minor fixes and beautification

flake.nix

@@ -11,17 +11,12 @@
 in [ # Run »nix flake show --allow-import-from-derivation« to see what this merges to:
 
     ## Exports (things to reuse in other flakes):
-    repo # lib.* nixosModules.* overlays.*
+    (repo // { packages = lib.fun.packagesFromOverlay { inherit inputs; exclude = [ "libblockdev" ]; }; }) # lib.* nixosModules.* overlays.* packages.*
-    { patches = (lib.fun.importWrapped inputs "${self}/patches").result; } # patches.*
 
     ## Examples:
     # The example host definitions from ./hosts/, plus their installers (apps):
-    (lib.self.mkSystemsFlake { inherit inputs; }) # nixosConfigurations.* apps.*-linux.* devShells.*-linux.* packages.*-linux.all-systems
+    (lib.self.mkSystemsFlake { inherit inputs; asDefaultPackage = true; }) # nixosConfigurations.* apps.*-linux.* devShells.*-linux.* packages.*-linux.all-systems/default
     # The same cross-compiled from aarch64 (just to show how that works):
     (lib.self.mkSystemsFlake { inherit inputs; buildPlatform = "aarch64-linux"; renameOutputs = name: "arm:${name}"; }) # nixosConfigurations.arm:* apps.*-linux.arm:* devShells.*-linux.arm:* packages.*-linux.arm:all-systems
-    # Any packages touched by the ./overlays/:
-    (lib.fun.forEachSystem [ "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux" ] (localSystem: let # packages.*-linux.*
-        packages = builtins.removeAttrs (lib.fun.getModifiedPackages (lib.fun.importPkgs inputs { system = localSystem; }) overlays) [ "libblockdev" ];
-    in { packages = packages // { default = self.packages.${localSystem}.all-systems; }; }))
 
 ]); }

lib/nixos.nix

@@ -121,9 +121,11 @@ in rec {
         setupPlatforms ? if inputs?systems then import inputs.systems else [ "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux" ],
         ## If provided, then change the name of each output attribute by passing it through this function. Allows exporting of multiple variants of a repo's hosts from a single flake (by then merging the results):
         renameOutputs ? false,
+        ## Whether to export the »all-systems« package as »packages.*.default« as well.
+        asDefaultPackage ? false,
     ... }: let
         getName = if renameOutputs == false then (name: name) else renameOutputs;
-        otherArgs = (builtins.removeAttrs args [ "systems" "moduleInputs" "overlayInputs" "renameOutputs" ]) // {
+        otherArgs = (builtins.removeAttrs args [ "systems" "moduleInputs" "overlayInputs" "renameOutputs" "asDefaultPackage" ]) // {
             inherit inputs modules overlays moduleArgs nixosSystem buildPlatform extraModules;
             nixosArgs = (args.nixosArgs or { }) // { modules = (args.nixosArgs.modules or [ ]) ++ [ { imports = [ (args: {
                 ${installer}.outputName = getName args.config._module.args.name;
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ in rec {
         apps = lib.mapAttrs (name: system: rec { type = "app"; derivation = writeSystemScripts { inherit name pkgs system; }; program = "${derivation}"; }) nixosConfigurations;
 
         # dummy that just pulls in all system builds
-        packages.all-systems = pkgs.runCommandLocal "all-systems" { } ''
+        packages = let all-systems = pkgs.runCommandLocal "all-systems" { } ''
             ${''
                 mkdir -p $out/systems
                 ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: system: "ln -sT ${system.config.system.build.toplevel} $out/systems/${getName name}") nixosConfigurations)}
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ in rec {
                 mkdir -p $out/inputs
                 ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: { outPath, ... }: "ln -sT ${outPath} $out/inputs/${name}") inputs)}
             ''}
-        '';
+        ''; in { inherit all-systems; } // (lib.optionalAttrs asDefaultPackage { default = all-systems ; });
         checks.all-systems = packages.all-systems;
 
