Nixos-rebuild build configuration.nix

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nixos-rebuild build
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nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A vm --arg configuration /home/configuration.nix --show-trace

error: A definition for option `virtualisation.vmVariant.environment.systemPackages.[definition 8-entry 168]' is not of type `package'. Definition values:
       - In `/home/configuration.nix':
           {
             githubRelease = <derivation /nix/store/im0ybrpqvny6dwip5nr9nra6x3qdpk6p-mplus-outline-fonts-github.drv>;
             osdnRelease = <derivation /nix/store/38md84l7f1hq4xsin25bc1rgs7pz6cn1-mplus-outline-fonts-osdn.drv>;
             override = <function, args: {fetchFromGitHub, fetchzip, lib}>;
             overrideDerivation = <function>;
           ...

       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:793:27:

          792|     optionalValue =
          793|       if isDefined then { value = mergedValue; }
             |                           ^
          794|       else {};

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/types.nix:403:14:

          402|       merge = loc: defs:
          403|         map (x: x.value) (filter (x: x ? value) (concatLists (imap1 (n: def:
             |              ^
          404|           imap1 (m: def':

       … from call site

       … while evaluating the attribute 'passAsFile'

       at /nix/store/grbi628bwzqr57hj4s34mlwl7jxzb82h-nixos-22.05/nixos/pkgs/build-support/buildenv/default.nix:77:5:

           76|     # XXX: The size is somewhat arbitrary
           77|     passAsFile = if builtins.stringLength pkgs >= 128*1024 then [ "pkgs" ] else [ ];
             |     ^
           78|   }

       … while evaluating the attribute 'passAsFile' of the derivation 'system-path'

       at /nix/store/grbi628bwzqr57hj4s34mlwl7jxzb82h-nixos-22.05/nixos/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:278:7:

          277|     // (lib.optionalAttrs (attrs ? name || (attrs ? pname && attrs ? version)) {
          278|       name =
             |       ^
          279|         let

       … while evaluating 'check'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/types.nix:394:15:

          393|       name = "path";
          394|       check = x: isCoercibleToString x && builtins.substring 0 1 (toString x) == "/";
             |               ^
          395|       merge = mergeEqualOption;

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:782:22:

          781|       if isDefined then
          782|         if all (def: type.check def.value) defsFinal then type.merge loc defsFinal
             |                      ^
          783|         else let allInvalid = filter (def: ! type.check def.value) defsFinal;

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:782:17:

          781|       if isDefined then
          782|         if all (def: type.check def.value) defsFinal then type.merge loc defsFinal
             |                 ^
          783|         else let allInvalid = filter (def: ! type.check def.value) defsFinal;

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:782:12:

          781|       if isDefined then
          782|         if all (def: type.check def.value) defsFinal then type.merge loc defsFinal
             |            ^
          783|         else let allInvalid = filter (def: ! type.check def.value) defsFinal;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:793:27:

          792|     optionalValue =
          793|       if isDefined then { value = mergedValue; }
             |                           ^
          794|       else {};

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/types.nix:403:14:

          402|       merge = loc: defs:
          403|         map (x: x.value) (filter (x: x ? value) (concatLists (imap1 (n: def:
             |              ^
          404|           imap1 (m: def':

       … from call site

       … while evaluating the attribute 'serviceDirectories' of the derivation 'dbus-1'

       at /nix/store/grbi628bwzqr57hj4s34mlwl7jxzb82h-nixos-22.05/nixos/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:278:7:

          277|     // (lib.optionalAttrs (attrs ? name || (attrs ? pname && attrs ? version)) {
          278|       name =
             |       ^
          279|         let

       … while evaluating 'check'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/types.nix:394:15:

          393|       name = "path";
          394|       check = x: isCoercibleToString x && builtins.substring 0 1 (toString x) == "/";
             |               ^
          395|       merge = mergeEqualOption;

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:782:22:

          781|       if isDefined then
          782|         if all (def: type.check def.value) defsFinal then type.merge loc defsFinal
             |                      ^
          783|         else let allInvalid = filter (def: ! type.check def.value) defsFinal;

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:782:17:

          781|       if isDefined then
          782|         if all (def: type.check def.value) defsFinal then type.merge loc defsFinal
             |                 ^
          783|         else let allInvalid = filter (def: ! type.check def.value) defsFinal;

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:782:12:

          781|       if isDefined then
          782|         if all (def: type.check def.value) defsFinal then type.merge loc defsFinal
             |            ^
          783|         else let allInvalid = filter (def: ! type.check def.value) defsFinal;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'mergedValue'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:780:5:

          779|     # Type-check the remaining definitions, and merge them. Or throw if no definitions.
          780|     mergedValue =
             |     ^
          781|       if isDefined then

       … while evaluating the option `virtualisation.vmVariant.environment.etc.dbus-1.source':

       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:746:9:

          745|     in warnDeprecation opt //
          746|       { value = builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating the option `${showOption loc}':" value;
             |         ^
          747|         inherit (res.defsFinal') highestPrio;

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:296:72:

          295|           # For definitions that have an associated option
          296|           declaredConfig = mapAttrsRecursiveCond (v: ! isOption v) (_: v: v.value) options;
             |                                                                        ^
          297|

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/attrsets.nix:401:20:

          400|               then recurse (path ++ [name]) value
          401|               else f (path ++ [name]) value;
             |                    ^
          402|         in mapAttrs g;

       … while evaluating 'g'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/attrsets.nix:398:19:

          397|           g =
          398|             name: value:
             |                   ^
          399|             if isAttrs value && cond value

       … from call site

       … while evaluating 'escapeShellArg'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/strings.nix:316:20:

          315|   */
          316|   escapeShellArg = arg: "'${replaceStrings ["'"] ["'\\''"] (toString arg)}'";
             |                    ^
          317|

       … from call site

       … while evaluating 'concatMapStringsSep'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/strings.nix:111:5:

          110|     # List of input strings
          111|     list: concatStringsSep sep (map f list);
             |     ^
          112|

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/etc/etc.nix:54:43:

           53|     mkdir -p "$out/etc"
           54|     ${concatMapStringsSep "\n" (etcEntry: escapeShellArgs [
             |                                           ^
           55|       "makeEtcEntry"

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/etc/etc.nix:54:33:

           53|     mkdir -p "$out/etc"
           54|     ${concatMapStringsSep "\n" (etcEntry: escapeShellArgs [
             |                                 ^
           55|       "makeEtcEntry"

       … from call site

       … while evaluating 'concatMapStringsSep'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/strings.nix:111:5:

          110|     # List of input strings
          111|     list: concatStringsSep sep (map f list);
             |     ^
          112|

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/etc/etc.nix:54:7:

           53|     mkdir -p "$out/etc"
           54|     ${concatMapStringsSep "\n" (etcEntry: escapeShellArgs [
             |       ^
           55|       "makeEtcEntry"

       … while evaluating the attribute 'buildCommand' of the derivation 'etc'

       at /nix/store/grbi628bwzqr57hj4s34mlwl7jxzb82h-nixos-22.05/nixos/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:278:7:

          277|     // (lib.optionalAttrs (attrs ? name || (attrs ? pname && attrs ? version)) {
          278|       name =
             |       ^
          279|         let

       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:581:44:

          580|       defnsByName' = byName "config" (module: value:
          581|           [{ inherit (module) file; inherit value; }]
             |                                            ^
          582|         ) configs;

       … while evaluating 'atDepth'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/attrsets.nix:60:17:

           59|       len = length attrPath;
           60|       atDepth = n:
             |                 ^
           61|         if n == len

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/attrsets.nix:63:39:

           62|         then value
           63|         else { ${elemAt attrPath n} = atDepth (n + 1); };
             |                                       ^
           64|     in atDepth 0;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/types.nix:461:58:

