unable to access `namespace` in overlays
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Description
I am facing this error when trying to access namespace in my overlays/default/default.nix file.
Am I doing something wrong w.r.t the overlay docs?
error:
… while evaluating a branch condition
at /nix/store/45p0ynsaqkavq8b0hz6qnn5jysxa4whs-source/flake.nix:54:13:
53| name: value:
54| if isAttrs value then
| ^
55| lhs.${name} or { } // value
… while calling the 'isAttrs' builtin
at /nix/store/45p0ynsaqkavq8b0hz6qnn5jysxa4whs-source/flake.nix:54:16:
53| name: value:
54| if isAttrs value then
| ^
55| lhs.${name} or { } // value
(stack trace truncated; use '--show-trace' to show the full, detailed trace)
error: function 'anonymous lambda' called without required argument 'namespace'
at /nix/store/c4cl90bvylskmpcxqvv06jwd8z19g63k-7zj60sd46hsmjmv2s7fp3hkbz78fivz7-source/overlays/default/default.nix:1:1:
1| { lib, namespace, ... }:
| ^
2| final: prev: {
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Research direction
Read the linked overlay documentation and inspect overlays/default/default.nix, then reproduce the error with the full stack trace. Done means determining why namespace is unavailable in that overlay context and clarifying or correcting the documented usage.
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