In reply to @linus:schreibt.jetzt

oh that's a lot more extensive than what I'm currently building:

diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/kernel/make-initrd-ng/src/main.rs b/pkgs/build-support/kernel/make-initrd-ng/src/main.rs
index 294c570a374..681fc5468fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/kernel/make-initrd-ng/src/main.rs
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/kernel/make-initrd-ng/src/main.rs
@@ -57,12 +57,11 @@ fn copy_file<P: AsRef<Path> + AsRef<OsStr>, S: AsRef<Path> + AsRef<OsStr>>(
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     fs::copy(&source, &target)?;

-    if !Command::new("ldd").arg(&source).output()?.status.success() {
-        // Not dynamically linked - no need to recurse
-        return Ok(());
-    }
-
-    let rpath_string = patch_elf("--print-rpath", &source)?;
+    let rpath_string = match patch_elf("--print-rpath", &source) {
+        // Not dynamically linked probably
+        Err(_) => { return Ok(()); },
+        Ok(s) => s,
+    };
     let needed_string = patch_elf("--print-needed", &source)?;
     // Shared libraries don't have an interpreter
     if let Ok(interpreter_string) = patch_elf("--print-interpreter", &source) {

copying path '/nix/store/1cdzcvzjjr0hv9djg4snkbvr6js29wc9-llvm-14.0.6-lib' to 'ssh://root@cube-muc.lan'

yeaaaaah that looks wrong lol