     })); in if renameOutputs == false then outputs else {

lib/setup-scripts/disk.sh

@@ -105,18 +105,13 @@ function partition-disks {
             actual=$( @{native.systemd}/bin/udevadm info --query=property --name="$blockDev" | grep -oP 'ID_SERIAL_SHORT=\K.*' || echo '<none>' )
             if [[ ${disk[serial]} != "$actual" ]] ; then echo "Block device $blockDev's serial ($actual) does not match the serial (${disk[serial]}) declared for ${disk[name]}" 1>&2 ; \return 1 ; fi
         fi
+        @{native.util-linux}/bin/blkdiscard -f "${blockDevs[${disk[name]}]}" &>$beLoud || true
         # can (and probably should) restore the backup:
         ( PATH=@{native.gptfdisk}/bin ; ${_set_x:-:} ; sgdisk --zap-all --load-backup=@{config.setup.disks.partitioning}/"${disk[name]}".backup ${disk[allowLarger]:+--move-second-header} "${blockDevs[${disk[name]}]}" >$beLoud 2>$beSilent ) || return
         #partition-disk "${disk[name]}" "${blockDevs[${disk[name]}]}" || return
     done
     @{native.parted}/bin/partprobe "${blockDevs[@]}" &>$beLoud || return
     @{native.systemd}/bin/udevadm settle -t 15 || true # sometimes partitions aren't quite made available yet
-
-    # ensure that filesystem creation does not complain about the devices already being occupied by a previous filesystem
-    local toWipe=( ) ; for part in "@{config.setup.disks.partitions!attrNames[@]/#/'/dev/disk/by-partlabel/'}" ; do [[ ! -e "$part" ]] || toWipe+=( "$part" ) ; done
-    @{native.util-linux}/bin/wipefs --all "${toWipe[@]}" >$beLoud 2>$beSilent || return
-    #</dev/zero head -c 4096 | tee "@{config.setup.disks.partitions!attrNames[@]/#/'/dev/disk/by-partlabel/'}" >/dev/null
-    #for part in "@{config.setup.disks.partitions!attrNames[@]/#/'/dev/disk/by-partlabel/'}" ; do @{native.util-linux}/bin/blkdiscard -f "$part" || return ; done
 }
 
 ## Given a declared disk device's »name« and a path to an actual »blockDev« (or image) file, partitions the device as declared in the config.
@@ -194,16 +189,18 @@ function format-partitions {
         eval 'declare -A fs='"$fsDecl"
         if [[ ${fs[device]} == /dev/disk/by-partlabel/* ]] ; then
             if ! is-partition-on-disks "${fs[device]}" "${blockDevs[@]}" ; then echo "Partition alias ${fs[device]} used by mount ${fs[mountPoint]} does not point at one of the target disks ${blockDevs[@]}" 1>&2 ; \return 1 ; fi
+            @{native.util-linux}/bin/wipefs --all "${fs[device]}" >$beLoud 2>$beSilent || return # else mkfs might refuse to replace any previous filesystems
         elif [[ ${fs[device]} == /dev/mapper/* ]] ; then
             if [[ ! @{config.boot.initrd.luks.devices!catAttrSets.device[${fs[device]/'/dev/mapper/'/}]:-} ]] ; then echo "LUKS device ${fs[device]} used by mount ${fs[mountPoint]} does not point at one of the device mappings ${!config.boot.initrd.luks.devices!catAttrSets.device[@]}" 1>&2 ; \return 1 ; fi
         else continue ; fi
         eval 'declare -a formatArgs='"${fs[formatArgs]}"
-        ( PATH=@{native.e2fsprogs}/bin:@{native.f2fs-tools}/bin:@{native.xfsprogs}/bin:@{native.dosfstools}/bin:$PATH ; ${_set_x:-:} ; mkfs."${fs[fsType]}" "${formatArgs[@]}" "${fs[device]}" >$beLoud 2>$beSilent ) || return
+        ( PATH=@{native.e2fsprogs}/bin:@{native.f2fs-tools}/bin:@{native.xfsprogs}/bin:@{native.dosfstools}/bin:$PATH ; ${_set_x:-:} ; mkfs."${fs[fsType]}" "${formatArgs[@]}" "${fs[device]}" >$beLoud 2>$beSilent ) || [[ $options == *,nofail,* ]] || return
         @{native.parted}/bin/partprobe "${fs[device]}" || true
     done
     for swapDev in "@{config.swapDevices!catAttrs.device[@]}" ; do
         if [[ $swapDev == /dev/disk/by-partlabel/* ]] ; then
             if ! is-partition-on-disks "$swapDev" "${blockDevs[@]}" ; then echo "Partition alias $swapDev used for SWAP does not point at one of the target disks ${blockDevs[@]}" 1>&2 ; \return 1 ; fi
+            @{native.util-linux}/bin/wipefs --all "${fs[device]}" >$beLoud 2>$beSilent || return # else mkswap might refuse to replace any previous filesystems
         elif [[ $swapDev == /dev/mapper/* ]] ; then
             if [[ ! @{config.boot.initrd.luks.devices!catAttrSets.device[${swapDev/'/dev/mapper/'/}]:-} ]] ; then echo "LUKS device $swapDev used for SWAP does not point at one of the device mappings @{!config.boot.initrd.luks.devices!catAttrSets.device[@]}" 1>&2 ; \return 1 ; fi
         else continue ; fi
@@ -233,10 +230,10 @@ function mount-system {( # 1: mnt, 2?: fstabPath, 3?: allowFail
     # While not generally required for fstab, nixos uses the dependency-sorted »config.system.build.fileSystems« list (instead of plain »builtins.attrValues config.fileSystems«) to generate »/etc/fstab« (provided »config.fileSystems.*.depends« is set correctly, e.g. for overlay mounts).
     # This function depends on the file at »fstabPath« to be sorted like that.
 
