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# Checks derivation meta and attrs for problems (like brokenness,
# licenses, etc).
{ lib, config, hostPlatform }:
let
# If we're in hydra, we can dispense with the more verbose error
# messages and make problems easier to spot.
inHydra = config.inHydra or false;
# Allow the user to opt-into additional warnings, e.g.
# import <nixpkgs> { config = { showDerivationWarnings = [ "maintainerless" ]; }; }
showWarnings = config.showDerivationWarnings;
getName = attrs: attrs.name or ("${attrs.pname or "«name-missing»"}-${attrs.version or "«version-missing»"}");
allowUnfree = config.allowUnfree
|| builtins.getEnv "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE" == "1";
allowNonSource = let
envVar = builtins.getEnv "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_NONSOURCE";
in if envVar != ""
then envVar != "0"
else config.allowNonSource or true;
allowlist = config.allowlistedLicenses or config.whitelistedLicenses or [];
blocklist = config.blocklistedLicenses or config.blacklistedLicenses or [];
areLicenseListsValid =
if lib.mutuallyExclusive allowlist blocklist then
true
else
throw "allowlistedLicenses and blocklistedLicenses are not mutually exclusive.";
hasLicense = attrs:
attrs ? meta.license;
hasAllowlistedLicense = assert areLicenseListsValid; attrs:
hasLicense attrs && lib.lists.any (l: builtins.elem l allowlist) (lib.lists.toList attrs.meta.license);
hasBlocklistedLicense = assert areLicenseListsValid; attrs:
hasLicense attrs && lib.lists.any (l: builtins.elem l blocklist) (lib.lists.toList attrs.meta.license);
allowBroken = config.allowBroken
|| builtins.getEnv "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN" == "1";
allowUnsupportedSystem = config.allowUnsupportedSystem
|| builtins.getEnv "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SYSTEM" == "1";
isUnfree = licenses: lib.lists.any (l: !l.free or true) licenses;
hasUnfreeLicense = attrs:
hasLicense attrs &&
isUnfree (lib.lists.toList attrs.meta.license);
hasNoMaintainers = attrs:
attrs ? meta.maintainers && (lib.length attrs.meta.maintainers) == 0;
isMarkedBroken = attrs: attrs.meta.broken or false;
hasUnsupportedPlatform =
pkg: !(lib.meta.availableOn hostPlatform pkg);
isMarkedInsecure = attrs: (attrs.meta.knownVulnerabilities or []) != [];
# Alow granular checks to allow only some unfree packages
# Example:
# {pkgs, ...}:
# {
# allowUnfree = false;
# allowUnfreePredicate = (x: pkgs.lib.hasPrefix "vscode" x.name);
# }
allowUnfreePredicate = config.allowUnfreePredicate or (x: false);
# Check whether unfree packages are allowed and if not, whether the
# package has an unfree license and is not explicitly allowed by the
# `allowUnfreePredicate` function.
hasDeniedUnfreeLicense = attrs:
hasUnfreeLicense attrs &&
!allowUnfree &&
!allowUnfreePredicate attrs;
allowInsecureDefaultPredicate = x: builtins.elem (getName x) (config.permittedInsecurePackages or []);
allowInsecurePredicate = x: (config.allowInsecurePredicate or allowInsecureDefaultPredicate) x;
hasAllowedInsecure = attrs:
!(isMarkedInsecure attrs) ||
allowInsecurePredicate attrs ||
builtins.getEnv "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE" == "1";
isNonSource = sourceTypes: lib.lists.any (t: !t.isSource) sourceTypes;
hasNonSourceProvenance = attrs:
(attrs ? meta.sourceProvenance) &&
isNonSource attrs.meta.sourceProvenance;
# Allow granular checks to allow only some non-source-built packages
# Example:
# { pkgs, ... }:
# {
# allowNonSource = false;
# allowNonSourcePredicate = with pkgs.lib.lists; pkg: !(any (p: !p.isSource && p != lib.sourceTypes.binaryFirmware) pkg.meta.sourceProvenance);
# }
allowNonSourcePredicate = config.allowNonSourcePredicate or (x: false);
