mitchellh / mitchellh/zig-overlay
The overlay is not a proper overlay
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Description
One of the usescases for overlays is using nixpkgs' splicing for cross-compilation. However, as the overlay exports a static package that doesn't use final.callPackage from overlays, the splicing is lost.
nix-repl> pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [(builtins.getFlake "github:mitchellh/zig-overlay").overlays.default]; }
nix-repl> :b pkgs.pkgsCross.aarch64-multiplatform.zigpkgs.master
error: a 'aarch64-linux' with features {} is required to build '/nix/store/p9shafw43vf4a1508z5sn0a3fsm3dj9k-zig-linux-aarch64-0.12.0-dev.3533+e5d900268.tar.xz.drv', but I am a 'x86_64-linux' with features {benchmark, big-parallel, kvm, nixos-test}
nix-repl> :b pkgs.pkgsCross.aarch64-multiplatform.stdenv.cc
This derivation produced the following outputs:
info -> /nix/store/0wb6b7lz1xndy419ffi5vdfwl7lhj5hw-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-wrapper-13.2.0-info
man -> /nix/store/f01dvcx0dd5ikwj7ycm83fm3rcgcxamg-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-wrapper-13.2.0-man
out -> /nix/store/pic9zq502bybas3l0z0ymqdzkacx2h6l-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-wrapper-13.2.0
Note that I don't plan to use this (in fact I haven't even started my Zig journey), but just wanted to inform about this nix thing
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at overlays.default and trace how the static Zig package is exported, comparing it with the final.callPackage path. Reproduce the pkgs.pkgsCross.aarch64-multiplatform.zigpkgs.master command and verify that the resulting derivation preserves the requested target instead of requiring aarch64-linux on an x86_64-linux host. Done means cross-compilation splicing works through the overlay.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- zig
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100