fix impure.nix to be compatible with updateScripts

impure.nix

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
   localSystem ? builtins.currentSystem,
 }:
 let
+  mkNixpkgs = import ./pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/mkNixpkgs.nix {};
   mkPkgs = branch: args: (
-    import ./pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/${branch}.nix args
+    mkNixpkgs (args // { inherit branch; })
   ).extend (import ./overlays/all.nix);
   pkgs = mkPkgs "master" { inherit localSystem; };
   inherit (pkgs) lib;

pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/master.nix

@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 #   - paste the output as the new `sha256`
 {
   mkNixpkgs ? import ./mkNixpkgs.nix {},
-  ...
+}:
-}@args:
+mkNixpkgs {
-mkNixpkgs ({
   rev = "5db39d669a21ca7f0e76c295e7664b9d938b7042";
   sha256 = "sha256-SUZZMAn19X3Ym6lVb18LoXhCS2yicrRr83si5VyJDS0=";
   version = "0-unstable-2025-02-28";
   branch = "master";
-} // args)
+}

pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/mkNixpkgs.nix

@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ let
   fetchzip' = if inBootstrap then builtins.fetchTarball else fetchzip;
   optionalAttrs = cond: attrs: if cond then attrs else {};
   mkNixpkgs = {
-    rev,
-    sha256,
     branch,
-    version,
+    rev ? null,
+    sha256 ? null,
+    version ? null,
   #VVV config
     localSystem ? if stdenv != null then stdenv.buildPlatform.system else builtins.currentSystem,  #< not available in pure mode
     system ? if stdenv != null then stdenv.hostPlatform.system else localSystem,
@@ -84,41 +84,48 @@ let
     } else {});
     nixpkgs = import "${patchedSrc}" nixpkgsArgs;
   in
-    # N.B.: this is crafted to allow `nixpkgs.FOO` from other nix code
+    if rev == null && sha256 == null && version == null then
-    # AND `nix-build -A nixpkgs`
+      import ./${branch}.nix {
-    patchedSrc.overrideAttrs (base: {
+        mkNixpkgs = args': mkNixpkgs ({
-      # attributes needed for update scripts
+          inherit localSystem system;
-      inherit version;
+        } // args');
-      pname = "nixpkgs";
+      }
-      passthru = (base.passthru or {}) // nixpkgs // {
+    else
-        # override is used to configure hostPlatform higher up.
+      # N.B.: this is crafted to allow `nixpkgs.FOO` from other nix code
-        override = overrideArgs: mkNixpkgs (args // overrideArgs);
+      # AND `nix-build -A nixpkgs`
+      patchedSrc.overrideAttrs (base: {
+        # attributes needed for update scripts
+        inherit version;
+        pname = "nixpkgs";
+        passthru = (base.passthru or {}) // nixpkgs // {
+          # override is used to configure hostPlatform higher up.
+          override = overrideArgs: mkNixpkgs (args // overrideArgs);
 
-        # N.B.: src has to be specified in passthru, not the outer scope, so as to take precedence over the nixpkgs `src` package
+          # N.B.: src has to be specified in passthru, not the outer scope, so as to take precedence over the nixpkgs `src` package
-        src = {
+          src = {
-          # required by unstableGitUpdater
+            # required by unstableGitUpdater
-          gitRepoUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git";
+            gitRepoUrl = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git";
-          inherit rev;
+            inherit rev;
-        } // src';
+          } // src';
 
-        # required so that unstableGitUpdater can know in which file the `rev` variable can be updated in.
+          # required so that unstableGitUpdater can know in which file the `rev` variable can be updated in.
-        meta.position = let
+          meta.position = let
-          position = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos "rev" args;
+            position = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos "rev" args;
-        in
+          in
-          "${position.file}:${toString position.line}";
+            "${position.file}:${toString position.line}";
 
-        # while we could *technically* use `nixpkgs.<...>` updateScript
+          # while we could *technically* use `nixpkgs.<...>` updateScript
-        # that can force maaany rebuilds on staging/staging-next.
+          # that can force maaany rebuilds on staging/staging-next.
-        # updateScript = nix-update-script {
+          # updateScript = nix-update-script {
-        #   extraArgs = [ "--version=branch=${branch}" ];
+          #   extraArgs = [ "--version=branch=${branch}" ];
-        # };
+          # };
-        updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
+          updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
-          # else the update script tries to walk 10000's of commits to find a tag
+            # else the update script tries to walk 10000's of commits to find a tag
-          hardcodeZeroVersion = true;
+            hardcodeZeroVersion = true;
-          inherit branch;
+            inherit branch;
+          };
         };
-      };
+      })
-    })
   ;
 in
   mkNixpkgs

pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging-next.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 {
   mkNixpkgs ? import ./mkNixpkgs.nix {},
-  ...
+}:
-}@args:
+mkNixpkgs {
-mkNixpkgs ({
   rev = "749375426d72ead4bdac625818e7be62a6bbbaf4";
   sha256 = "sha256-IDxPfbSdIy7XAP1hneGOfr2jsj+hFUsvFhpRksYqols=";
   version = "0-unstable-2025-02-28";
   branch = "staging-next";
-} // args)
+}

pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 {
   mkNixpkgs ? import ./mkNixpkgs.nix {},
-  ...
+}:
-}@args:
+mkNixpkgs {
-mkNixpkgs ({
   rev = "29dcbf482396b9e5bdf1ec92973a8451e0aaa1d5";
   sha256 = "sha256-ps1xz98RAUqrT+V7GFpzf/uHaoh9o5ZoOpE7SnSB6sY=";
   version = "0-unstable-2025-02-28";
   branch = "staging";
-} // args)
+}