Eval check not catching certain eval errors #397184
Description
See #396749 (comment).
To reproduce on master:
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/refine/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/refine/package.nix
index 6445c28e9359..163d52b93b3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/refine/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/refine/package.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let
libadwaita' = libadwaita.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
version = "1.6.2-unstable-2025-01-02";
src = oldAttrs.src.override {
- tag = null;
+ tag = "11";
rev = "f5f0e7ce69405846a8f8bdad11cef2e2a7e99010";
hash = "sha256-n5RbGHtt2g627T/Tg8m3PjYIl9wfYTIcrplq1pdKAXk=";
};
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-parallel.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-parallel.nix
index 46d10c6a9504..06bfc226a6a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-parallel.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-parallel.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
let
attrpaths = lib.importJSON attrpathFile;
- myAttrpaths = lib.sublist (chunkSize * myChunk) chunkSize attrpaths;
+ myAttrpaths = [["refine"]];
unfiltered = import ./release-outpaths.nix {
inherit path;$ nix-env -f pkgs/top-level/release-attrpaths-parallel.nix --eval-system aarch64-linux --option restrict-eval true --option allow-import-from-derivation false --query --available --no-name --attr-path --out-path --show-trace --arg chunkSize "1" --arg myChunk 0 --arg attrpathFile ./doesntmatter.json --arg systems "[\"aarch64-linux\"]" --arg checkMeta true --arg includeBroken true -I . -I ./doesntmatter.jsonIf you nix-instantiate --eval release-attrpaths-parallel.nix, this issue does get caught, which I guess begs the question: is this intentional? What kinds of eval errors is this supposed to catch, then? Should we fix it?