Qyriad
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Eval errors will now print a simple, no frills chain of involved
derivations at the bottom. For example, trying to evaluate
`pkgs.xonsh.override { python3 = pkgs.python2; }` has the usual
Package ‘python-2.7.18.8’ in /nix/store/9v6qa656sq3xc58vkxslqy646p0ajj61-source/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix:398 is marked as insecure, refusing to evaluate.
message, but now also includes the following:
note: trace involved the following derivations:
derivation 'xonsh-0.19.9'
derivation 'python2.7-xonsh-0.19.9'
derivation 'python2.7-setuptools-44.0.0'
To give the user information about why the erroring derivation was
involved in the first place.
We would like more structured information in the future, but this should
still be a significant improvement.
Change-Id: Icf6da52abd0a043cfb63943bf0b0c160c21ee59e
Lix
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