          460|         # Push down position info.
          461|         (map (def: mapAttrs (n: v: { inherit (def) file; value = v; }) def.value) defs);
             |                                                          ^
          462|       emptyValue = { value = {}; };

       … while evaluating 'dischargeProperties'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:832:25:

          831|   */
          832|   dischargeProperties = def:
             |                         ^
          833|     if def._type or "" == "merge" then

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:761:137:

          760|         defs' = concatMap (m:
          761|           map (value: { inherit (m) file; inherit value; }) (builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating definitions from `${m.file}':" (dischargeProperties m.value))
             |                                                                                                                                         ^
          762|         ) defs;

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/etc/etc.nix':

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:760:28:

          759|         # Process mkMerge and mkIf properties.
          760|         defs' = concatMap (m:
             |                            ^
          761|           map (value: { inherit (m) file; inherit value; }) (builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating definitions from `${m.file}':" (dischargeProperties m.value))

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:760:17:

          759|         # Process mkMerge and mkIf properties.
          760|         defs' = concatMap (m:
             |                 ^
          761|           map (value: { inherit (m) file; inherit value; }) (builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating definitions from `${m.file}':" (dischargeProperties m.value))

       … while evaluating the attribute 'values'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:873:7:

          872|     in {
          873|       values = concatMap (def: if getPrio def == highestPrio then [(strip def)] else []) defs;
             |       ^
          874|       inherit highestPrio;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'values'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:774:9:

          773|       in {
          774|         values = defs''';
             |         ^
          775|         inherit (defs'') highestPrio;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'optionalValue.value'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:792:5:

          791|
          792|     optionalValue =
             |     ^
          793|       if isDefined then { value = mergedValue; }

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/types.nix:455:29:

          454|       merge = loc: defs:
          455|         zipAttrsWith (name: defs:
             |                             ^
          456|           let merged = mergeDefinitions (loc ++ [name]) elemType defs;

       … from call site

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/attrsets.nix:518:24:

          517|     let f = attrPath:
          518|       zipAttrsWith (n: values:
             |                        ^
          519|         let here = attrPath ++ [n]; in

       … from call site

       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:581:44:

          580|       defnsByName' = byName "config" (module: value:
          581|           [{ inherit (module) file; inherit value; }]
             |                                            ^
          582|         ) configs;

       … while evaluating 'dischargeProperties'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:832:25:

          831|   */
          832|   dischargeProperties = def:
             |                         ^
          833|     if def._type or "" == "merge" then

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:761:137:

          760|         defs' = concatMap (m:
          761|           map (value: { inherit (m) file; inherit value; }) (builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating definitions from `${m.file}':" (dischargeProperties m.value))
             |                                                                                                                                         ^
          762|         ) defs;

       … while evaluating definitions from `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/etc/etc-activation.nix':

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:760:28:

          759|         # Process mkMerge and mkIf properties.
          760|         defs' = concatMap (m:
             |                            ^
          761|           map (value: { inherit (m) file; inherit value; }) (builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating definitions from `${m.file}':" (dischargeProperties m.value))

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:760:17:

          759|         # Process mkMerge and mkIf properties.
          760|         defs' = concatMap (m:
             |                 ^
          761|           map (value: { inherit (m) file; inherit value; }) (builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating definitions from `${m.file}':" (dischargeProperties m.value))

       … while evaluating the attribute 'values'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:873:7:

          872|     in {
          873|       values = concatMap (def: if getPrio def == highestPrio then [(strip def)] else []) defs;
             |       ^
          874|       inherit highestPrio;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'values'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:774:9:

          773|       in {
          774|         values = defs''';
             |         ^
          775|         inherit (defs'') highestPrio;

       … while evaluating the attribute 'mergedValue'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:780:5:

          779|     # Type-check the remaining definitions, and merge them. Or throw if no definitions.
          780|     mergedValue =
             |     ^
          781|       if isDefined then

       … while evaluating the option `virtualisation.vmVariant.system.activationScripts.etc.text':