# Check whether non-source packages are allowed and if not, whether the
# package has non-source provenance and is not explicitly allowed by the
# `allowNonSourcePredicate` function.
hasDeniedNonSourceProvenance = attrs:
hasNonSourceProvenance attrs &&
!allowNonSource &&
!allowNonSourcePredicate attrs;
showLicenseOrSourceType = value: toString (map (v: v.shortName or "unknown") (lib.lists.toList value));
showLicense = showLicenseOrSourceType;
showSourceType = showLicenseOrSourceType;
pos_str = meta: meta.position or "«unknown-file»";
remediation = {
unfree = remediate_allowlist "Unfree" (remediate_predicate "allowUnfreePredicate");
non-source = remediate_allowlist "NonSource" (remediate_predicate "allowNonSourcePredicate");
broken = remediate_allowlist "Broken" (x: "");
unsupported = remediate_allowlist "UnsupportedSystem" (x: "");
blocklisted = x: "";
insecure = remediate_insecure;
broken-outputs = remediateOutputsToInstall;
unknown-meta = x: "";
maintainerless = x: "";
};
remediation_env_var = allow_attr: {
Unfree = "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE";
Broken = "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN";
UnsupportedSystem = "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SYSTEM";
NonSource = "NIXPKGS_ALLOW_NONSOURCE";
}.${allow_attr};
remediation_phrase = allow_attr: {
Unfree = "unfree packages";
Broken = "broken packages";
UnsupportedSystem = "packages that are unsupported for this system";
NonSource = "packages not built from source";
}.${allow_attr};
remediate_predicate = predicateConfigAttr: attrs:
''
Alternatively you can configure a predicate to allow specific packages:
{ nixpkgs.config.${predicateConfigAttr} = pkg: builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [
"${lib.getName attrs}"
];
}
'';
# flakeNote will be printed in the remediation messages below.
flakeNote = "
Note: For `nix shell`, `nix build`, `nix develop` or any other Nix 2.4+
(Flake) command, `--impure` must be passed in order to read this
environment variable.
";
remediate_allowlist = allow_attr: rebuild_amendment: attrs:
''
a) To temporarily allow ${remediation_phrase allow_attr}, you can use an environment variable
for a single invocation of the nix tools.
$ export ${remediation_env_var allow_attr}=1
${flakeNote}
b) For `nixos-rebuild` you can set
{ nixpkgs.config.allow${allow_attr} = true; }
in configuration.nix to override this.
${rebuild_amendment attrs}
c) For `nix-env`, `nix-build`, `nix-shell` or any other Nix command you can add
{ allow${allow_attr} = true; }
to ~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix.
'';
remediate_insecure = attrs:
''
Known issues:
'' + (lib.concatStrings (map (issue: " - ${issue}\n") attrs.meta.knownVulnerabilities)) + ''
You can install it anyway by allowing this package, using the
following methods:
a) To temporarily allow all insecure packages, you can use an environment
variable for a single invocation of the nix tools:
$ export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1
${flakeNote}
b) for `nixos-rebuild` you can add ‘${getName attrs}’ to
`nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages` in the configuration.nix,
like so:
{
nixpkgs.config.permittedInsecurePackages = [
"${getName attrs}"
];
}
c) For `nix-env`, `nix-build`, `nix-shell` or any other Nix command you can add
‘${getName attrs}’ to `permittedInsecurePackages` in
~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix, like so:
{
permittedInsecurePackages = [
"${getName attrs}"
];
}
'';
remediateOutputsToInstall = attrs: let
expectedOutputs = attrs.meta.outputsToInstall or [];
actualOutputs = attrs.outputs or [ "out" ];
missingOutputs = builtins.filter (output: ! builtins.elem output actualOutputs) expectedOutputs;
in ''
The package ${getName attrs} has set meta.outputsToInstall to: ${builtins.concatStringsSep ", " expectedOutputs}
however ${getName attrs} only has the outputs: ${builtins.concatStringsSep ", " actualOutputs}
and is missing the following ouputs:
${lib.concatStrings (builtins.map (output: " - ${output}\n") missingOutputs)}
'';
handleEvalIssue = { meta, attrs }: { reason , errormsg ? "" }:
let
msg = if inHydra
then "Failed to evaluate ${getName attrs}: «${reason}»: ${errormsg}"
else ''
Package ‘${getName attrs}’ in ${pos_str meta} ${errormsg}, refusing to evaluate.
