This commit adds a function `mkAliasOptionModuleWithPriority`. This
function will make an alias to an existing option and copy over the
priority.
This functionality is needed for PRs like #53041. In that case
`nixos-generate-config` added an option to `hardware-configuration.nix`
with `mkDefault`. That option was then changed and an alias created for
the old name.
The end user should be able to set the non-alias option in their
`configuration.nix` and have everything work correctly. Without this
function, the priority for the option won't be copied over correctly
and the end-user will get a message saying they have the same option
set to two different values.
Assigning a list of 10 or more elements to an option having the type
`loaOf a` produces a configuration value that is not honoring the
order of the original list. This commit fixes this and a related issue
arising when 10 or more lists are merged into this type of option.
This is based on a prototype Nicolas B. Pierron worked on during a
discussion we had at FOSDEM.
A new version with a workaround for problems of the reverted original.
Discussion: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/3f2566689