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@hsjobeki hsjobeki commented Feb 17, 2025

This PR improves error message handling.

type.check could return mkTypeError instead of false.
Every invalid definition is later shown with showDefsWith and a corresponding message.

This makes sense for more complex types such as in package, attrTag, optionType, deferedModule, etc.
Where it is non-trivial why the value doesn't fit onto the expected type.

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  • Built on platform(s)
    • x86_64-linux
    • aarch64-linux
    • x86_64-darwin
    • aarch64-darwin
  • For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
    • sandbox = relaxed
    • sandbox = true
  • Tested, as applicable:
  • Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
  • Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
  • 25.05 Release Notes (or backporting 24.11 and 25.05 Release notes)
    • (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
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    • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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@github-actions github-actions bot added 6.topic: module system About "NixOS" module system internals 6.topic: lib The Nixpkgs function library labels Feb 17, 2025
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