release: 2.93.2 "Bici Bici"

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Change-Id: I9b3c2bafcd124f53fbe91058f8015e229063ea02

doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.93.md

@@ -1,4 +1,143 @@
 # Lix 2.93 "Bici Bici" (2025-05-09)
+# Lix 2.93.2 (2025-06-30)
+## Fixes
+
+- Revert CVE-2025-52992 failed mitigation [fj#883](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/883) [fj#887](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/887) [cl/3444](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/3444) [cl/3528](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/3528)
+
+  Following the initial mitigation of **CVE-2025-52992** in `cl/3444`, we
+  received reports of **unexpected deletion of in-use store paths**.
+
+  Upon investigation, we found that the patch did **not correctly cancel all
+  automatic deleters**, resulting in potentially critical path loss during normal
+  operation.
+
+  Given the severity and time-sensitive nature of the situation ([see incident
+  report](https://lix.systems/blog/2025-06-27-lix-critical-bug/)), we evaluated
+  possible options to repair the behavior safely. However, we concluded that a
+  rushed fix would either
+
+  * **Overdelete**, i.e. breaking running systems, or,
+  * **Underdelete**, effectively **reopening CVE-2025-52992** while leaving
+    orphaned paths behind.
+
+  As **CVE-2025-52992 has no known exploit vector**, and correctness is critical
+  in the Lix project, we have **fully reverted the previous mitigations**.
+
+  The affected patches (`cl/3444`) have been rolled back for the time being.
+
+  Moving forward, the Lix team will rework this code path in a **long-term,
+  correctness-first fix** on the main branch. We will explore backporting it to
+  stable channels once its safety is assured.
+
+  We are deeply sorry for the stability incident and the Lix team remain
+  available for assisting you in recovering your systems.
+
+  Many thanks to [Raito Bezarius](https://git.lix.systems/raito) and [eldritch horrors](https://git.lix.systems/pennae) for this.
+
+- Fallback to safe temp dir when build-dir is unwritable [fj#876](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/876) [cl/3501](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/3501)
+
+  Non-daemon builds started failing with a permission error after introducing the `build-dir` option:
+
+  ```
+  $ nix build --store ~/scratch nixpkgs#hello --rebuild
+  error: creating directory '/nix/var/nix/builds/nix-build-hello-2.12.2.drv-0': Permission denied
+  ```
+
+  This happens because:
+
+  1. These builds are not run via the daemon, which owns `/nix/var/nix/builds`.
+  2. The user lacks permissions for that path.
+
+  We considered making `build-dir` a store-level option and defaulting it to `<chroot-root>/nix/var/nix/builds` for chroot stores, but opted instead for a fallback: if the default fails, Nix now creates a safe build directory under `/tmp`.
+
+  To avoid CVE-2025-52991, the fallback uses an extra path component between `/tmp` and the build dir.
+
+  **Note**: this fallback clutters `/tmp` with build directories that are not cleaned up. To prevent this, explicitly set `build-dir` to a path managed by Lix, even for local workloads.
+
+  Many thanks to [Raito Bezarius](https://git.lix.systems/raito) and [eldritch horrors](https://git.lix.systems/pennae) for this.
+
+
+
+
+# Lix 2.93.1 (2025-06-23)
+## Breaking Changes
+
+- Fixed output derivations can be run using `pasta` network isolation [fj#285](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/285) [cl/3442](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/3442)
+
+  Fixed output derivations traditionally run in the host network namespace.
+  On Linux this allows such derivations to communicate with other sandboxes
+  or the host using the abstract Unix domains socket namespace; this hasn't
+  been unproblematic in the past and has been used in two distinct exploits
+  to break out of the sandbox. For this reason fixed output derivations can
+  now run in a network namespace (provided by [`pasta`]), restricted to TCP
+  and UDP communication with the rest of the world. When enabled this could
+  be a breaking change and we classify it as such, even though we don't yet
+  enable or require such isolation by default. We may enforce this in later
+  releases of Lix once we have sufficient confidence that breakage is rare.
+
+  [`pasta`]: https://passt.top/
+
+  Many thanks to [eldritch horrors](https://git.lix.systems/pennae) and [puck](https://git.lix.systems/puck) for this.
+
+
+## Fixes
+
+- Always clean up scratch paths after derivations failed to build [cl/3444](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/3444)
+
+  Previously, scratch paths created during builds were not always cleaned up if
+  the derivation failed, potentially leaving behind unnecessary temporary files
+  or directories in the Nix store.
+
+  This fix ensures that such paths are consistently removed after a failed build,
+  improving Nix store hygiene, hardening Lix against mis-reuse of failed builds
+  scratch paths.
+
+  Many thanks to [Raito Bezarius](https://git.lix.systems/raito) and [eldritch horrors](https://git.lix.systems/pennae) for this.
+
+- `build-dir` no longer defaults to `temp-dir` [cl/3443](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/3443)
+
+  The directory in which temporary build directories are created no longer defaults
+  to the value of the `temp-dir` setting to avoid builders making their directories
+  world-accessible. This behavior has been used to escape the build sandbox and can
+  cause build impurities even when not used maliciously. We now default to `builds`
+  in `NIX_STATE_DIR` (which is `/nix/var/nix/builds` in the default configuration).
+
+  Many thanks to [eldritch horrors](https://git.lix.systems/pennae) for this.
+
+- Remove reliance on Bash for remote stores via SSH [fj#830](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/830) [fj#805](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/805) [fj#304](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/304) [cl/3159](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/3159)
+
+  The pre-flight `echo started` handshake -- added years ago to catch race conditions -- has been removed.
+
+  After removal of connection sharing in Lix 2.93, it required a Bash-compatible shell and a standard `echo`, so it failed on:
+
+    * builders protected by `ForceCommand` wrappers (e.g. `nix-remote-build`),
+    * BusyBox / initrd images with no Bash,
+    * hosts using non-POSIX shells such as Nushell.
+
+  The race the probe once addressed was tied to SSH connection-sharing -- since connection-sharing code has already been removed, the probe is now pointless.
+
+  Real connection or protocol errors are now left to SSH/Nix to report directly.
+
+  This is technically a breaking change if you had scripts that relied on the literal "started" which needs to be updated to rely on other signals, e.g., exit codes.
+
+  Many thanks to [Raito Bezarius](https://git.lix.systems/raito) for this.
+
+
+## Miscellany
+
+- Deprecation of CA derivations, dynamic derivations, and impure derivations [fj#815](https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/815)
+
+  Content-addressed derivations are now deprecated and slated for removal in Lix 2.94.
+  We're doing this because the CA derivation system has been a known cause of problems
+  and inconsistencies, is unmaintained, habitually makes improving the store code very
+  difficult (or blocks such improvements outright), and is beset by a number of design
+  flaws that in our opinion cannot be fixed without a full reimplementation from zero.
+  Dynamic derivations and impure derivations are built on the CA derivation framework,
+  and owing to this they too are deprecated and slated for removal in another release.
+
+
+
+
 
 
 # Lix 2.93.0 (2025-05-09)

docker.nix

@@ -193,13 +193,11 @@ let
             in
             ''
               {
-                ${
+                ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
-                  lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+                  builtins.map (output: ''
-                    builtins.map (output: ''
+                    ${output} = { outPath = "${lib.getOutput output drv}"; };
-                      ${output} = { outPath = "${lib.getOutput output drv}"; };
+                  '') outputs
-                    '') outputs
+                )}
-                  )
-                }
                 outputs = [ ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (builtins.map (x: "\"${x}\"") outputs)} ];
                 name = "${drv.name}";
                 outPath = "${drv}";
@@ -361,7 +359,8 @@ let
         "org.opencontainers.image.source" = "https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix";
         "org.opencontainers.image.vendor" = "Lix project";
         "org.opencontainers.image.version" = pkgs.nix.version;
-        "org.opencontainers.image.description" = "Minimal Lix container image, with some batteries included.";
+        "org.opencontainers.image.description" =
+          "Minimal Lix container image, with some batteries included.";
       } // lib.optionalAttrs (lixRevision != null) { "org.opencontainers.image.revision" = lixRevision; };
     };
 

flake.lock

@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "lowdown-src": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1633514407,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Dw32tiMjdK9t3ETl5fzGrutQTzh2rufgZV4A/BbxuD4=",
+        "owner": "kristapsdz",
+        "repo": "lowdown",
+        "rev": "d2c2b44ff6c27b936ec27358a2653caaef8f73b8",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "kristapsdz",
+        "repo": "lowdown",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nix2container": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -32,18 +48,44 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs": {
+    "nix_2_18": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": [
+          "flake-compat"
+        ],
+        "lowdown-src": "lowdown-src",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "nixpkgs-regression": [
+          "nixpkgs-regression"
+        ]
+      },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1733348545,
+        "lastModified": 1730375271,
-        "narHash": "sha256-b4JrUmqT0vFNx42aEN9LTWOHomkTKL/ayLopflVf81U=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-RrOFlDGmRXcVRV2p2HqHGqvzGNyWoD0Dado/BNlJ1SI=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "repo": "nix",
-        "rev": "9ecb50d2fae8680be74c08bb0a995c5383747f89",
+        "rev": "0f665ff6779454f2117dcc32e44380cda7f45523",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixos-24.11-small",
+        "ref": "2.18.9",
+        "repo": "nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1705033721,
+        "narHash": "sha256-K5eJHmL1/kev6WuqyqqbS1cdNnSidIZ3jeqJ7GbrYnQ=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "a1982c92d8980a0114372973cbdfe0a307f1bdea",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-23.05-small",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }
@@ -64,6 +106,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1749522908,
+        "narHash": "sha256-eWANkhWXFL1MmaxzsZ9bhLCNT8OVs7CC+OXaSDGlA8A=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "e5cb99555c45a13dcc5f1317462238530b0066b7",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-25.05-small",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "pre-commit-hooks": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -84,7 +142,8 @@
       "inputs": {
         "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
         "nix2container": "nix2container",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "nix_2_18": "nix_2_18",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
         "nixpkgs-regression": "nixpkgs-regression",
         "pre-commit-hooks": "pre-commit-hooks"
       }

flake.nix

@@ -2,8 +2,19 @@
   description = "Lix: A modern, delicious implementation of the Nix package manager";
 
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-24.11-small";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05-small";
     nixpkgs-regression.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/215d4d0fd80ca5163643b03a33fde804a29cc1e2";
+
+    # Required because Nix 2.18 is not in Nixpkgs ≥ 25.05 anymore.
+    nix_2_18 = {
+      url = "github:NixOS/nix/2.18.9";
+      # NOTE(Raito): this is not possible because patches on libseccomp does not apply anymore on this Nix.
+      # Let's keep the latest known nixpkgs useable with Nix 2.18 for our tests.
+      # inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+      inputs.nixpkgs-regression.follows = "nixpkgs-regression";
+      inputs.flake-compat.follows = "flake-compat";
+    };
+
     pre-commit-hooks = {
       url = "github:cachix/git-hooks.nix";
       flake = false;
@@ -25,6 +36,7 @@
       nixpkgs-regression,
       pre-commit-hooks,
       nix2container,
+      nix_2_18,
       flake-compat,
     }:
 
@@ -163,6 +175,11 @@
         {
           nixStable = prev.nix;
 
+          # Nix 2.18 has been removed from Nixpkgs ≥ 25.05, so we need to reintroduce it ourselves for our tests.
+          nixVersions = prev.nixVersions // {
+            nix_2_18 = nix_2_18.outputs.packages.${currentStdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default;
+          };
+
           # Forward from the previous stage as we don’t want it to pick the lowdown override
           nixUnstable = prev.nixUnstable;
 
