun = prim_fetchurl,
 });
@@ -338,8 +338,7 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_fetchTarball({
       stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
       ```
 
-      This function is not available if [restricted evaluation
+      Not available in [restricted evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-restrict-eval).
-      mode](../command-ref/conf-file.md) is enabled.
     )",
     .fun = prim_fetchTarball,
 });
@@ -470,14 +469,9 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_fetchGit({
           }
           ```
 
-          > **Note**
+          Nix will refetch the branch according to the [`tarball-ttl`](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-tarball-ttl) setting.
-          >
-          > Nix will refetch the branch in accordance with
-          > the option `tarball-ttl`.
 
-          > **Note**
+          This behavior is disabled in [pure evaluation mode](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-pure-eval).
-          >
-          > This behavior is disabled in *Pure evaluation mode*.
 
         - To fetch the content of a checked-out work directory:
 

src/libexpr/tests/error_traces.cc

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ namespace nix {
                       hintfmt("value is %s while a string was expected", "an integer"),
                       hintfmt("while evaluating one of the strings to replace passed to builtins.replaceStrings"));
 
-        ASSERT_TRACE2("replaceStrings [ \"old\" ] [ true ] {}",
+        ASSERT_TRACE2("replaceStrings [ \"oo\" ] [ true ] \"foo\"",
                       TypeError,
                       hintfmt("value is %s while a string was expected", "a Boolean"),
                       hintfmt("while evaluating one of the replacement strings passed to builtins.replaceStrings"));

src/libfetchers/input-accessor.cc

@@ -75,22 +75,28 @@ SourcePath SourcePath::resolveSymlinks() const
 
     int linksAllowed = 1024;
 
-    for (auto & component : path) {
+    std::list<std::string> todo;
-        res.path.push(component);
+    for (auto & c : path)
-        while (true) {
+        todo.push_back(std::string(c));
-            if (auto st = res.maybeLstat()) {
+
+    while (!todo.empty()) {
+        auto c = *todo.begin();
+        todo.pop_front();
+        if (c == "" || c == ".")
+            ;
+        else if (c == "..")
+            res.path.pop();
+        else {
+            res.path.push(c);
+            if (auto st = res.maybeLstat(); st && st->type == InputAccessor::tSymlink) {
                 if (!linksAllowed--)
                     throw Error("infinite symlink recursion in path '%s'", path);
-                if (st->type != InputAccessor::tSymlink) break;
                 auto target = res.readLink();
+                res.path.pop();
                 if (hasPrefix(target, "/"))
-                    res = CanonPath(target);
+                    res.path = CanonPath::root;
-                else {
+                todo.splice(todo.begin(), tokenizeString<std::list<std::string>>(target, "/"));
-                    res.path.pop();
+            }
-                    res.path.extend(CanonPath(target));
-                }
-            } else
-                break;
         }
     }
 

src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc

@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ bool LocalDerivationGoal::cleanupDecideWhetherDiskFull()
         for (auto & [_, status] : initialOutputs) {
             if (!status.known) continue;
             if (buildMode != bmCheck && status.known->isValid()) continue;
-            auto p = worker.store.printStorePath(status.known->path);
+            auto p = worker.store.toRealPath(status.known->path);
             if (pathExists(chrootRootDir + p))
                 renameFile((chrootRootDir + p), p);
         }

src/libstore/globals.cc

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ bool Settings::isWSL1()
 Path Settings::getDefaultSSLCertFile()
 {
     for (auto & fn : {"/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt", "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"})
-        if (pathExists(fn)) return fn;
+        if (pathAccessible(fn)) return fn;
     return "";
 }
 

