diff --git a/ci/eval/default.nix b/ci/eval/default.nix
index efe216c98f5c6..31bc6b01c3279 100644
--- a/ci/eval/default.nix
+++ b/ci/eval/default.nix
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ let
             -I "$src" \
             --option restrict-eval true \
             --option allow-import-from-derivation false \
-            --option eval-system "${evalSystem}" \
-            --arg enableWarnings false > $out/paths.json
+            --option eval-system "${evalSystem}" > $out/paths.json
       '';
 
   singleSystem =
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bm/bmake/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bm/bmake/package.nix
index c97b416ff037f..4e68c32368e20 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bm/bmake/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bm/bmake/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   fetchurl,
   getopt,
   ksh,
-  pkgsMusl,
+  pkgsMusl ? { },
   stdenv,
   tzdata,
 }:
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   passthru = {
     tests = {
-      bmakeMusl = pkgsMusl.bmake;
+      bmakeMusl = pkgsMusl.bmake or null;
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fcf38107ed8ba..8b7cfa1aec937 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -113,12 +113,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   stringsWithDeps = lib.stringsWithDeps;
 
-  ### Evaluating the entire Nixpkgs naively will fail, make failure fast
+  ### Evaluating the entire Nixpkgs naively will likely fail, make failure fast
   AAAAAASomeThingsFailToEvaluate = throw ''
-    Please be informed that this pseudo-package is not the only part
-    of Nixpkgs that fails to evaluate. You should not evaluate
-    entire Nixpkgs without some special measures to handle failing
-    packages, like using pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-superset.nix.
+    This pseudo-package is likely not the only part of Nixpkgs that fails to evaluate.
+    You should not evaluate entire Nixpkgs without measures to handle failing packages.
   '';
 
   tests = callPackages ../test { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-superset.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-superset.nix
index 6802da8b37114..894c795ff587b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-superset.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-superset.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 {
   lib ? import (path + "/lib"),
   trace ? false,
-  enableWarnings ? true,
   checkMeta ? true,
   path ? ./../..,
 }:
@@ -62,8 +61,10 @@ let
   justAttrNames =
     path: value:
     let
-      attempt =
-        if
+      result =
+        if path == [ "AAAAAASomeThingsFailToEvaluate" ] then
+          [ ]
+        else if
           lib.isDerivation value
           &&
             # in some places we have *derivations* with jobsets as subattributes, ugh
@@ -94,17 +95,6 @@ let
             builtins.attrValues
             builtins.concatLists
           ];
-
-      seq = builtins.deepSeq attempt attempt;
-      tried = builtins.tryEval seq;
-
-      result =
-        if tried.success then
-          tried.value
-        else if enableWarnings && path != [ "AAAAAASomeThingsFailToEvaluate" ] then
-          lib.warn "tryEval failed at: ${lib.concatStringsSep "." path}" [ ]
-        else
-          [ ];
     in
     if !trace then result else lib.trace "** ${lib.concatStringsSep "." path}" result;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-outpaths.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-outpaths.nix
index 731c65da73e3e..18840848c1857 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-outpaths.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-outpaths.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ let
             allowBroken = includeBroken;
             allowUnfree = true;
             allowInsecurePredicate = x: true;
+            allowVariants = !attrNamesOnly;
             checkMeta = checkMeta;
 
             handleEvalIssue =
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
index e921f7decf1ac..bfc2ee8f664c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
@@ -280,28 +280,6 @@ let
       else
         throw "i686 Linux package set can only be used with the x86 family.";
 
-    # x86_64-darwin packages for aarch64-darwin users to use with Rosetta for incompatible packages
-    pkgsx86_64Darwin =
-      if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then
-        nixpkgsFun {
-          overlays = [
-            (self': super': {
-              pkgsx86_64Darwin = super';
-            })
-          ]
-          ++ overlays;
-          localSystem = {
-            config = lib.systems.parse.tripleFromSystem (
-              stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed
-              // {
-                cpu = lib.systems.parse.cpuTypes.x86_64;
-              }
-            );
-          };
-        }
-      else
-        throw "x86_64 Darwin package set can only be used on Darwin systems.";
-
     # If already linux: the same package set unaltered
     # Otherwise, return a natively built linux package set for the current cpu architecture string.
     # (ABI and other details will be set to the default for the cpu/os pair)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/variants.nix b/pkgs/top-level/variants.nix
index bb4b877cb6e88..fb4890910cdfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/variants.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/variants.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,28 @@ self: super: {
     else
       throw "Musl libc only supports 64-bit Linux systems.";
 
+  # x86_64-darwin packages for aarch64-darwin users to use with Rosetta for incompatible packages
+  pkgsx86_64Darwin =
+    if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then
+      nixpkgsFun {
+        overlays = [
+          (self': super': {
+            pkgsx86_64Darwin = super';
+          })
+        ]
+        ++ overlays;
+        localSystem = {
+          config = lib.systems.parse.tripleFromSystem (
+            stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed
+            // {
+              cpu = lib.systems.parse.cpuTypes.x86_64;
+            }
+          );
+        };
+      }
+    else
+      throw "x86_64 Darwin package set can only be used on Darwin systems.";
+
   # Full package set with rocm on cuda off
   # Mostly useful for asserting pkgs.pkgsRocm.torchWithRocm == pkgs.torchWithRocm and similar
   pkgsRocm = nixpkgsFun ({