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on newer nix versions (> 2.18) the "path:" settings will lead to evaluation errors when the flake uses symbolic links. a typical error message would be: `error: access to absolute path '/lib' is forbidden in pure evaluation mode (use '--impure' to override)` when `/lib` actually is `./lib`. When "path:" is replaced by just using the flake's path no evaluation error is shown. As per the man page of `nix flake` the "path" attribute reffers to the local path of the flake. This can just be removed (AFAIK) by referencing to the path as a positional argument. Possible related issues: NixOS/nix#11030 original PR introducing the error message NixOS/nix#9497 Signed-off-by: Florian Brandes <florian.brandes@posteo.de>
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On newer nix versions (> 2.18) the "path:" settings will lead to evaluation errors when the flake uses symbolic links.
a typical error message would be:
error: access to absolute path '/lib' is forbidden in pure evaluation mode (use '--impure' to override)when
/libactually is./lib.When "path:" is replaced by just using the flake's path no evaluation error is shown. As per the man page of
nix flakethe "path" attribute reffers to the local path of the flake.This can just be removed (AFAIK) by referencing to the path as a positional argument.
Possible related issues:
NixOS/nix#11030
original PR introducing the error message NixOS/nix#9497