'' + (builtins.getAttr reason remediation) attrs;
handler = if config ? handleEvalIssue
then config.handleEvalIssue reason
else throw;
in handler msg;
handleEvalWarning = { meta, attrs }: { reason , errormsg ? "" }:
let
remediationMsg = (builtins.getAttr reason remediation) attrs;
msg = if inHydra then "Warning while evaluating ${getName attrs}: «${reason}»: ${errormsg}"
else "Package ${getName attrs} in ${pos_str meta} ${errormsg}, continuing anyway."
+ (if remediationMsg != "" then "\n${remediationMsg}" else "");
isEnabled = lib.findFirst (x: x == reason) null showWarnings;
in if isEnabled != null then builtins.trace msg true else true;
# Deep type-checking. Note that calling `type.check` is not enough: see `lib.mkOptionType`'s documentation.
# We don't include this in lib for now because this function is flawed: it accepts things like `mkIf true 42`.
typeCheck = type: value: let
merged = lib.mergeDefinitions [ ] type [
{ file = lib.unknownModule; inherit value; }
];
eval = builtins.tryEval (builtins.deepSeq merged.mergedValue null);
in eval.success;
# TODO make this into a proper module and use the generic option documentation generation?
metaTypes = with lib.types; rec {
# These keys are documented
description = str;
mainProgram = str;
longDescription = str;
branch = str;
homepage = either (listOf str) str;
downloadPage = str;
changelog = either (listOf str) str;
license = let
licenseType = either (attrsOf anything) str; # TODO disallow `str` licenses, use a module
in either licenseType (listOf licenseType);
sourceProvenance = listOf lib.types.attrs;
maintainers = listOf (attrsOf anything); # TODO use the maintainer type from lib/tests/maintainer-module.nix
priority = int;
pkgConfigModules = listOf str;
platforms = listOf (either str (attrsOf anything)); # see lib.meta.platformMatch
hydraPlatforms = listOf str;
broken = bool;
unfree = bool;
unsupported = bool;
insecure = bool;
# TODO: refactor once something like Profpatsch's types-simple will land
# This is currently dead code due to https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2532
tests = attrsOf (mkOptionType {
name = "test";
check = x: x == {} || ( # Accept {} for tests that are unsupported
isDerivation x &&
x ? meta.timeout
);
merge = lib.options.mergeOneOption;
});
timeout = int;
# Needed for Hydra to expose channel tarballs:
# https://github.com/NixOS/hydra/blob/53335323ae79ca1a42643f58e520b376898ce641/doc/manual/src/jobs.md#meta-fields
isHydraChannel = bool;
