In reply to @yuka:yuka.dev

    nixosConfigurations = (import (inputs.colmena + "/src/nix/hive/eval.nix") {
      rawFlake = self;
      colmenaOptions = import (inputs.colmena + "/src/nix/hive/options.nix");
      colmenaModules = import (inputs.colmena + "/src/nix/hive/modules.nix");
    }).nodes;

ah nice, thanks, I'll try that

but I'm just using outputs.colmena.$hostname.config.system.toplevel.drvPath in my case. I haven't seen this colmenaOptions and colmenaModules so far.

Hmm, I can't make it work :(

In reply to @palo:xaos.space
but I'm just using outputs.colmena.$hostname.config.system.toplevel.drvPath in my case I guess. I haven't seen this colmenaOptions and colmenaModules so far.

Hmm, so sad. But true, it's hard to understand how to evaluate the system outside colmean.

I'll look into getting a makeHive WIP going this week. There are a few things I want to do:

• Support for colmena.lib.makeHive which the user will use for their .#colmenaHive output. Should make it easier for people to evaluate outside of Colmena as well as enable alternative eval logic like divnix/std.
• Cleaner solution to https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena/issues/78, allowing keyFile with relative paths to be used in a flake context without having the key files to be tracked by git.
• Dejank the key services: https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena/pull/119

why doesn't colmena pass pkgs to the default in flakes mode? (and how can I break/trace from colmena eval? it mostly sigaborts on me)

[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
error: anonymous function at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/vm/configuration.nix:1:1 called without required argument 'pkgs'

       at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/colmena/default.nix:17:20:

           17|   defaults = args: import ../vm/configuration.nix args;
             |                    ^
           18| }

why doesn't colmena pass pkgs to the defaults in flakes mode? (and how can I break/trace from colmena eval? it mostly sigaborts on me)

[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
error: anonymous function at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/vm/configuration.nix:1:1 called without required argument 'pkgs'

       at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/colmena/default.nix:17:20:

           17|   defaults = args: import ../vm/configuration.nix args;
             |                    ^
           18| }

In reply to @farcaller:matrix.org
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why doesn't colmena pass pkgs to the defaults in flakes mode? (and how can I break/trace from colmena eval? it mostly sigaborts on me)

[INFO ] Enumerating nodes...
error: anonymous function at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/vm/configuration.nix:1:1 called without required argument 'pkgs'

       at /nix/store/slfh70c84zn9fc9h27spd5b2yaf3hlp7-source/lib/colmena/default.nix:17:20:

           17|   defaults = args: import ../vm/configuration.nix args;
             |                    ^
           18| }

Where does these args come from? Is configuraton.nix a file that is expected to be loaded by imports (not import) by the nixos-module system?

In reply to @palo:xaos.space

Where does these args come from? Is configuraton.nix a file that is expected to be loaded by imports (not import) by the nixos-module system?

I would use the specialArgs parameter to pass datadir. You can use the same configuration if you use a let block and define it as variable or something.

In reply to @palo:xaos.space

I would use the specialArgs parameter to pass datadir. You can use the same configuration if you use a let block and define it as variable or something.

https://colmena.cli.rs/unstable/reference/meta.html#specialargs and https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators/blob/master/flake.nix#L29

In reply to @farcaller:matrix.org

In reply to @palo:xaos.space

I would use the specialArgs parameter to pass datadir. You can use the same configuration if you use a let block and define it as variable or something.

yeah, that's what I do in the generator config. I don’t think I can do the same with colmena, though

Yes you can :D

In reply to @yuka:yuka.dev
Probably lib.functionArgs is used on this function somewhere

In reply to @palo:xaos.space

https://colmena.cli.rs/unstable/reference/meta.html#specialargs and https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators/blob/master/flake.nix#L29