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authorSilvan Mosberger <contact@infinisil.com>2020-11-30 22:10:48 +0100
committerSilvan Mosberger <contact@infinisil.com>2020-11-30 23:51:42 +0100
commit991dfccbd1935aabb76a20245ca0108aadd38f3c (patch)
tree8c79dcff8d2bd86626cbf495b945aab58fbb2921 /lib/modules.nix
parent8dea4df90323c43f9cc86a629f1581b91866e11d (diff)
lib/modules: _module.check should always be internal
Honestly this option should probably just be removed
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/modules.nix')
-rw-r--r--lib/modules.nix17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/modules.nix b/lib/modules.nix
index 2c827a01e01bb..23dbe962491ba 100644
--- a/lib/modules.nix
+++ b/lib/modules.nix
@@ -73,19 +73,20 @@ rec {
                   check ? true
                 }:
     let
-      # This internal module declare internal options under the `_module'
-      # attribute.  These options are fragile, as they are used by the
-      # module system to change the interpretation of modules.
+      # An internal module that's always added, defining special options which
+      # change the behavior of the module evaluation itself. This is under a
+      # `_`-prefixed namespace in order to prevent name clashes with
+      # user-defined options
       internalModule = rec {
         # FIXME: Using ./modules.nix directly breaks the doc for some reason
         _file = "lib/modules.nix";
 
         key = _file;
 
-        # These options are set to be internal only for prefix != [], aka it's
-        # a submodule evaluation. This way their docs are displayed only once
-        # as a top-level NixOS option, but will be hidden for all submodules,
-        # even though they are available there too
+        # Most of these options are set to be internal only for prefix != [],
+        # aka it's a submodule evaluation. This way their docs are displayed
+        # only once as a top-level NixOS option, but will be hidden for all
+        # submodules, even though they are available there too
         options = {
           _module.args = mkOption {
             # Because things like `mkIf` are entirely useless for
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ rec {
 
           _module.check = mkOption {
             type = types.bool;
-            internal = prefix != [];
+            internal = true;
             default = check;
             description = ''
               Whether to check whether all option definitions have matching