@@ -383,10 +400,12 @@
                 name = "nixpkgs-lib-tests";
                 paths =
                   [ testWithNix ]
-                  # NOTE: nixpkgs 24.11 is being ... *creative*, and requires this dance to override
+                  # NOTE: nixpkgs 25.05 is being ... *creative*, and requires this dance to override
                   # the evaluator used for the test. it will break again in the future, don't worry.
                   ++ lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isLinux [
-                    (pkgs.callPackage "${nixpkgs}/ci/eval" { nixVersions.nix_2_24 = nix; }).attrpathsSuperset
+                    ((pkgs.callPackage "${nixpkgs}/ci/eval" { nixVersions.latest = nix; }).attrpathsSuperset {
+                      evalSystem = system;
+                    })
                   ];
               }
             );

lix/libcmd/repl.cc

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ void runNix(Path program, const Strings & args)
         .program = settings.nixBinDir+ "/" + program,
         .args = args,
         .environment = subprocessEnv,
-    }).wait();
+    }).waitAndCheck();
 
     return;
 }
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ ProcessLineResult NixRepl::processLine(std::string line)
 
         // runProgram redirects stdout to a StringSink,
         // using runProgram2 to allow editors to display their UI
-        runProgram2(RunOptions { .program = editor, .searchPath = true, .args = args }).wait();
+        runProgram2(RunOptions { .program = editor, .searchPath = true, .args = args }).waitAndCheck();
 
         // Reload right after exiting the editor if path is not in store
         // Store is immutable, so there could be no changes, so there's no need to reload

lix/libexpr/nixexpr.hh

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ struct ExprAttrs
         AttrDef() { };
 
         template<typename T>
-        const T & chooseByKind(const T & plain, const T & inherited, const T & inheritedFrom) const
+        T chooseByKind(const T & plain, const T & inherited, const T & inheritedFrom) const
         {
             switch (kind) {
             case Kind::Plain:

lix/libexpr/parser/grammar.hh

@@ -686,10 +686,12 @@ struct nothing : p::nothing<Rule> {
     static_assert(!std::is_base_of_v<semantic, Rule>);
 };
 
-
-
 template<typename Self, typename OpCtx, typename AttrPathT, typename ExprT>
-struct operator_semantics {
+struct operator_semantics
+{
+private:
+    operator_semantics() = default;
+    friend Self;
 public:
     struct has_attr : grammar::v1::op::has_attr {
         AttrPathT path;
@@ -775,5 +777,4 @@ public:
         return popExpr();
     }
 };
-
 }

lix/libfetchers/git.cc

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 using namespace std::string_literals;
 
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ WorkdirInfo getWorkdirInfo(const Input & input, const Path & workdir)
         .program = "git",
         .args = { "-C", workdir, "--git-dir", gitDir, "rev-parse", "--verify", "--no-revs", "HEAD^{commit}" },
         .environment = env,
-        .mergeStderrToStdout = true
+        .redirections = {{.from = STDERR_FILENO, .to = STDOUT_FILENO}},
     });
     auto exitCode = WEXITSTATUS(result.first);
     auto errorMessage = result.second;
@@ -701,7 +702,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
         auto result = runProgram(RunOptions {
             .program = "git",
             .args = { "-C", repoDir, "--git-dir", gitDir, "cat-file", "commit", input.getRev()->gitRev() },
-            .mergeStderrToStdout = true
+            .redirections = {{.from = STDERR_FILENO, .to = STDOUT_FILENO}},
         });
         if (WEXITSTATUS(result.first) == 128
             && result.second.find("bad file") != std::string::npos)
@@ -766,7 +767,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
                 .args = { "-C", repoDir, "--git-dir", gitDir, "archive", input.getRev()->gitRev() },
                 .captureStdout = true,
             });
-            Finally const _wait([&] { proc.wait(); });
+            Finally const _wait([&] { proc.waitAndCheck(); });
 
             unpackTarfile(*proc.getStdout(), tmpDir);
         }

lix/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc

@@ -1011,11 +1011,11 @@ void runPostBuildHook(
         .program = settings.postBuildHook,
         .environment = hookEnvironment,
         .captureStdout = true,
-        .mergeStderrToStdout = true,
+        .redirections = {{.from = STDERR_FILENO, .to = STDOUT_FILENO}},
     });
     Finally const _wait([&] {
         try {
-            proc.wait();
+            proc.waitAndCheck();
         } catch (nix::Error & e) {
             e.addTrace(nullptr,
                 "while running the post-build-hook %s for derivation %s",

lix/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include "lix/libutil/archive.hh"
 #include "lix/libstore/daemon.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/regex.hh"
+#include "lix/libutil/file-descriptor.hh"
+#include "lix/libutil/file-system.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/result.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/topo-sort.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/json.hh"
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "lix/libutil/mount.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/strings.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/thread-name.hh"
+#include "platform/linux.hh"
 
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <exception>
@@ -480,17 +483,54 @@ try {
         });
     }
 
-    /* Create a temporary directory where the build will take
+    try {
-       place. */
+        auto buildDir = worker.buildDirOverride.value_or(settings.buildDir.get());
-    tmpDir = createTempDir(
-        settings.buildDir.get().value_or(""),
-        "nix-build-" + std::string(drvPath.name()),
-        false,
-        false,
-        0700
-    );
 
-    chownToBuilder(tmpDir);
+        createDirs(buildDir);
+
+        /* Create a temporary directory where the build will take
+           place. */
+        tmpDir =
+            createTempDir(buildDir, "nix-build-" + std::string(drvPath.name()), false, false, 0700);
+    } catch (SysError & e) {
+        /*
+         * Fallback to the global tmpdir and create a safe space there
+         * only if it's a permission error.
+         */
+        if (e.errNo != EACCES) {
+            throw;
+        }
+
+        auto globalTmp = defaultTempDir();
+        createDirs(globalTmp);
+#if __APPLE__
+        /* macOS filesystem namespacing does not exist, to avoid breaking builds, we need to weaken
+         * the mode bits on the top-level directory. This avoids issues like
+         * https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/11031. */
+        constexpr int toplevelDirMode = 0755;
+#else
+        constexpr int toplevelDirMode = 0700;
+#endif
+        auto nixBuildsTmp =
+            createTempDir(globalTmp, fmt("nix-builds-%s", geteuid()), false, false, toplevelDirMode);
+        warn(
+            "Failed to use the system-wide build directory '%s', falling back to a temporary "
+            "directory inside '%s'",
+            settings.buildDir.get(),
+            nixBuildsTmp
+        );
+        worker.buildDirOverride = nixBuildsTmp;
+        tmpDir = createTempDir(
+            nixBuildsTmp, "nix-build-" + std::string(drvPath.name()), false, false, 0700
+        );
+    }
+    /* The TOCTOU between the previous mkdir call and this open call is unavoidable due to
+     * POSIX semantics.*/
+    tmpDirFd = AutoCloseFD{open(tmpDir.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_DIRECTORY)};
+    if (!tmpDirFd)
+        throw SysError("failed to open the build temporary directory descriptor '%1%'", tmpDir);
+
+    chownToBuilder(tmpDirFd);
 
     for (auto & [outputName, status] : initialOutputs) {
         /* Set scratch path we'll actually use during the build.
@@ -858,8 +898,13 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::initTmpDir() {
                 auto hash = hashString(HashType::SHA256, i.first);
                 std::string fn = ".attr-" + hash.to_string(Base::Base32, false);
                 Path p = tmpDir + "/" + fn;
-                writeFile(p, rewriteStrings(i.second, inputRewrites));
+                /* TODO(jade): we should have BorrowedFD instead of OwnedFD. */
-                chownToBuilder(p);
+                AutoCloseFD passAsFileFd{openat(tmpDirFd.get(), fn.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC | O_EXCL | O_NOFOLLOW, 0666)};
+                if (!passAsFileFd) {
+                    throw SysError("opening `passAsFile` file in the sandbox '%1%'", p);
+                }
+                writeFile(passAsFileFd, rewriteStrings(i.second, inputRewrites));
+                chownToBuilder(passAsFileFd);
                 env[i.first + "Path"] = tmpDirInSandbox + "/" + fn;
             }
         }
@@ -975,6 +1020,13 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::chownToBuilder(const Path & path)
         throw SysError("cannot change ownership of '%1%'", path);
 }
 
+void LocalDerivationGoal::chownToBuilder(const AutoCloseFD & fd)
+{
+    if (!buildUser) return;
+    if (fchown(fd.get(), buildUser->getUID(), buildUser->getGID()) == -1)
+        throw SysError("cannot change ownership of file '%1%'", fd.guessOrInventPath());
+}
+
 
 void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
 {
@@ -1105,7 +1157,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
                 /* N.B. it is realistic that these paths might not exist. It
                    happens when testing Nix building fixed-output derivations
                    within a pure derivation. */
-                for (auto & path : { "/etc/resolv.conf", "/etc/services", "/etc/hosts" })
+                for (auto & path : { "/etc/services", "/etc/hosts" })
                     if (pathExists(path)) {
                         // Copy the actual file, not the symlink, because we don't know where
                         // the symlink is pointing, and we don't want to chase down the entire
@@ -1126,6 +1178,11 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
                         copyFile(path, chrootRootDir + path, { .followSymlinks = true });
                     }
 
+                if (pathExists("/etc/resolv.conf")) {
+                    const auto resolvConf = rewriteResolvConf(readFile("/etc/resolv.conf"));
+                    writeFile(chrootRootDir + "/etc/resolv.conf", resolvConf);
+                }
+
                 if (settings.caFile != "" && pathExists(settings.caFile)) {
                     // For the same reasons as above, copy the CA certificates file too.
                     // It should be even less likely to change during the build than resolv.conf.
@@ -1253,6 +1310,36 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
             if (setuid(sandboxUid()) == -1)
                 throw SysError("setuid failed");
 
+            if (runPasta) {
+                // wait for the pasta interface to appear. pasta can't signal us when
+                // it's done setting up the namespace, so we have to wait for a while
+                AutoCloseFD fd(socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP));
+                if (!fd) throw SysError("cannot open IP socket");
+
+                struct ifreq ifr;
+                strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::PASTA_NS_IFNAME);
+                // wait two minutes for the interface to appear. if it does not do so
+                // we are either grossly overloaded, or pasta startup failed somehow.
+                static constexpr int SINGLE_WAIT_US = 1000;
+                static constexpr int TOTAL_WAIT_US = 120'000'000;
+                for (unsigned tries = 0; ; tries++) {
+                    if (tries > TOTAL_WAIT_US / SINGLE_WAIT_US) {
+                        throw Error(
+                            "sandbox network setup timed out, please check daemon logs for "
+                            "possible error output."
+                        );
+                    } else if (ioctl(fd.get(), SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr) == 0) {
+                        if ((ifr.ifr_ifru.ifru_flags & IFF_UP) != 0) {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    } else if (errno == ENODEV) {
+                        usleep(SINGLE_WAIT_US);
+                    } else {
+                        throw SysError("cannot get loopback interface flags");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             setUser = false;
         }
 #endif
@@ -1424,6 +1511,8 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
 
         if (getEnv("_NIX_TEST_NO_SANDBOX") != "1") {
             Strings sandboxArgs;
+            sandboxArgs.push_back("_NIX_BUILD_TOP");
+            sandboxArgs.push_back(tmpDir);
             sandboxArgs.push_back("_GLOBAL_TMP_DIR");
             sandboxArgs.push_back(globalTmpDir);
             if (allowLocalNetworking) {

lix/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.hh

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ struct LocalDerivationGoal : public DerivationGoal
      */
     Path tmpDir;
 
