Commit 5bdf6381 authored by Robert Hensing's avatar Robert Hensing
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nixos/top-level.nix: Add system.checks 

Note that this does not add to the `forbiddenDependenciesRegex`
code because that code check should be unaffected as it only checks
output dependencies, not build dependencies.
Build deps are added after that check, if those are enabled in the
first place.
parent 24b16280

nixos/modules/system/activation/top-level.nix

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@@ -263,8 +263,23 @@ in 
      default = [];

      description = lib.mdDoc ''

        A list of packages that should be included in the system

        closure but not otherwise made available to users. This is

        primarily used by the installation tests.

        closure but generally not visible to users.



        This option has also been used for build-time checks, but the

        `system.checks` option is more appropriate for that purpose as checks

        should not leave a trace in the built system configuration.

      '';

    };



    system.checks = mkOption {

      type = types.listOf types.package;

      default = [];

      description = lib.mdDoc ''

        Packages that are added as dependencies of the system's build, usually

        for the purpose of validating some part of the configuration.



        Unlike `system.extraDependencies`, these store paths do not

        become part of the built system configuration.

      '';

    };
@@ -363,7 +378,17 @@ in 
          fi

        '';



    system.systemBuilderArgs = lib.optionalAttrs (config.system.forbiddenDependenciesRegex != "") {

    system.systemBuilderArgs = {

      # Not actually used in the builder. `passedChecks` is just here to create

      # the build dependencies. Checks are similar to build dependencies in the

      # sense that if they fail, the system build fails. However, checks do not

      # produce any output of value, so they are not used by the system builder.

      # In fact, using them runs the risk of accidentally adding unneeded paths

      # to the system closure, which defeats the purpose of the `system.checks`

      # option, as opposed to `system.extraDependencies`.

      passedChecks = concatStringsSep " " config.system.checks;

    }

    // lib.optionalAttrs (config.system.forbiddenDependenciesRegex != "") {

      inherit (config.system) forbiddenDependenciesRegex;

      closureInfo = pkgs.closureInfo { rootPaths = [

        # override to avoid  infinite recursion (and to allow using extraDependencies to add forbidden dependencies)
@@ -371,6 +396,7 @@ in 
      ]; };

    };





    system.build.toplevel = if config.system.includeBuildDependencies then systemWithBuildDeps else system;



  };