NixOS / NixOS/ofborg

Evaluate with aliases enabled additionally

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Rust
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Description

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/349431/ https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/349783 show that changes to aliases can break evaluation of nixpkgs with aliases enabled while not affecting it with aliases disabled. Almost all downstream users will probably have aliases enabled, so this is a situation we should ideally check for. Saving grace is probably that most Hydra jobsets have aliases enabled.

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Research direction

Start by reading the issue and the referenced nixpkgs pull requests #349431 and #349783 to understand the alias-related evaluation failures. Then locate the evaluation configuration in ofborg; done means aliases-enabled evaluation is checked in addition to the existing mode and can detect regressions that aliases-disabled evaluation misses.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
build-system, testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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