+    /**
+     * The temporary directory file descriptor
+     */
+    AutoCloseFD tmpDirFd;
+
     /**
      * The path of the temporary directory in the sandbox.
      */
@@ -191,10 +196,18 @@ struct LocalDerivationGoal : public DerivationGoal
     kj::Promise<Result<void>> writeStructuredAttrs();
 
     /**
-     * Make a file owned by the builder.
+     * Make a file owned by the builder addressed by its path.
+     *
+     * SAFETY: this function is prone to TOCTOU as it receives a path and not a descriptor.
+     * It's only safe to call in a child of a directory only visible to the owner.
      */
     void chownToBuilder(const Path & path);
 
+    /**
+     * Make a file owned by the builder addressed by its file descriptor.
+     */
+    void chownToBuilder(const AutoCloseFD & fd);
+
     int getChildStatus() override;
 
     /**
@@ -269,6 +282,12 @@ struct LocalDerivationGoal : public DerivationGoal
 protected:
     using DerivationGoal::DerivationGoal;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to run pasta for network-endowed derivations. Running pasta
+     * currently requires actively waiting for its net-ns setup to finish.
+     */
+    bool runPasta = false;
+
     /**
      * Setup dependencies outside the sandbox.
      * Called in the parent nix process.
@@ -278,6 +297,15 @@ protected:
         throw Error("sandboxing builds is not supported on this platform");
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Rewrite resolv.conf for use in the sandbox. Used in the linux platform
+     * to replace nameservers * when using pasta for fixed output derivations.
+     */
+    virtual std::string rewriteResolvConf(std::string fromHost)
+    {
+        return fromHost;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new process that runs `openSlave` and `runChild`
      * On some platforms this process is created with sandboxing flags.

lix/libstore/build/sandbox-defaults.sb

@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ R""(
 ; Allow getpwuid.
 (allow mach-lookup (global-name "com.apple.system.opendirectoryd.libinfo"))
 
-; Access to /tmp.
+; Access to /tmp and the build directory.
 ; The network-outbound/network-inbound ones are for unix domain sockets, which
 ; we allow access to in TMPDIR (but if we allow them more broadly, you could in
 ; theory escape the sandbox)
 (allow file* process-exec network-outbound network-inbound
-       (literal "/tmp") (subpath TMPDIR))
+       (literal "/tmp")
+       (subpath TMPDIR)
+       (subpath (param "_NIX_BUILD_TOP")))
 
 ; Some packages like to read the system version.
 (allow file-read*

lix/libstore/build/worker.hh

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ public:
     Store & store;
     Store & evalStore;
     AsyncSemaphore substitutions, localBuilds;
+    std::optional<Path> buildDirOverride;
 
 private:
     kj::TaskSet children;

lix/libstore/crypto.cc

@@ -45,8 +45,15 @@ std::string SecretKey::signDetached(std::string_view data) const
 {
     unsigned char sig[crypto_sign_BYTES];
     unsigned long long sigLen;
-    crypto_sign_detached(sig, &sigLen, charptr_cast<const unsigned char *>(data.data()), data.size(),
+    crypto_sign_detached(
-        charptr_cast<const unsigned char *>(key.data()));
+        sig,
+        &sigLen,
+        // the following is not a string function so no null termination issues are possible here.
+        // NOLINTNEXTLINE(bugprone-suspicious-stringview-data-usage)
+        charptr_cast<const unsigned char *>(data.data()),
+        data.size(),
+        charptr_cast<const unsigned char *>(key.data())
+    );
     return name + ":" + base64Encode(std::string(reinterpret_cast<char *>(sig), sigLen));
 }
 

lix/libstore/gc.cc

@@ -966,9 +966,9 @@ try {
 
     {
         auto state(_gcState.lock());
+        state->gcWaiters.push_back(std::move(pfp.fulfiller));
 
         if (state->gcRunning) {
-            state->gcWaiters.push_back(std::move(pfp.fulfiller));
             debug("waiting for auto-GC to finish");
             goto sync;
         }

lix/libstore/globals.cc

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ Settings::Settings()
 #if defined(__linux__) && defined(SANDBOX_SHELL)
     sandboxPaths.setDefault(tokenizeString<StringSet>("/bin/sh=" SANDBOX_SHELL));
 #endif
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(PASTA_PATH)
+    pastaPath.setDefault(PASTA_PATH);
+#endif
 
     /* chroot-like behavior from Apple's sandbox */
 #if __APPLE__
@@ -243,7 +246,11 @@ StringSet Settings::getDefaultExtraPlatforms()
     // x86_64 in aarch64 environments or vice versa since they can
     // always exec with their own binary preferences.
     if (std::string{SYSTEM} == "aarch64-darwin" &&
-        runProgram(RunOptions {.program = "arch", .args = {"-arch", "x86_64", "/usr/bin/true"}, .mergeStderrToStdout = true}).first == 0)
+        runProgram(RunOptions {
+            .program = "arch",
+            .args = {"-arch", "x86_64", "/usr/bin/true"},
+            .redirections = {{.from = STDERR_FILENO, .to = STDOUT_FILENO}}
+        }).first == 0)
         extraPlatforms.insert("x86_64-darwin");
 #endif
 

lix/libstore/local-store.cc

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void migrateCASchema(SQLite& db, Path schemaPath, AutoCloseFD& lockFd, Ne
             txn.commit();
         }
 
-        writeFile(schemaPath, fmt("%d", nixCASchemaVersion), 0666, true);
+        writeFileAndSync(schemaPath, fmt("%d", nixCASchemaVersion), 0666);
         lockFile(lockFd.get(), ltRead);
     }
 }
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void LocalStore::initDB(DBState & state)
     else if (curSchema == 0) { /* new store */
         curSchema = nixSchemaVersion;
         openDB(state, true);
-        writeFile(schemaPath, fmt("%1%", nixSchemaVersion), 0666, true);
+        writeFileAndSync(schemaPath, fmt("%1%", nixSchemaVersion), 0666);
     }
 
     else if (curSchema < nixSchemaVersion) {
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ void LocalStore::initDB(DBState & state)
             txn.commit();
         }
 
-        writeFile(schemaPath, fmt("%1%", nixSchemaVersion), 0666, true);
+        writeFileAndSync(schemaPath, fmt("%1%", nixSchemaVersion), 0666);
 
         lockFile(globalLock.get(), ltRead, always_progresses);
     }

lix/libstore/meson.build

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ libstore_setting_definitions = files(
   'settings/narinfo-cache-negative-ttl.md',
   'settings/narinfo-cache-positive-ttl.md',
   'settings/netrc-file.md',
+  'settings/pasta-path.md',
   'settings/plugin-files.md',
   'settings/post-build-hook.md',
   'settings/pre-build-hook.md',
@@ -332,6 +333,12 @@ elif busybox.found()
   }
 endif
 
+if pasta.found()
+  cpp_str_defines += {
+    'PASTA_PATH': pasta.full_path(),
+  }
+endif
+
 cpp_args = []
 
 foreach name, value : cpp_str_defines

lix/libstore/platform/linux.cc

@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 #include "lix/libstore/build/worker.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/cgroup.hh"
+#include "lix/libutil/file-descriptor.hh"
+#include "lix/libutil/file-system.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/finally.hh"
 #include "lix/libstore/gc-store.hh"
+#include "lix/libutil/processes.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/signals.hh"
 #include "lix/libstore/platform/linux.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/regex.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/strings.hh"
 
+#include <csignal>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <regex>
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 
+#if __linux__
+#include <linux/capability.h>
+#endif
+
 #if HAVE_SECCOMP
 #include <linux/filter.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
@@ -61,6 +70,14 @@ static void readFileRoots(const char * path, UncheckedRoots & roots)
     }
 }
 
+LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::~LinuxLocalDerivationGoal()
+{
+    // pasta being left around mostly happens when builds are aborted
+    if (pastaPid) {
+        pastaPid.kill();
+    }
+}
+
 void LinuxLocalStore::findPlatformRoots(UncheckedRoots & unchecked)
 {
     auto procDir = AutoCloseDir{opendir("/proc")};
@@ -836,6 +853,26 @@ void LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::prepareSandbox()
     }
 }
 
+std::string LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::rewriteResolvConf(std::string fromHost)
+{
+    if (!runPasta) {
+        return fromHost;
+    }
+
+    static constexpr auto flags = std::regex::ECMAScript | std::regex::multiline;
+    static auto lineRegex = regex::parse("^nameserver\\s.*$", flags);
+    static auto v4Regex = regex::parse("^nameserver\\s+\\d{1,3}\\.", flags);
+    static auto v6Regex = regex::parse("^nameserver.*:", flags);
+    std::string nsInSandbox = "\n";
+    if (std::regex_search(fromHost, v4Regex)) {
+        nsInSandbox += fmt("nameserver %s\n", PASTA_HOST_IPV4);
+    }
+    if (std::regex_search(fromHost, v6Regex)) {
+        nsInSandbox += fmt("nameserver %s\n", PASTA_HOST_IPV6);
+    }
+    return std::regex_replace(fromHost, lineRegex, "") + nsInSandbox;
+}
+
 Pid LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::startChild(std::function<void()> openSlave)
 {
 #if HAVE_SECCOMP
@@ -863,9 +900,11 @@ Pid LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::startChild(std::function<void()> openSlave)
 
        - The private network namespace ensures that the builder
          cannot talk to the outside world (or vice versa).  It
-         only has a private loopback interface. (Fixed-output
+         only has a private loopback interface. If a copy of
-         derivations are not run in a private network namespace
+         `pasta` is available, Fixed-output derivations are run
-         to allow functions like fetchurl to work.)
+         inside a private network namespace with internet
+         access, otherwise they are run in the host's network
+         namespace, to allow functions like fetchurl to work.
 
