Updating linux kernel results in modules shrunk not in nix store

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Trying to update my desktop config to the latest linux kernel (6.14) and I’m running into this error:

...linux-6.14-modules-shrunk/lib' is not in the Nix store

Here is my config dotfiles/users/eureka/systems/critter-tank/configuration.nix at 899bedb990cd48513fa82d8851a4b73a0e5ff844 · eureka-cpu/dotfiles · GitHub
though I’ve changed the following:

  boot.kernelPackages = with pkgs; builtins.trace "Built against kernel ${linuxPackages_latest.kernel.version}" linuxPackages_latest;
  hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.production;

I also tried a bunch of other linuxPackages_* and they all gave the same error.

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Using this rev (without setting to latest) works with the above changes, but latest unstable does not.

    "nixpkgs": {
      "locked": {
        "lastModified": 1720750130,
        "narHash": "sha256-y2wc7CdK0vVSIbx7MdVoZzuMcUoLvZXm+pQf2RIr1OU=",
        "owner": "NixOS",
        "repo": "nixpkgs",
        "rev": "6794d064edc69918bb0fc0e0eda33ece324be17a",
        "type": "github"
      },
      "original": {
        "owner": "NixOS",
        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
        "repo": "nixpkgs",
        "type": "github"
      }
    }

This gives me kernel 6.12.18

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I’m worried your store is corrupted somehow. Can you try nix-store --verify --check-contents --repair (or nix store verify --all --no-trust --repair for newstyle CLI and output log)? This will verify all the data in the nix store

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If I’m not using the latest unstable it works fine though. Also just ran that command and it finished without any output, so I’m assuming it passed.

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Hm. Well I tried building it with nix build github:eureka-cpu/dotfiles#nixosConfigurations.critter-tank.config.system.build.toplevel --update-input nixpkgs --no-write-lock-file and it succeeded. That’s why I thought it might be local corruption or something.

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So, this appears to be the same issue as: Issue building linux kernel modules after Flake update

I made some discoveries, which I will post there.

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I had a similar issue some time back and it was due to an issue/bug with nix, I had to build the system with a different version of it (e.g. on a different system).