From ca97497bfdd7adf39759f785845d60cefc165027 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hariom Narang <hariom.2711@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 01:11:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] made EXPR_PATH point to local instead of store

- we need this behavior in dev shell
- the main build still uses the store file
---
 pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/default.nix | 6 +++---
 pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/eval.rs | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/default.nix b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/default.nix
index 3469319c29c1..fc24b1fd3398 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   makeWrapper,
 }:
 let
-  runtimeExprPath = "${./src/eval.nix}";
+  runtimeExprPath = ./src/eval.nix;
   package =
     rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
       name = "nixpkgs-check-by-name";
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let
         clippy
         makeWrapper
       ];
-      env.NIX_CHECK_BY_NAME_EXPR_PATH = runtimeExprPath;
+      env.NIX_CHECK_BY_NAME_EXPR_PATH = "${runtimeExprPath}";
       # Needed to make Nix evaluation work inside the nix build
       preCheck = ''
         export TEST_ROOT=$(pwd)/test-tmp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ let
           --set NIX_CHECK_BY_NAME_EXPR_PATH "$NIX_CHECK_BY_NAME_EXPR_PATH"
       '';
       passthru.shell = mkShell {
-        env.NIX_CHECK_BY_NAME_EXPR_PATH = runtimeExprPath;
+        env.NIX_CHECK_BY_NAME_EXPR_PATH = toString runtimeExprPath;
         inputsFrom = [ package ];
       };
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/eval.rs b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/eval.rs
index e8ef50bb6db7..161d013374e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/eval.rs
+++ b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/eval.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ pub fn check_values(
         attrs_file_path.display()
     ))?;
 
-    let expr_path = std::env::var("NIX_CHECK_BY_NAME_EXPR_PATH")?;
+    let expr_path = std::env::var("NIX_CHECK_BY_NAME_EXPR_PATH")
+        .context("Could not get environment variable NIX_CHECK_BY_NAME_EXPR_PATH")?;
     // With restrict-eval, only paths in NIX_PATH can be accessed, so we explicitly specify the
     // ones needed needed
     let mut command = process::Command::new("nix-instantiate");