        - The IPC namespace prevents the builder from communicating
          with outside processes using SysV IPC mechanisms (shared
@@ -886,6 +925,10 @@ Pid LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::startChild(std::function<void()> openSlave)
     if (derivationType->isSandboxed())
         privateNetwork = true;
 
+    // don't launch pasta unless we have a tun device. in a build sandbox we
+    // commonly do not, and trying to run pasta anyway naturally won't work.
+    runPasta = !privateNetwork && settings.pastaPath != "" && pathExists("/dev/net/tun");
+
     userNamespaceSync.create();
 
     Pipe sendPid;
@@ -910,7 +953,9 @@ Pid LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::startChild(std::function<void()> openSlave)
 
         ProcessOptions options;
         options.cloneFlags = CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_NEWUTS | CLONE_PARENT | SIGCHLD;
-        if (privateNetwork)
+        // we always want to create a new network namespace for pasta, even when
+        // we can't actually run it. not doing so hides bugs and impairs purity.
+        if (settings.pastaPath != "" || privateNetwork)
             options.cloneFlags |= CLONE_NEWNET;
         if (usingUserNamespace)
             options.cloneFlags |= CLONE_NEWUSER;
@@ -980,6 +1025,67 @@ Pid LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::startChild(std::function<void()> openSlave)
     /* Signal the builder that we've updated its user namespace. */
     writeFull(userNamespaceSync.writeSide.get(), "1");
 
+    if (runPasta) {
+        // Bring up pasta, for handling FOD networking. We don't let it daemonize
+        // itself for process managements reasons and kill it manually when done.
+
+        // TODO add a new sandbox mode flag to disable all or parts of this?
+        Strings args = {
+            // clang-format off
+            "--quiet",
+            "--foreground",
+            "--config-net",
+            "--gateway", PASTA_HOST_IPV4,
+            "--address", PASTA_CHILD_IPV4, "--netmask", PASTA_IPV4_NETMASK,
+            "--dns-forward", PASTA_HOST_IPV4,
+            "--gateway", PASTA_HOST_IPV6,
+            "--address", PASTA_CHILD_IPV6,
+            "--dns-forward", PASTA_HOST_IPV6,
+            "--ns-ifname", PASTA_NS_IFNAME,
+            "--no-netns-quit",
+            "--netns", "/proc/self/fd/0",
+            // clang-format on
+        };
+
+        AutoCloseFD netns(open(fmt("/proc/%i/ns/net", pid.get()).c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
+        if (!netns) {
+            throw SysError("failed to open netns");
+        }
+
+        AutoCloseFD userns;
+        if (usingUserNamespace) {
+            userns =
+                AutoCloseFD(open(fmt("/proc/%i/ns/user", pid.get()).c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
+            if (!userns) {
+                throw SysError("failed to open userns");
+            }
+            args.push_back("--userns");
+            args.push_back("/proc/self/fd/1");
+        }
+
+        // FIXME ideally we want a notification when pasta exits, but we cannot do
+        // this at present. without such support we need to busy-wait for pasta to
+        // set up the namespace completely and time out after a while for the case
+        // of pasta launch failures. pasta logs go to syslog only for now as well.
+        pastaPid = runProgram2({
+            .program = settings.pastaPath,
+            .args = args,
+            .uid = useBuildUsers() ? std::optional(buildUser->getUID()) : std::nullopt,
+            .gid = useBuildUsers() ? std::optional(buildUser->getGID()) : std::nullopt,
+            // TODO these redirections are crimes. pasta closes all non-stdio file
+            // descriptors very early and lacks fd arguments for the namespaces we
+            // want it to join. we cannot have pasta join the namespaces via pids;
+            // doing so requires capabilities which pasta *also* drops very early.
+            .redirections = {
+                {.from = 0, .to = netns.get()},
+                {.from = 1, .to = userns ? userns.get() : 1},
+            },
+            .caps = getuid() == 0
+                ? std::set<long>{CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE}
+                : std::set<long>{},
+        });
+    }
+
     return pid;
 }
 
@@ -997,5 +1103,24 @@ void LinuxLocalDerivationGoal::killSandbox(bool getStats)
            This avoids processes unrelated to the build being killed, thus avoiding: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/667 */
         LocalDerivationGoal::killSandbox(getStats);
     }
+
+    if (pastaPid) {
+        // FIXME we really want to send SIGTERM instead and wait for pasta to exit,
+        // but we do not have the infra for that right now. we send SIGKILL instead
+        // and treat exiting with that as a successful exit code until such a time.
+        // this is not likely to cause problems since pasta runs as the build user,
+        // but not inside the build sandbox. if it's killed it's either due to some
+        // external influence (in which case the sandboxed child will probably fail
+        // due to network errors, if it used the network at all) or some bug in lix
+        if (auto status = pastaPid.kill(); !WIFSIGNALED(status) || WTERMSIG(status) != SIGKILL) {
+            if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+                throw Error("pasta killed by signal %i", WTERMSIG(status));
+            } else if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+                throw Error("pasta exited with code %i", WEXITSTATUS(status));
+            } else {
+                throw Error("pasta exited with status %i", status);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 }

lix/libstore/platform/linux.hh

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "lix/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.hh"
 #include "lix/libstore/gc-store.hh"
 #include "lix/libstore/local-store.hh"
+#include "lix/libutil/processes.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -33,7 +34,23 @@ class LinuxLocalDerivationGoal : public LocalDerivationGoal
 public:
     using LocalDerivationGoal::LocalDerivationGoal;
 
+    ~LinuxLocalDerivationGoal();
+
+    // NOTE these are all C strings because macos doesn't have constexpr std::string
+    // constructors, and std::string_view is a pain to turn into std::strings again.
+    static constexpr const char * PASTA_NS_IFNAME = "eth0";
+    static constexpr const char * PASTA_HOST_IPV4 = "169.254.1.1";
+    static constexpr const char * PASTA_CHILD_IPV4 = "169.254.1.2";
+    static constexpr const char * PASTA_IPV4_NETMASK = "16";
+    // randomly chosen 6to4 prefix, mapping the same ipv4ll as above.
+    // even if this id is used on the daemon host there should not be
+    // any collisions since ipv4ll should never be addressed by ipv6.
+    static constexpr const char * PASTA_HOST_IPV6 = "64:ff9b:1:4b8e:472e:a5c8:a9fe:0101";
+    static constexpr const char * PASTA_CHILD_IPV6 = "64:ff9b:1:4b8e:472e:a5c8:a9fe:0102";
+
 private:
+    RunningProgram pastaPid;
+
     /**
      * Create and populate chroot
      */
@@ -62,6 +79,7 @@ private:
         return true;
     }
 
+    std::string rewriteResolvConf(std::string fromHost) override;
 };
 
 }

lix/libstore/remote-store.cc

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ void RemoteStore::setOptions(Connection & conn)
     overrides.erase(experimentalFeatureSettings.experimentalFeatures.name);
     overrides.erase(settings.pluginFiles.name);
     overrides.erase(settings.storeUri.name); // the daemon *is* the store
+    overrides.erase(settings.tarballTtl.name); // eval-time only, implictly set by flake cli
     conn.to << overrides.size();
     for (auto & i : overrides)
         conn.to << i.first << i.second.value;

lix/libstore/settings/build-dir.md

@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 ---
 name: build-dir
 internalName: buildDir
-settingType: PathsSetting<std::optional<Path>>
+settingType: PathsSetting<Path>
-default: null
+defaultText: "`«nixStateDir»/builds`"
+defaultExpr: nixStateDir + "/builds"
 ---
 The directory on the host, in which derivations' temporary build directories are created.
 
-If not set, Nix will use the [`temp-dir`](#conf-temp-dir) setting if set, otherwise the system temporary directory indicated by the `TMPDIR` environment variable.
+If not set, Lix will use the `builds` subdirectory of its configured state directory.
-Note that builds are often performed by the Nix daemon, so its `TMPDIR` is used, and not that of the Nix command line interface.
+Lix will create this directory automatically with suitable permissions if it does not
+exist, otherwise its permissions must allow all users to traverse the directory (i.e.
+it must have `o+x` set, in unix parlance) for non-sandboxed builds to work correctly.
 
 This is also the location where [`--keep-failed`](@docroot@/command-ref/opt-common.md#opt-keep-failed) leaves its files.
 
 If Nix runs without sandbox, or if the platform does not support sandboxing with bind mounts (e.g. macOS), then the [`builder`](@docroot@/language/derivations.md#attr-builder)'s environment will contain this directory, instead of the virtual location [`sandbox-build-dir`](#conf-sandbox-build-dir).
+
+> Important:
+>
+> `build-dir` must not be set to a world-writable directory. Placing temporary build
+> directories in a world-writable place allows other users to access or modify build
+> data that is currently in use. This alone is merely an impurity, but combined with
+> another factor this has allowed malicious derivations to escape the build sandbox.

lix/libstore/settings/pasta-path.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: pasta-path
+internalName: pastaPath
+type: Path
+default: ""
+---
+If set to an absolute path, enables fully sandboxing fixed-output
+derivations, by using `pasta` to pass network traffic between the
+private network namespace. This allows for greater levels of isolation
+of builds to the host.

lix/libstore/sqlite.cc

@@ -179,8 +179,13 @@ SQLiteStmt::Use::~Use()
 SQLiteStmt::Use & SQLiteStmt::Use::operator () (std::string_view value, bool notNull)
 {
     if (notNull) {
-        if (sqlite3_bind_text(stmt.stmt.get(), curArg++, value.data(), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT) != SQLITE_OK)
+        if (sqlite3_bind_text(
+                stmt.stmt.get(), curArg++, value.data(), value.length(), SQLITE_TRANSIENT
+            )
+            != SQLITE_OK)
+        {
             SQLiteError::throw_(stmt.db, "binding argument");
+        }
     } else
         bind();
     return *this;

lix/libstore/ssh.cc

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "lix/libutil/logging.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/strings.hh"
 #include "lix/libstore/temporary-dir.hh"
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -80,10 +81,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<SSH::Connection> SSH::startCommand(const std::string & command)
         // reasonably POSIX-y semantics for the things we're about
         // to do next.
         if (fakeSSH) {
-            args = { "bash" };
+            args = { "bash", "-c", command };
         } else {
-            args = { "ssh", host.c_str(), "-x", "-T", "-oRemoteCommand=bash" };
+            args = { "ssh", host.c_str(), "-x", "-T" };
             addCommonSSHOpts(args);
+            args.push_back(command);
         }
 
         execvp(args.begin()->c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(args).data());
@@ -96,38 +98,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<SSH::Connection> SSH::startCommand(const std::string & command)
     in.readSide.reset();
     out.writeSide.reset();
 
-    // Once we hand off to nix-store (on the remote) and the caller (on the client),
-    // we lose the ability to catch SSH failing, due to Historical Architectural Decisions.
-    //
-    // We want to catch at least _some_ errors and alert the user in case of
-    // an obvious misconfiguration, so run a very simple command first
-    // to make sure things are at least somewhat operational.
-    //
-    // The exact semantics of
-    // - not having a shell prompt get in the way when non-interactive
-    // - echo doing the reasonable thing
-    // Are exactly why we specifically forced bash (via ssh RemoteCommand) earlier.
-    // We do *not* use /bin/sh because that may be busybox and busybox breaks here.
-    //
-    // FIXME: make any of this shit make sense
-    {
-        writeLine(in.writeSide.get(), "echo started");
-
-        std::string reply;
-        try {
-            reply = readLine(out.readSide.get());
-        } catch (EndOfFile & e) { }
-
-        if (reply != "started") {
-            warn("SSH to '%s' failed, stdout first line: '%s'", host, reply);
-            throw Error("failed to start SSH connection to '%s'", host);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Now that we're reasonably confident we have something vaguely resembling
-    // a connection, hand off to the command.
-    writeLine(in.writeSide.get(), fmt("exec %s", command));
-
     conn->out = std::move(out.readSide);
     conn->in = std::move(in.writeSide);
 

lix/libutil/archive.cc

@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ struct AsyncCopier : AsyncInputStream
                 co_yield Fragment{want->n, false};
             } else if (auto f = std::get_if<Parser::FileHeader>(&*i)) {
                 co_yield Fragment{f->size, true};
-            } else if (auto sl = std::get_if<Parser::Symlink>(&*i)) {
+            } else if (auto _ = std::get_if<Parser::Symlink>(&*i)) {
                 // nothing to do
             } else if (auto dir = std::get_if<Parser::Directory>(&*i)) {
                 while (auto e = dir->content.next()) {

lix/libutil/compression.cc

@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ struct BrotliCompressionSink : ChunkedCompressionSink
 
     void writeInternal(std::string_view data) override
     {
+        // NOLINTNEXTLINE(bugprone-suspicious-stringview-data-usage)
         auto next_in = charptr_cast<const uint8_t *>(data.data());
         size_t avail_in = data.size();
         uint8_t * next_out = outbuf;

lix/libutil/config.cc

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "lix/libutil/strings.hh"
 