-    # The following is roughly equivalent to: mount --all --fstab @{config.system.build.toplevel}/etc/fstab --target-prefix "$1" -o X-mount.mkdir # (but »--target-prefix« is not supported with older versions on »mount«, e.g. on Ubuntu 20.04 (but can't we use mount from nixpkgs?))
     mnt=$1 ; fstabPath=${2:-"@{config.system.build.toplevel}/etc/fstab"} ; allowFail=${3:-}
     PATH=@{native.e2fsprogs}/bin:@{native.f2fs-tools}/bin:@{native.xfsprogs}/bin:@{native.dosfstools}/bin:$PATH
 
+    # The following is roughly equivalent to: mount --all --fstab "$fstabPath" --target-prefix "$mnt" -o X-mount.mkdir # (but »--target-prefix« does not apply to bind/overlay sources)
     while read -u3 source target type options numbers ; do
         if [[ ! $target || $target == none ]] ; then continue ; fi
         options=,$options, ; options=${options//,ro,/,}

modules/filesystems/format-args.nix.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ in {
 
     options = {
         fileSystems = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.submodule [ ({ config, ...}@_: { options = {
-            formatArgs = lib.mkOption { description = "Arguments passed to mkfs for this filesystem during OS installation."; type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str; default = if (lib.isString config.formatOptions or null) then lib.splitString config.formatOptions else [ ]; };
+            formatArgs = lib.mkOption { description = "Arguments passed to mkfs for this filesystem during OS installation."; type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str; default = if (lib.isString config.formatOptions or null) && config.formatOptions != "" then lib.splitString " " config.formatOptions else [ ]; };
         }; }) ]);
     }; };
 

patches/default.nix

@@ -1,8 +1 @@
-# Returns an attrset where the values are the paths to all ».patch« files in this directory, and the names the respective »basename -s .patch«s.
+dirname: inputs@{ self, nixpkgs, ...}: self.lib.__internal__.fun.importPatches inputs dirname { }
-dirname: inputs: let
-    getNamedPatchFiles = dir: builtins.removeAttrs (builtins.listToAttrs (map (name: let
-        match = builtins.match ''^(.*)[.]patch$'' name;
-    in if (match != null) then {
-        name = builtins.head match; value = builtins.path { path = "${dir}/${name}"; inherit name; }; # »builtins.path« puts the file in a separate, content-addressed store path, ensuring it's path only changes when the content changes, thus avoiding unnecessary rebuilds.
-    } else { name = ""; value = null; }) (builtins.attrNames (builtins.readDir dir)))) [ "" ];
-in (getNamedPatchFiles dirname)