src/libstore/globals.hh

@@ -995,6 +995,18 @@ public:
           | `~/.nix-profile`  | `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile`  |
           | `~/.nix-defexpr`  | `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/defexpr`  |
           | `~/.nix-channels` | `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/channels` |
+
+          If you already have Nix installed and are using [profiles](@docroot@/package-management/profiles.md) or [channels](@docroot@/package-management/channels.md), you should migrate manually when you enable this option.
+          If `$XDG_STATE_HOME` is not set, use `$HOME/.local/state/nix` instead of `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix`.
+          This can be achieved with the following shell commands:
+
+          ```sh
+          nix_state_home=${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix
+          mkdir -p $nix_state_home
+          mv $HOME/.nix-profile $nix_state_home/profile
+          mv $HOME/.nix-defexpr $nix_state_home/defexpr
+          mv $HOME/.nix-channels $nix_state_home/channels
+          ```
         )"
     };
 };

src/libutil/experimental-features.cc

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ constexpr std::array<ExperimentalFeatureDetails, 14> xpFeatureDetails = {{
             or other impure derivations can rely on impure derivations. Finally,
             an impure derivation cannot also be
             [content-addressed](#xp-feature-ca-derivations).
+
+            This is a more explicit alternative to using [`builtins.currentTime`](@docroot@/language/builtin-constants.md#builtins-currentTime).
         )",
     },
     {

src/libutil/tests/tests.cc

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ namespace nix {
     }
 
     TEST(pathExists, bogusPathDoesNotExist) {
-        ASSERT_FALSE(pathExists("/home/schnitzel/darmstadt/pommes"));
+        ASSERT_FALSE(pathExists("/schnitzel/darmstadt/pommes"));
     }
 
     /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/libutil/util.cc

@@ -266,6 +266,17 @@ bool pathExists(const Path & path)
     return false;
 }
 
+bool pathAccessible(const Path & path)
+{
+    try {
+        return pathExists(path);
+    } catch (SysError & e) {
+        // swallow EPERM
+        if (e.errNo == EPERM) return false;
+        throw;
+    }
+}
+
 
 Path readLink(const Path & path)
 {

src/libutil/util.hh

@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ struct stat lstat(const Path & path);
  */
 bool pathExists(const Path & path);
 
+/**
+ * A version of pathExists that returns false on a permission error.
+ * Useful for inferring default paths across directories that might not
+ * be readable.
+ * @return true iff the given path can be accessed and exists
+ */
+bool pathAccessible(const Path & path);
+
 /**
  * Read the contents (target) of a symbolic link.  The result is not
  * in any way canonicalised.

src/nix/nix.md

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ way:
   available in the flake. If this is undesirable, specify `path:<directory>` explicitly;
 
   For example, if `/foo/bar` is a git repository with the following structure:
+
   ```
   .
   └── baz

tests/eval.sh

@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ nix-instantiate --eval -E 'assert 1 + 2 == 3; true'
 # Check that symlink cycles don't cause a hang.
 ln -sfn cycle.nix $TEST_ROOT/cycle.nix
 (! nix eval --file $TEST_ROOT/cycle.nix)
+
+# Check that relative symlinks are resolved correctly.
+mkdir -p $TEST_ROOT/xyzzy $TEST_ROOT/foo
+ln -sfn ../xyzzy $TEST_ROOT/foo/bar
+printf 123 > $TEST_ROOT/xyzzy/default.nix
+[[ $(nix eval --impure --expr "import $TEST_ROOT/foo/bar") = 123 ]]

tests/lang/eval-okay-replacestrings.exp

@@ -1 +1 @@
-[ "faabar" "fbar" "fubar" "faboor" "fubar" "XaXbXcX" "X" "a_b" ]
+[ "faabar" "fbar" "fubar" "faboor" "fubar" "XaXbXcX" "X" "a_b" "fubar" ]

tests/lang/eval-okay-replacestrings.nix

@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ with builtins;
   (replaceStrings [""] ["X"] "abc")
   (replaceStrings [""] ["X"] "")
   (replaceStrings ["-"] ["_"] "a-b")
+  (replaceStrings ["oo" "XX"] ["u" (throw "unreachable")] "foobar")
 ]