 #include "lix/libutil/config-impl.hh"
+#include <mutex>
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -343,11 +344,31 @@ template<> std::string BaseSetting<StringSet>::to_string() const
 
 template<> ExperimentalFeatures BaseSetting<ExperimentalFeatures>::parse(const std::string & str, const ApplyConfigOptions & options) const
 {
+    auto warnDeprecated294 = [](std::once_flag & flag, std::string_view thing) {
+        std::call_once(flag, [&] {
+            warn(
+                "The %s experimental feature is deprecated and will be removed in Lix 2.94. "
+                "See https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/815 for more details.",
+                thing
+            );
+        });
+    };
+
     ExperimentalFeatures res{};
     for (auto & s : tokenizeString<StringSet>(str)) {
-        if (auto thisXpFeature = parseExperimentalFeature(s); thisXpFeature)
+        if (auto thisXpFeature = parseExperimentalFeature(s); thisXpFeature) {
+            if (*thisXpFeature == Xp::CaDerivations) {
+                static std::once_flag warned;
+                warnDeprecated294(warned, s);
+            } else if (*thisXpFeature == Xp::DynamicDerivations) {
+                static std::once_flag warned;
+                warnDeprecated294(warned, s);
+            } else if (*thisXpFeature == Xp::ImpureDerivations) {
+                static std::once_flag warned;
+                warnDeprecated294(warned, s);
+            }
             res = res | thisXpFeature.value();
-        else
+        } else
             warn("unknown experimental feature '%s'", s);
     }
     return res;

lix/libutil/file-descriptor.cc

@@ -155,6 +155,29 @@ int AutoCloseFD::get() const
     return fd;
 }
 
+std::string guessOrInventPathFromFD(int fd)
+{
+    assert(fd >= 0);
+    /* On Linux, there's no F_GETPATH available.
+     * But we can read /proc/ */
+#if __linux__
+    try {
+        return readLink(fmt("/proc/self/fd/%1%", fd).c_str());
+    } catch (...) {
+    }
+#elif defined (HAVE_F_GETPATH) && HAVE_F_GETPATH
+    std::string fdName(PATH_MAX, '\0');
+    if (fcntl(fd, F_GETPATH, fdName.data()) != -1) {
+        fdName.resize(strlen(fdName.c_str()));
+        return fdName;
+    }
+#else
+#error "No implementation for retrieving file descriptors path."
+#endif
+
+    return fmt("<fd %i>", fd);
+}
+
 
 void AutoCloseFD::close()
 {

lix/libutil/file-descriptor.hh

@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ void writeFull(int fd, std::string_view s, bool allowInterrupts = true);
  */
 std::string drainFD(int fd, bool block = true, const size_t reserveSize=0);
 
+
+/*
+ * Will attempt to guess *A* path associated that might lead to the same file as used by this
+ * file descriptor.
+ *
+ * The returned string should NEVER be used as a valid path.
+ */
+std::string guessOrInventPathFromFD(int fd);
+
 Generator<Bytes> drainFDSource(int fd, bool block = true);
 
 class AutoCloseFD
@@ -50,6 +59,15 @@ public:
     AutoCloseFD& operator =(const AutoCloseFD & fd) = delete;
     AutoCloseFD& operator =(AutoCloseFD&& fd) noexcept(false);
     int get() const;
+
+    /*
+     * Will attempt to guess *A* path associated that might lead to the same file as used by this
+     * file descriptor.
+     *
+     * The returned string should NEVER be used as a valid path.
+     */
+    std::string guessOrInventPath() const { return guessOrInventPathFromFD(fd); }
+
     explicit operator bool() const;
     int release();
     void close();

lix/libutil/file-system.cc

@@ -359,25 +359,44 @@ Generator<Bytes> readFileSource(const Path & path)
 }
 
 
-void writeFile(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode, bool sync)
+void writeFile(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode)
 {
     AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, mode)};
     if (!fd)
         throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
+
+    writeFile(fd, s, mode);
+
+    /* Close explicitly to propagate the exceptions. */
+    fd.close();
+}
+
+void writeFile(AutoCloseFD & fd, std::string_view s, mode_t mode)
+{
+    assert(fd);
     try {
         writeFull(fd.get(), s);
     } catch (Error & e) {
-        e.addTrace({}, "writing file '%1%'", path);
+        e.addTrace({}, "writing file '%1%'", fd.guessOrInventPath());
         throw;
     }
-    if (sync)
-        fd.fsync();
-    // Explicitly close to make sure exceptions are propagated.
-    fd.close();
-    if (sync)
-        syncParent(path);
 }
 
+void writeFileAndSync(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode)
+{
+    {
+        AutoCloseFD fd{open(path.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, mode)};
+        if (!fd)
+            throw SysError("opening file '%1%'", path);
+
+        writeFile(fd, s, mode);
+        fd.fsync();
+        /* Close explicitly to ensure that exceptions are propagated. */
+        fd.close();
+    }
+
+    syncParent(path);
+}
 
 static AutoCloseFD openForWrite(const Path & path, mode_t mode)
 {
@@ -397,7 +416,7 @@ static void closeForWrite(const Path & path, AutoCloseFD & fd, bool sync)
         syncParent(path);
 }
 
-void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode, bool sync)
+void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode)
 {
     AutoCloseFD fd = openForWrite(path, mode);
 
@@ -414,11 +433,11 @@ void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode, bool sync)
         e.addTrace({}, "writing file '%1%'", path);
         throw;
     }
-    closeForWrite(path, fd, sync);
+    closeForWrite(path, fd, false);
 }
 
 kj::Promise<Result<void>>
-writeFile(const Path & path, AsyncInputStream & source, mode_t mode, bool sync)
+writeFile(const Path & path, AsyncInputStream & source, mode_t mode)
 try {
     AutoCloseFD fd = openForWrite(path, mode);
 
@@ -436,7 +455,7 @@ try {
         e.addTrace({}, "writing file '%1%'", path);
         throw;
     }
-    closeForWrite(path, fd, sync);
+    closeForWrite(path, fd, false);
     co_return result::success();
 } catch (...) {
     co_return result::current_exception();
@@ -450,18 +469,29 @@ void syncParent(const Path & path)
     fd.fsync();
 }
 
-static void _deletePath(int parentfd, const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed, bool interruptible)
+/* TODO(horrors): a better structure that links all parent fds for the traversal root
+ * should be considered for this code
+ */
+static void _deletePath(int parentfd, const std::string & name, uint64_t & bytesFreed, bool interruptible)
 {
+    /* This ensures that `name` is an immediate child of `parentfd`. */
+    assert(!name.empty() && name.find('/') == std::string::npos && "`name` is an immediate child to `parentfd`");
+
     if (interruptible) {
         checkInterrupt();
     }
 
-    std::string name(baseNameOf(path));
+    /* FIXME(horrors): there's a minor TOCTOU here.
+     * we fstatat the inode nofollow, check if this is a directory
+     * and then open it.
+     * a better alternative is open it as O_PATH as a namefd.
+     * if it's a directory, it can be openat with the namefd.
+     */
 
     struct stat st;
     if (fstatat(parentfd, name.c_str(), &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == -1) {
         if (errno == ENOENT) return;
-        throw SysError("getting status of '%1%'", path);
+        throw SysError("getting status of '%1%' in directory '%2%'", name, guessOrInventPathFromFD(parentfd));
     }
 
     if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
@@ -492,24 +522,25 @@ static void _deletePath(int parentfd, const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed,
         /* Make the directory accessible. */
         const auto PERM_MASK = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR;
         if ((st.st_mode & PERM_MASK) != PERM_MASK) {
-            if (fchmodat(parentfd, name.c_str(), st.st_mode | PERM_MASK, 0) == -1)
+            if (fchmodat(parentfd, name.c_str(), st.st_mode | PERM_MASK, 0) == -1) {
-                throw SysError("chmod '%1%'", path);
+                throw SysError("chmod '%1%' in directory '%2%'", name, guessOrInventPathFromFD(parentfd));
+            }
         }
 
-        int fd = openat(parentfd, path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
+        int fd = openat(parentfd, name.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW);
         if (fd == -1)
-            throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
+            throw SysError("opening directory '%1%' in directory '%2%'", name, guessOrInventPathFromFD(parentfd));
         AutoCloseDir dir(fdopendir(fd));
         if (!dir)
-            throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
+            throw SysError("opening directory '%1%' in directory '%2%'", name, guessOrInventPathFromFD(parentfd));
-        for (auto & i : readDirectory(dir.get(), path, interruptible))
+        for (auto & i : readDirectory(dir.get(), name, interruptible))
-            _deletePath(dirfd(dir.get()), path + "/" + i.name, bytesFreed, interruptible);
+            _deletePath(dirfd(dir.get()), i.name, bytesFreed, interruptible);
     }
 
     int flags = S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? AT_REMOVEDIR : 0;
     if (unlinkat(parentfd, name.c_str(), flags) == -1) {
         if (errno == ENOENT) return;
-        throw SysError("cannot unlink '%1%'", path);
+        throw SysError("cannot unlink '%1%' in directory '%2%'", name, guessOrInventPathFromFD(parentfd));
     }
 }
 
@@ -525,7 +556,7 @@ static void _deletePath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed, bool interrupt
         throw SysError("opening directory '%1%'", path);
     }
 
-    _deletePath(dirfd.get(), path, bytesFreed, interruptible);
+    _deletePath(dirfd.get(), std::string(baseNameOf(path)), bytesFreed, interruptible);
 }
 
 

lix/libutil/file-system.hh

@@ -189,11 +189,18 @@ Generator<Bytes> readFileSource(const Path & path);
 /**
  * Write a string to a file.
  */
-void writeFile(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode = 0666, bool sync = false);
+void writeFile(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode = 0666);
 
-void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode = 0666, bool sync = false);
+void writeFile(const Path & path, Source & source, mode_t mode = 0666);
+
+void writeFile(AutoCloseFD & fd, std::string_view s, mode_t mode = 0666);
 kj::Promise<Result<void>>
-writeFile(const Path & path, AsyncInputStream & source, mode_t mode = 0666, bool sync = false);
+writeFile(const Path & path, AsyncInputStream & source, mode_t mode = 0666);
+
+/**
+ * Write a string to a file and flush the file and its parents direcotry to disk.
+ */
+void writeFileAndSync(const Path & path, std::string_view s, mode_t mode = 0666);
 
 /**
  * Flush a file's parent directory to disk

lix/libutil/json-utils.cc

@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ const JSON & ensureType(
             JSON(expectedType).type_name(),
             value.type_name());
 
-    return value;
+    return value; // NOLINT(bugprone-return-const-ref-from-parameter)
 }
 }

lix/libutil/logging.hh

@@ -282,12 +282,12 @@ extern Verbosity verbosity;
  * level. Note that this has to be implemented as a macro to ensure that the
  * arguments are evaluated lazily.
  */
-#define printMsgUsing(loggerParam, level, args...) \
+#define printMsgUsing(loggerParam, level, args...)              \
-    do { \
+    do {                                                        \
-        auto __lvl = level; \
+        auto _lix_logger_print_lvl = level;                     \
-        if (__lvl <= nix::verbosity) { \
+        if (_lix_logger_print_lvl <= nix::verbosity) {          \
-            loggerParam->log(__lvl, fmt(args)); \
+            loggerParam->log(_lix_logger_print_lvl, fmt(args)); \
-        } \
+        }                                                       \
     } while (0)
 #define printMsg(level, args...) printMsgUsing(logger, level, args)
 

lix/libutil/processes.cc

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __linux__
+# include <linux/capability.h>
 # include <sys/prctl.h>
 # include <sys/mman.h>
 #endif
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ std::pair<int, std::string> runProgram(RunOptions && options)
 
     try {
         auto proc = runProgram2(options);
-        Finally const _wait([&] { proc.wait(); });
+        Finally const _wait([&] { proc.waitAndCheck(); });
         stdout = proc.getStdout()->drain();
     } catch (ExecError & e) {
         status = e.status;
@@ -277,7 +278,22 @@ RunningProgram::~RunningProgram()
     }
 }
 