       … while evaluating the attribute 'value'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:746:9:

          745|     in warnDeprecation opt //
          746|       { value = builtins.addErrorContext "while evaluating the option `${showOption loc}':" value;
             |         ^
          747|         inherit (res.defsFinal') highestPrio;

       … while evaluating anonymous lambda

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:296:72:

          295|           # For definitions that have an associated option
          296|           declaredConfig = mapAttrsRecursiveCond (v: ! isOption v) (_: v: v.value) options;
             |                                                                        ^
          297|

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/attrsets.nix:401:20:

          400|               then recurse (path ++ [name]) value
          401|               else f (path ++ [name]) value;
             |                    ^
          402|         in mapAttrs g;

       … while evaluating 'g'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/attrsets.nix:398:19:

          397|           g =
          398|             name: value:
             |                   ^
          399|             if isAttrs value && cond value

       … from call site

       … while evaluating the attribute 'text'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:9:5:

            8|   addAttributeName = mapAttrs (a: v: v // {
            9|     text = ''
             |     ^
           10|       #### Activation script snippet ${a}:

       … while evaluating 'id'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/trivial.nix:14:5:

           13|     # The value to return
           14|     x: x;
             |     ^
           15|

       … from call site

       … while evaluating 'textClosureMap'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/strings-with-deps.nix:75:35:

           74|
           75|   textClosureMap = f: predefined: names:
             |                                   ^
           76|     concatStringsSep "\n" (map f (textClosureList predefined names));

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:49:9:

           48|
           49|       ${textClosureMap id (withDrySnippets) (attrNames withDrySnippets)}
             |         ^
           50|

       … while evaluating 'systemActivationScript'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:20:33:

           19|
           20|   systemActivationScript = set: onlyDry: let
             |                                 ^
           21|     set' = mapAttrs (_: v: if isString v then (noDepEntry v) // { supportsDryActivation = false; } else v) set;

       … from call site

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:137:18:

          136|       apply = set: set // {
          137|         script = systemActivationScript set false;
             |                  ^
          138|       };

       … while evaluating the attribute 'system.activationScripts.script'

       at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:137:9:

          136|       apply = set: set // {
          137|         script = systemActivationScript set false;
             |         ^
          138|       };

       … while evaluating the attribute 'activationScript' of the derivation 'nixos-system-nixosP34-22.05.3242.72783a2d0db'

       at /nix/store/grbi628bwzqr57hj4s34mlwl7jxzb82h-nixos-22.05/nixos/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:278:7:

          277|     // (lib.optionalAttrs (attrs ? name || (attrs ? pname && attrs ? version)) {
          278|       name =
             |       ^
          279|         let

       … while evaluating the attribute 'buildCommand' of the derivation 'nixos-vm'

       at /nix/store/grbi628bwzqr57hj4s34mlwl7jxzb82h-nixos-22.05/nixos/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix:278:7:

          277|     // (lib.optionalAttrs (attrs ? name || (attrs ? pname && attrs ? version)) {
          278|       name =
             |       ^
          279|         let

What does the error tell me?

2

it seems you put something that is not a package in the list value of this attribute :thinking:

3

that’s what I could think about

  • but in which file should it be?
  • what is the clear text of whats making issues?

I updated two days ago but since then I did not much on pkgs … (not that I could remember … )

4

A wild guess is it’s related to something called mplus-outline-fonts, try to grep this in your configuration directory.

I would recommend tracking your changes with a program like git, so you can easily find what you changed “since it worked”.

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5

The first line

error: A definition for option `virtualisation.vmVariant.environment.systemPackages.[definition 8-entry 168]' is not of type `package'. Definition values:

I read it like the environment.systemPackages contains an element that isn’t a package.

6

oh, I shouldn’t copy from (old) docu …
https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Fonts

7

could you share what you did exactly?

there is with pkgs; which is very important, if you don’t use it, you must prefix each package name with pkgs.

8

mplus-outline-fonts # old
mplus-outline-fonts.githubRelease # one new option

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