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Sender	Message	Time
6 Apr 2025
Las	Why would you need that	13:25:46
emily	`nix build /nix/store/foo.drv` builds that drv, `…^out` builds that output	13:25:52
emily	there was a warning for it for many releases but it got removed	13:25:58
emily	the idea is that `nix build X` always produces `X`	13:26:03
emily	so `nix build /nix/build/non-drv-store-path` will try to substitute that path, e.g.	13:26:16
Las	Makes sense	13:37:12
Las	I think it’s a misnomer	13:37:44
Las	Should be nix realize	13:37:49