-void RunningProgram::wait()
+std::tuple<pid_t, std::unique_ptr<Source>, int> RunningProgram::release()
+{
+    return {pid.release(), std::move(stdoutSource), stdout_.release()};
+}
+
+int RunningProgram::kill()
+{
+    return pid.kill();
+}
+
+int RunningProgram::wait()
+{
+    return pid.wait();
+}
+
+void RunningProgram::waitAndCheck()
 {
     if (std::uncaught_exceptions() == 0) {
         int status = pid.wait();
@@ -315,12 +331,21 @@ RunningProgram runProgram2(const RunOptions & options)
             replaceEnv(*options.environment);
         if (options.captureStdout && dup2(out.writeSide.get(), STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
             throw SysError("dupping stdout");
-        if (options.mergeStderrToStdout)
+        for (auto redirection : options.redirections) {
-            if (dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO) == -1)
+            if (dup2(redirection.to, redirection.from) == -1) {
-                throw SysError("cannot dup stdout into stderr");
+                throw SysError("dupping fd %i to %i", redirection.from, redirection.to);
+            }
+        }
 
         if (options.chdir && chdir((*options.chdir).c_str()) == -1)
             throw SysError("chdir failed");
+
+#if __linux__
+        if (!options.caps.empty() && prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS, 1) < 0) {
+            throw SysError("setting keep-caps failed");
+        }
+#endif
+
         if (options.gid && setgid(*options.gid) == -1)
             throw SysError("setgid failed");
         /* Drop all other groups if we're setgid. */
@@ -329,6 +354,45 @@ RunningProgram runProgram2(const RunOptions & options)
         if (options.uid && setuid(*options.uid) == -1)
             throw SysError("setuid failed");
 
+#if __linux__
+        if (!options.caps.empty()) {
+            if (prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS, 0)) {
+                throw SysError("clearing keep-caps failed");
+            }
+
+            // we do the capability dance like this to avoid a dependency
+            // on libcap, which has a rather large build closure and many
+            // more features that we need for now. maybe some other time.
+            static constexpr uint32_t LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3 = 0x20080522;
+            static constexpr uint32_t LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3 = 2;
+            struct user_cap_header_struct
+            {
+                uint32_t version;
+                int pid;
+            } hdr = {LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3, 0};
+            struct user_cap_data_struct
+            {
+                uint32_t effective;
+                uint32_t permitted;
+                uint32_t inheritable;
+            } data[LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3] = {};
+            for (auto cap : options.caps) {
+                assert(cap / 32 < LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3);
+                data[cap / 32].permitted |= 1 << (cap % 32);
+                data[cap / 32].inheritable |= 1 << (cap % 32);
+            }
+            if (syscall(SYS_capset, &hdr, data)) {
+                throw SysError("couldn't set capabilities");
+            }
+
+            for (auto cap : options.caps) {
+                if (prctl(PR_CAP_AMBIENT, PR_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE, cap, 0, 0) < 0) {
+                    throw SysError("couldn't set ambient caps");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+
         Strings args_(options.args);
         args_.push_front(options.program);
 

lix/libutil/processes.hh

@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ std::string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath = false,
 
 struct RunOptions
 {
+    struct Redirection
+    {
+        int from, to;
+    };
+
     Path program;
     bool searchPath = true;
     Strings args = {};
@@ -84,8 +89,11 @@ struct RunOptions
     std::optional<Path> chdir = {};
     std::optional<std::map<std::string, std::string>> environment = {};
     bool captureStdout = false;
-    bool mergeStderrToStdout = false;
     bool isInteractive = false;
+    std::vector<Redirection> redirections;
+#if __linux__
+    std::set<long> caps;
+#endif
 };
 
 struct [[nodiscard("you must call RunningProgram::wait()")]] RunningProgram
@@ -102,9 +110,23 @@ private:
 
 public:
     RunningProgram() = default;
+    RunningProgram(RunningProgram &&) = default;
+    RunningProgram & operator=(RunningProgram &&) = default;
     ~RunningProgram();
 
-    void wait();
+    explicit operator bool() const { return bool(pid); }
+
+    std::tuple<pid_t, std::unique_ptr<Source>, int> release();
+
+    int kill();
+    [[nodiscard]]
+    int wait();
+    void waitAndCheck();
+
+    std::optional<int> getStdoutFD() const
+    {
+        return stdout_ ? std::optional(stdout_.get()) : std::nullopt;
+    }
 
     Source * getStdout() const { return stdoutSource.get(); };
 };

lix/libutil/references.cc

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void RefScanSink::operator () (std::string_view data)
        previous fragment and the start of the current fragment. */
     auto s = tail;
     auto tailLen = std::min(data.size(), refLength);
-    s.append(data.data(), tailLen);
+    s.append(data.data(), tailLen); // NOLINT(bugprone-suspicious-stringview-data-usage)
     search(s, hashes, seen);
 
     search(data, hashes, seen);

lix/libutil/types.hh

@@ -68,13 +68,19 @@ typename T::mapped_type * get(T & map, const typename T::key_type & key)
 /**
  * Get a value for the specified key from an associate container, or a default value if the key isn't present.
  */
-template <class T>
+template<class T>
-const typename T::mapped_type & getOr(T & map,
+const typename T::mapped_type & getOr(
+    T & map [[clang::lifetimebound]],
     const typename T::key_type & key,
-    const typename T::mapped_type & defaultValue)
+    const typename T::mapped_type & defaultValue [[clang::lifetimebound]]
+)
 {
     auto i = map.find(key);
-    if (i == map.end()) return defaultValue;
+    if (i == map.end()) {
+        /* FIXME(Raito): `[[clang::lifetimebound]]` has no effect on `defaultValue` warning. */
+        // NOLINTNEXTLINE(bugprone-return-const-ref-from-parameter)
+        return defaultValue;
+    }
     return i->second;
 }
 

meson.build

@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ configdata += {
   'HAVE_SECCOMP': seccomp.found().to_int(),
 }
 
+# fcntl(F_GETPATH) returns the path of an fd on macOS and BSDs
+configdata += {
+  'HAVE_F_GETPATH': cxx.has_header_symbol('fcntl.h', 'F_GETPATH').to_int(),
+}
+
 libarchive = dependency('libarchive', required : true, include_type : 'system')
 
 brotli = [
@@ -446,6 +451,13 @@ configdata += {
   'HAVE_DTRACE': dtrace_feature.enabled().to_int(),
 }
 
+pasta_path = get_option('pasta-path')
+# we can't check the pasta version because passt misuses stdio (it calls _exit()
+# after printing the version, which will never print the version unless run from
+# a terminal). pasta isn't mandatory yet due to high fetcher breakage potential.
+# we *will* enable it in our own packaging, but distributions are not forced to.
+pasta = find_program(pasta_path, required : false, native : false)
+
 lsof = find_program('lsof', native : true)
 
 # This is how Nix does generated headers...

meson.options

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ option('sandbox-shell', type : 'string', value : 'busybox',
   description : 'path to a statically-linked shell to use as /bin/sh in sandboxes (usually busybox)',
 )
 
+option('pasta-path', type : 'string', value : 'pasta',
+  description : 'path to the location of pasta (provided by passt)',
+)
+
 option('enable-tests', type : 'boolean', value : true,
   description : 'whether to enable tests or not (requires rapidcheck and gtest)',
 )

misc/passt.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  buildPackages,
+  fetchurl,
+  getconf,
+  gitUpdater,
+  testers,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "passt";
+  version = "2025_02_17.a1e48a0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://passt.top/passt/snapshot/passt-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-/FUXxeYv3Lb0DiXmbS2PUzfLL5ZwHJ42tiuH7YnlljE=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace-fail \
+      'PAGE_SIZE=$(shell getconf PAGE_SIZE)' \
+      "PAGE_SIZE=$(${stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages} ${lib.getExe getconf} PAGE_SIZE)"
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
+    "VERSION=${finalAttrs.version}"
+  ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    };
+
+    updateScript = gitUpdater {
+      url = "https://passt.top/passt";
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://passt.top/passt/about/";
+    description = "Plug A Simple Socket Transport";
+    longDescription = ''
+      passt implements a translation layer between a Layer-2 network interface
+      and native Layer-4 sockets (TCP, UDP, ICMP/ICMPv6 echo) on a host.
+      It doesn't require any capabilities or privileges, and it can be used as
+      a simple replacement for Slirp.
+
+      pasta (same binary as passt, different command) offers equivalent
+      functionality, for network namespaces: traffic is forwarded using a tap
+      interface inside the namespace, without the need to create further
+      interfaces on the host, hence not requiring any capabilities or
+      privileges.
+    '';
+    license = [
+      licenses.bsd3 # and
+      licenses.gpl2Plus
+    ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ _8aed ];
+    mainProgram = "passt";
+  };
+})

misc/systemd/nix-daemon.conf.in

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-d @localstatedir@/nix/daemon-socket 0755 root root - -
+d @localstatedir@/nix/daemon-socket 0755 root root -  -
+d @localstatedir@/nix/builds        0755 root root 7d -

package.nix

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
   ninja,
   ncurses,
   openssl,
+  # FIXME: we need passt 2024_12_11.09478d5 or newer, i.e. nixos 25.05 or later
+  passt-lix ? __forDefaults.passt-lix,
   pegtl,
   pkg-config,
   python3,
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@
     # needs derivation patching to add debuginfo and coroutine library support
     # !! must build this with clang as it is affected by the gcc coroutine bugs
     capnproto-lix = callPackage ./misc/capnproto.nix { inherit stdenv; };
+
+    passt-lix = callPackage ./misc/passt.nix { };
   },
 }:
 
@@ -247,6 +251,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       # which don't actually get added to PATH. And buildInputs is correct over
       # nativeBuildInputs since this should be a busybox executable on the host.
       "-Dsandbox-shell=${lib.getExe' busybox-sandbox-shell "busybox"}"
+      "-Dpasta-path=${lib.getExe' passt-lix "pasta"}"
     ]
     ++ lib.optional hostPlatform.isStatic "-Denable-embedded-sandbox-shell=true"
     ++ lib.optional (finalAttrs.dontBuild && !lintInsteadOfBuild) "-Denable-build=false"
@@ -263,6 +268,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       (lib.mesonBool "werror" werror)
     ]
     ++ lib.optional (hostPlatform != buildPlatform) "--cross-file=${mesonCrossFile}"
+    # Temporary workaround for https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/832
+    ++ lib.optional (hostPlatform.isDarwin) "-Db_lto=false"
     ++ sanitizeOpts;
 