# Weirder stuff that doesn't appear in the documentation?
maxSilent = int;
knownVulnerabilities = listOf str;
name = str;
version = str;
tag = str;
executables = listOf str;
outputsToInstall = listOf str;
position = str;
available = unspecified;
isBuildPythonPackage = platforms;
schedulingPriority = int;
isFcitxEngine = bool;
isIbusEngine = bool;
isGutenprint = bool;
badPlatforms = platforms;
};
checkMetaAttr = k: v:
if metaTypes?${k} then
if typeCheck metaTypes.${k} v then
null
else
"key 'meta.${k}' has invalid value; expected ${metaTypes.${k}.description}, got\n ${
lib.generators.toPretty { indent = " "; } v
}"
else
"key 'meta.${k}' is unrecognized; expected one of: \n [${lib.concatMapStringsSep ", " (x: "'${x}'") (lib.attrNames metaTypes)}]";
checkMeta = meta: if config.checkMeta then lib.remove null (lib.mapAttrsToList checkMetaAttr meta) else [];
checkOutputsToInstall = attrs: let
expectedOutputs = attrs.meta.outputsToInstall or [];
actualOutputs = attrs.outputs or [ "out" ];
missingOutputs = builtins.filter (output: ! builtins.elem output actualOutputs) expectedOutputs;
in if config.checkMeta
then builtins.length missingOutputs > 0
else false;
# Check if a derivation is valid, that is whether it passes checks for
# e.g brokenness or license.
#
# Return { valid: "yes", "warn" or "no" } and additionally
# { reason: String; errormsg: String } if it is not valid, where
# reason is one of "unfree", "blocklisted", "broken", "insecure", ...
# !!! reason strings are hardcoded into OfBorg, make sure to keep them in sync
# Along with a boolean flag for each reason
checkValidity = attrs:
# Check meta attribute types first, to make sure it is always called even when there are other issues
# Note that this is not a full type check and functions below still need to by careful about their inputs!
let res = checkMeta (attrs.meta or {}); in if res != [] then
{ valid = "no"; reason = "unknown-meta"; errormsg = "has an invalid meta attrset:${lib.concatMapStrings (x: "\n - " + x) res}\n";
unfree = false; nonSource = false; broken = false; unsupported = false; insecure = false;
}
else {
unfree = hasUnfreeLicense attrs;
nonSource = hasNonSourceProvenance attrs;
broken = isMarkedBroken attrs;
unsupported = hasUnsupportedPlatform attrs;
insecure = isMarkedInsecure attrs;
} // (
# --- Put checks that cannot be ignored here ---
if checkOutputsToInstall attrs then
{ valid = "no"; reason = "broken-outputs"; errormsg = "has invalid meta.outputsToInstall"; }
# --- Put checks that can be ignored here ---
else if hasDeniedUnfreeLicense attrs && !(hasAllowlistedLicense attrs) then
{ valid = "no"; reason = "unfree"; errormsg = "has an unfree license (‘${showLicense attrs.meta.license}’)"; }
else if hasBlocklistedLicense attrs then
{ valid = "no"; reason = "blocklisted"; errormsg = "has a blocklisted license (‘${showLicense attrs.meta.license}’)"; }
else if hasDeniedNonSourceProvenance attrs then
{ valid = "no"; reason = "non-source"; errormsg = "contains elements not built from source (‘${showSourceType attrs.meta.sourceProvenance}’)"; }
else if !allowBroken && attrs.meta.broken or false then
{ valid = "no"; reason = "broken"; errormsg = "is marked as broken"; }
else if !allowUnsupportedSystem && hasUnsupportedPlatform attrs then
{ valid = "no"; reason = "unsupported"; errormsg = "is not supported on ‘${hostPlatform.system}’"; }
else if !(hasAllowedInsecure attrs) then
{ valid = "no"; reason = "insecure"; errormsg = "is marked as insecure"; }
# --- warnings ---
# Please also update the type in /pkgs/top-level/config.nix alongside this.
else if hasNoMaintainers attrs then
{ valid = "warn"; reason = "maintainerless"; errormsg = "has no maintainers"; }
# -----
else { valid = "yes"; });
assertValidity = { meta, attrs }: let
validity = checkValidity attrs;
in validity // {
# Throw an error if trying to evaluate a non-valid derivation
# or, alternatively, just output a warning message.
handled =
{
no = handleEvalIssue { inherit meta attrs; } { inherit (validity) reason errormsg; };
warn = handleEvalWarning { inherit meta attrs; } { inherit (validity) reason errormsg; };
yes = true;
}.${validity.valid};
};
in assertValidity
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