   # We only include CMake so that Meson can locate toml11, which only ships CMake dependency metadata.
@@ -330,6 +337,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ++ lib.optionals hostPlatform.isLinux [
       libseccomp
       busybox-sandbox-shell
+      passt-lix
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals (
       stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && lib.versionOlder stdenv.hostPlatform.darwinSdkVersion "11.0"

releng/local/default.nix

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ in
         environment.sessionVariables = {
           GARAGE_ADMIN_TOKEN = "UkLeGWEvHnXBqnueR3ISEMWpOnm40jH2tM2HnnL/0F4=";
         };
+
+        # ≥ v6.12 kernel has a system wide corruption related to 9p. wait until
+        # https://lore.kernel.org/all/w5ap2zcsatkx4dmakrkjmaexwh3mnmgc5vhavb2miaj6grrzat@7kzr5vlsrmh5/
+        # resolves. once this is resolved and the fix lands in a stable kernel
+        # in nixpkgs, this pin can be removed.
+        boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_6_6;
       };
   };
   testScript = ''

tests/functional/build-remote-trustless-should-fail-0.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ requireSandboxSupport
 [[ $busybox =~ busybox ]] || skipTest "no busybox"
 
 unset NIX_STORE_DIR
-unset NIX_STATE_DIR
 
 # We first build a dependency of the derivation we eventually want to
 # build.

tests/functional/build-remote-trustless.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ requireSandboxSupport
 [[ $busybox =~ busybox ]] || skipTest "no busybox"
 
 unset NIX_STORE_DIR
-unset NIX_STATE_DIR
 
 remoteDir=$TEST_ROOT/remote
 

tests/functional/build-remote.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ requireSandboxSupport
 
 # Avoid store dir being inside sandbox build-dir
 unset NIX_STORE_DIR
-unset NIX_STATE_DIR
 
 function join_by { local d=$1; shift; echo -n "$1"; shift; printf "%s" "${@/#/$d}"; }
 

tests/functional/build.sh

@@ -174,3 +174,8 @@ test "$(<<<"$out" grep -E '^error:' | wc -l)" = 3
 <<<"$out" grepQuiet -E "error: 2 dependencies of derivation '.*-x4\\.drv' failed to build"
 <<<"$out" grepQuiet -vE "hash mismatch in fixed-output derivation '.*-x3\\.drv'"
 <<<"$out" grepQuiet -vE "hash mismatch in fixed-output derivation '.*-x2\\.drv'"
+
+# Ensure when if the system build dir is inaccessible, we can still build things
+BUILD_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+chmod 0000 "$BUILD_DIR"
+nix --build-dir "$BUILD_DIR" build -E 'with import ./config.nix; mkDerivation { name = "test"; buildCommand = "echo rawr > $out"; }' --impure --no-link

tests/functional/check.sh

@@ -49,27 +49,6 @@ test_custom_build_dir() {
 }
 test_custom_build_dir
 
-test_custom_temp_dir() {
-  # like test_custom_build_dir(), but uses the temp-dir setting instead
-  # build-dir inherits from temp-dir when build-dir is unset
-  local customTempDir="$TEST_ROOT/custom-temp-dir"
-
-  mkdir "$customTempDir"
-  nix-build check.nix -A failed --argstr checkBuildId $checkBuildId \
-      --no-out-link --keep-failed --option temp-dir "$customTempDir" 2> $TEST_ROOT/log || status=$?
-  [ "$status" = "100" ]
-  [[ 1 == "$(count "$customTempDir/nix-build-"*)" ]]
-  local buildDir="$customTempDir/nix-build-"*
-  grep $checkBuildId $buildDir/checkBuildId
-
-  # also check a separate code path that doesn't involve build-dir
-  # nix-shell uses temp-dir for its rcfile path
-  rcpath=$(NIX_BUILD_SHELL=$SHELL nix-shell check.nix -A deterministic --option temp-dir "$customTempDir" --run 'echo $0' 2> $TEST_ROOT/log)
-  # rcpath is <temp-dir>/nix-shell-*/rc
-  [[ $rcpath = "$customTempDir"/* ]]
-}
-test_custom_temp_dir
-
 test_shell_preserves_tmpdir() {
   # ensure commands that spawn interactive shells don't overwrite TMPDIR with temp-dir
   local envTempDir=$TEST_ROOT/shell-temp-dir-env

tests/functional/gc-auto.sh

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ needLocalStore "“min-free” and “max-free” are daemon options"
 
 clearStore
 
+fake_free=$TEST_ROOT/fake-free
+export _NIX_TEST_FREE_SPACE_FILE=$fake_free
+echo 1100 > $fake_free
+
+# Check that auto-GC during evaluation progresses.
+timeout --signal=KILL 10s nix eval --expr 'builtins.toFile "meow" "meow"' --min-free 2000
+
 garbage1=$(nix store add-path --name garbage1 ./nar-access.sh)
 garbage2=$(nix store add-path --name garbage2 ./nar-access.sh)
 garbage3=$(nix store add-path --name garbage3 ./nar-access.sh)
@@ -11,10 +18,6 @@ garbage3=$(nix store add-path --name garbage3 ./nar-access.sh)
 ls -l $garbage3
 POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 du $garbage3
 
-fake_free=$TEST_ROOT/fake-free
-export _NIX_TEST_FREE_SPACE_FILE=$fake_free
-echo 1100 > $fake_free
-
 fifoLock=$TEST_ROOT/fifoLock
 mkfifo "$fifoLock"
 

tests/functional/supplementary-groups.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ unshare --mount --map-root-user bash <<EOF
 
   # Avoid store dir being inside sandbox build-dir
   unset NIX_STORE_DIR
-  unset NIX_STATE_DIR
 
   setLocalStore () {
     export NIX_REMOTE=\$TEST_ROOT/\$1

tests/functional2/testlib/fixtures/nix.py

@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ class NixSettings:
 
         field_may("experimental-features", self.experimental_features)
         field_may("store", self.store)
-        assert (
+        assert self.store or self.nix_store_dir, (
-            self.store or self.nix_store_dir
+            "Failing to set either nix_store_dir or store will cause accidental use of the system store."
-        ), "Failing to set either nix_store_dir or store will cause accidental use of the system store."
+        )
         return config
 
     def to_env_overlay(self) -> dict[str, str]:
@@ -215,13 +215,14 @@ class Nix:
     def nix(self, cmd: list[str], nix_exe: str = "nix", flake: bool = False) -> NixCommand:
         return self.nix_cmd([nix_exe, *cmd], flake=flake)
 
-    nix_build = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-build")
+    # Mark each of these as correct as they are not ClassVars, but we also don't want to turn off RUF045
-    nix_shell = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-shell")
+    nix_build = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-build")  # noqa: RUF045
-    nix_store = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-store")
+    nix_shell = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-shell")  # noqa: RUF045
-    nix_env = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-env")
+    nix_store = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-store")  # noqa: RUF045
-    nix_instantiate = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-instantiate")
+    nix_env = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-env")  # noqa: RUF045
-    nix_channel = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-channel")
+    nix_instantiate = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-instantiate")  # noqa: RUF045
-    nix_prefetch_url = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-prefetch-url")
+    nix_channel = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-channel")  # noqa: RUF045
+    nix_prefetch_url = partialmethod(nix, nix_exe="nix-prefetch-url")  # noqa: RUF045
 
     def eval(self, expr: str, settings: NixSettings | None = None) -> CommandResult:
         if settings is None:

tests/nixos/ca-fd-leak/default.nix

@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-# Nix is a sandboxed build system. But Not everything can be handled inside its
-# sandbox: Network access is normally blocked off, but to download sources, a
-# trapdoor has to exist. Nix handles this by having "Fixed-output derivations".
-# The detail here is not important, but in our case it means that the hash of
-# the output has to be known beforehand. And if you know that, you get a few
-# rights: you no longer run inside a special network namespace!
-#
-# Now, Linux has a special feature, that not many other unices do: Abstract
-# unix domain sockets! Not only that, but those are namespaced using the
-# network namespace! That means that we have a way to create sockets that are
-# available in every single fixed-output derivation, and also all processes
-# running on the host machine! Now, this wouldn't be that much of an issue, as,
-# well, the whole idea is that the output is pure, and all processes in the
-# sandbox are killed before finalizing the output. What if we didn't need those
-# processes at all? Unix domain sockets have a semi-known trick: you can pass
-# file descriptors around!
-# This makes it possible to exfiltrate a file-descriptor with write access to
-# $out outside of the sandbox. And that file-descriptor can be used to modify
-# the contents of the store path after it has been registered.
-
-{ config, ... }:
-
-let
-  pkgs = config.nodes.machine.nixpkgs.pkgs;
-
-  # Simple C program that sends a a file descriptor to `$out` to a Unix
-  # domain socket.
-  # Compiled statically so that we can easily send it to the VM and use it
-  # inside the build sandbox.
-  sender = pkgs.runCommandWith {
-    name = "sender";
-    stdenv = pkgs.pkgsStatic.stdenv;
-  } ''
-    $CC -static -o $out ${./sender.c}
-  '';
-
-  # Okay, so we have a file descriptor shipped out of the FOD now. But the
-  # Nix store is read-only, right? .. Well, yeah. But this file descriptor
-  # lives in a mount namespace where it is not! So even when this file exists
-  # in the actual Nix store, we're capable of just modifying its contents...
-  smuggler = pkgs.writeCBin "smuggler" (builtins.readFile ./smuggler.c);
-
-  # The abstract socket path used to exfiltrate the file descriptor
-  socketName = "FODSandboxExfiltrationSocket";
-in
-{
-  name = "ca-fd-leak";
-
-  nodes.machine =
-    { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-    { virtualisation.writableStore = true;
-      nix.settings.substituters = lib.mkForce [ ];
-      virtualisation.additionalPaths = [ pkgs.busybox-sandbox-shell sender smuggler pkgs.socat ];
-    };
-
-  testScript = { nodes }: ''
-    start_all()
-
-    machine.succeed("echo hello")
-    # Start the smuggler server
-    machine.succeed("${smuggler}/bin/smuggler ${socketName} >&2 &")
-
-    # Build the smuggled derivation.
-    # This will connect to the smuggler server and send it the file descriptor
-    machine.succeed(r"""
-      nix-build -E '
-        builtins.derivation {
-          name = "smuggled";
-          system = builtins.currentSystem;
-          # look ma, no tricks!
-          outputHashMode = "flat";
-          outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-          outputHash = builtins.hashString "sha256" "hello, world\n";
-          builder = "${pkgs.busybox-sandbox-shell}/bin/sh";
-          args = [ "-c" "echo \"hello, world\" > $out; ''${${sender}} ${socketName}" ];
-      }'
-    """.strip())
-
-
-    # Tell the smuggler server that we're done
-    machine.execute("echo done | ${pkgs.socat}/bin/socat - ABSTRACT-CONNECT:${socketName}")
-
-    # Check that the file was not modified
-    machine.succeed(r"""
-      cat ./result
-      test "$(cat ./result)" = "hello, world"
-    """.strip())
-  '';
-
-}

tests/nixos/ca-fd-leak/sender.c

@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-
-    assert(argc == 2);
-
-    int sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-
-    // Set up a abstract domain socket path to connect to.
-    struct sockaddr_un data;
-    data.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-    data.sun_path[0] = 0;
-    strcpy(data.sun_path + 1, argv[1]);
-
-    // Now try to connect, To ensure we work no matter what order we are
-    // executed in, just busyloop here.
-    int res = -1;
-    while (res < 0) {
-        res = connect(sock, (const struct sockaddr *)&data,
-            offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path)
-              + strlen(argv[1])
-              + 1);
-        if (res < 0 && errno != ECONNREFUSED) perror("connect");
-        if (errno != ECONNREFUSED) break;
-    }
-
-    // Write our message header.
-    struct msghdr msg = {0};
-    msg.msg_control = malloc(128);
-    msg.msg_controllen = 128;
-
-    // Write an SCM_RIGHTS message containing the output path.
-    struct cmsghdr *hdr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
-    hdr->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));
-    hdr->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
-    hdr->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
-    int fd = open(getenv("out"), O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0640);
-    memcpy(CMSG_DATA(hdr), (void *)&fd, sizeof(int));
-
-    msg.msg_controllen = CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int));
-
-    // Write a single null byte too.
-    msg.msg_iov = malloc(sizeof(struct iovec));
-    msg.msg_iov[0].iov_base = "";
-    msg.msg_iov[0].iov_len = 1;
-    msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
-
-    // Send it to the othher side of this connection.
-    res = sendmsg(sock, &msg, 0);
-    if (res < 0) perror("sendmsg");
-    int buf;
-
-    // Wait for the server to close the socket, implying that it has
-    // received the commmand.
-    recv(sock, (void *)&buf, sizeof(int), 0);
-}

tests/nixos/ca-fd-leak/smuggler.c

@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-
-    assert(argc == 2);
-
-    int sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-
-    // Bind to the socket.
-    struct sockaddr_un data;
-    data.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-    data.sun_path[0] = 0;
-    strcpy(data.sun_path + 1, argv[1]);
-    int res = bind(sock, (const struct sockaddr *)&data,
-        offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path)
-        + strlen(argv[1])
-        + 1);
-    if (res < 0) perror("bind");
-
-    res = listen(sock, 1);
-    if (res < 0) perror("listen");
-
-    int smuggling_fd = -1;
-
-    // Accept the connection a first time to receive the file descriptor.
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", "Waiting for the first connection");
-    int a = accept(sock, 0, 0);
-    if (a < 0) perror("accept");
-
-    struct msghdr msg = {0};
-    msg.msg_control = malloc(128);
-    msg.msg_controllen = 128;
-
-    // Receive the file descriptor as sent by the smuggler.
-    recvmsg(a, &msg, 0);
-
-    struct cmsghdr *hdr = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
-    while (hdr) {
-        if (hdr->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET
-          && hdr->cmsg_type == SCM_RIGHTS) {
-
-            // Grab the copy of the file descriptor.
-            memcpy((void *)&smuggling_fd, CMSG_DATA(hdr), sizeof(int));
-        }
-
-        hdr = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg, hdr);
-    }
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", "Got the file descriptor. Now waiting for the second connection");
-    close(a);
-
-    // Wait for a second connection, which will tell us that the build is
-    // done
-    a = accept(sock, 0, 0);
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", "Got a second connection, rewriting the file");
-    // Write a new content to the file
-    if (ftruncate(smuggling_fd, 0)) perror("ftruncate");
-    char * new_content = "Pwned\n";
-    int written_bytes = write(smuggling_fd, new_content, strlen(new_content));
-    if (written_bytes != strlen(new_content)) perror("write");
-}

tests/nixos/default.nix

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ in
     };
   });
 
+  # Let's ensure that reasonably popular shells are tested for remote building.
+
   remoteBuildsNushell = runNixOSTestFor "x86_64-linux" ({ lib, pkgs, ... }: {
     name = "remoteBuilds_nushell";
     imports = [ ./remote-builds.nix ];
@@ -75,27 +77,11 @@ in
     };
   });
 
-  remoteBuildsWeirdShell = runNixOSTestFor "x86_64-linux" ({ lib, pkgs, ... }: {
+  remoteBuildsBusybox = runNixOSTestFor "x86_64-linux" ({ lib, pkgs, ... }: {
-    name = "remoteBuilds_weird_shell";
+    name = "remoteBuilds_busybox";
     imports = [ ./remote-builds.nix ];
     builders.config = { lib, pkgs, ... }: {
-      # a pathologically weird shell that can do nothing BUT run bash
+      users.users.root.shell = pkgs.busybox;
-      users.users.root.shell = pkgs.writeTextFile {
-        name = "watsh";
-        destination = "/bin/watsh";
-        executable = true;
-
-        text = ''
-          #!/bin/sh
-          if [ "$1" = "-c" ] && [ "$2" = "bash" ]; then
-            exec bash
-          else
-            echo "Wat."
-          fi
-        '';
-
-        passthru.shellPath = "/bin/watsh";
-      };
     };
   });
 
@@ -179,8 +165,6 @@ in
     ["i686-linux" "x86_64-linux"]
     (system: runNixOSTestFor system ./setuid/setuid.nix);
 
-  ca-fd-leak = runNixOSTestFor "x86_64-linux" ./ca-fd-leak;
-
   fetch-git = runNixOSTestFor "x86_64-linux" ./fetch-git;
 
   symlinkResolvconf = runNixOSTestFor "x86_64-linux" ./symlink-resolvconf.nix;

tests/nixos/fetchurl.nix

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ in
 
       security.pki.certificateFiles = [ "${goodCert}/cert.pem" ];
 
-      networking.hosts."127.0.0.1" = [ "good" "bad" ];
+      networking.hosts."192.168.1.1" = [ "good" "bad" ];
 
       virtualisation.writableStore = true;
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ in
     # Fetching from a server with an untrusted cert should fail.
     err = machine.fail("nix build --no-substitute --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix> { url = \"https://bad/index.html\"; hash = \"sha256-rsBwZF/lPuOzdjBZN2E08FjMM3JHyXit0Xi2zN+wAZ8=\"; }' 2>&1")
     print(err)
-    assert "SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK" in err
+    assert "SSL certificate problem: self-signed certificate" in err
 
     # Fetching from a server with a trusted cert should work via environment variable override.
     machine.succeed("NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/cafile.pem nix build --no-substitute --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix> { url = \"https://bad/index.html\"; hash = \"sha256-rsBwZF/lPuOzdjBZN2E08FjMM3JHyXit0Xi2zN+wAZ8=\"; }'")

tests/nixos/nix-copy-closure.nix

@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ in {
     server.wait_for_unit("network-online.target")
     client.wait_for_unit("network-online.target")
 
-    client.succeed("mkdir -m 700 /root/.ssh")
+    client.succeed("mkdir -m 700 /root/.ssh || [[ -d /root/.ssh ]]")
     client.copy_from_host("key", "/root/.ssh/id_ed25519")
     client.succeed("chmod 600 /root/.ssh/id_ed25519")
 
     # Install the SSH key on the server.
-    server.succeed("mkdir -m 700 /root/.ssh")
+    server.succeed("mkdir -m 700 /root/.ssh || [[ -d /root/.ssh ]]")
     server.copy_from_host("key.pub", "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys")
     server.wait_for_unit("sshd.service")
     client.succeed(f"ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no {server.name} 'echo hello world' >&2")

tests/nixos/remote-builds-ssh-ng.nix

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ in
 
       out = client.fail("nix-build ${expr nodes.client 1} 2>&1")
       assert "Host key verification failed." in out, f"No host verification error:\n{out}"
-      assert "warning: SSH to 'root@builder' failed, stdout first line: '''" in out, f"No details about which host:\n{out}"
+      assert "'ssh-ng://root@builder'" in out, f"No details about which host:\n{out}"
 
       client.succeed(f"ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no {builder.name} 'echo hello world' >&2")
 

tests/unit/libutil/tests.cc

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "lix/libutil/strings.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/types.hh"
 #include "lix/libutil/terminal.hh"
+#include "lix/libutil/unix-domain-socket.hh"
+#include "tests/test-data.hh"
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
@@ -207,6 +209,85 @@ namespace nix {
         ASSERT_FALSE(pathExists("/schnitzel/darmstadt/pommes"));
     }
 
+    /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     * AutoCloseFD::guessOrInventPath
+     * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+    void testGuessOrInventPathPrePostDeletion(AutoCloseFD & fd, Path & path) {
+        {
+            SCOPED_TRACE(fmt("guessing path before deletion of '%1%'", path));
+            ASSERT_TRUE(fd);
+            /* We cannot predict what the platform will return here.
+             * But it cannot fail. */
+            ASSERT_TRUE(fd.guessOrInventPath().size() >= 0);
+        }
+        {
+            SCOPED_TRACE(fmt("guessing path after deletion of '%1%'", path));
+            deletePath(path);
+            /* We cannot predict what the platform will return here.
+             * But it cannot fail. */
+            ASSERT_TRUE(fd.guessOrInventPath().size() >= 0);
+        }
+    }
+    TEST(guessOrInventPath, files) {
+        Path filePath = getUnitTestDataPath("guess-or-invent/test.txt");
+        createDirs(dirOf(filePath));
+        writeFile(filePath, "some text");
+        AutoCloseFD file{open(filePath.c_str(), O_RDONLY, 0666)};
+        testGuessOrInventPathPrePostDeletion(file, filePath);
+    }
+
+    TEST(guessOrInventPath, directories) {
+        Path dirPath = getUnitTestDataPath("guess-or-invent/test-dir");
+        createDirs(dirPath);
+        AutoCloseFD directory{open(dirPath.c_str(), O_DIRECTORY, 0666)};
+        testGuessOrInventPathPrePostDeletion(directory, dirPath);
+    }
+
+#ifdef O_PATH
+    TEST(guessOrInventPath, symlinks) {
+        Path symlinkPath = getUnitTestDataPath("guess-or-invent/test-symlink");
+        Path targetPath = getUnitTestDataPath("guess-or-invent/nowhere");
+        createDirs(dirOf(symlinkPath));
+        createSymlink(targetPath, symlinkPath);
+        AutoCloseFD symlink{open(symlinkPath.c_str(), O_PATH | O_NOFOLLOW, 0666)};
+        testGuessOrInventPathPrePostDeletion(symlink, symlinkPath);
+    }
+
+    TEST(guessOrInventPath, fifos) {
+        Path fifoPath = getUnitTestDataPath("guess-or-invent/fifo");
+        createDirs(dirOf(fifoPath));
+        ASSERT_TRUE(mkfifo(fifoPath.c_str(), 0666) == 0);
+        AutoCloseFD fifo{open(fifoPath.c_str(), O_PATH | O_NOFOLLOW, 0666)};
+        testGuessOrInventPathPrePostDeletion(fifo, fifoPath);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    TEST(guessOrInventPath, pipes) {
+        int pipefd[2];
+
+        ASSERT_TRUE(pipe(pipefd) == 0);
+
+        AutoCloseFD pipe_read{pipefd[0]};
+        ASSERT_TRUE(pipe_read);
+        AutoCloseFD pipe_write{pipefd[1]};
+        ASSERT_TRUE(pipe_write);
+
+        /* We cannot predict what the platform will return here.
+         * But it cannot fail. */
+        ASSERT_TRUE(pipe_read.guessOrInventPath().size() >= 0);
+        ASSERT_TRUE(pipe_write.guessOrInventPath().size() >= 0);
+        pipe_write.close();
+        ASSERT_TRUE(pipe_read.guessOrInventPath().size() >= 0);
+        pipe_read.close();
+    }
+
+    TEST(guessOrInventPath, sockets) {
+        Path socketPath = getUnitTestDataPath("guess-or-invent/socket");
+        createDirs(dirOf(socketPath));
+        AutoCloseFD socket = createUnixDomainSocket(socketPath, 0666);
+        testGuessOrInventPathPrePostDeletion(socket, socketPath);
+    }
+
     /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      * concatStringsSep
      * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

version.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "version": "2.93.0",
+    "version": "2.93.2",
-    "official_release": false,
+    "official_release": true,
     "release_name": "Bici Bici"
 }