Merge pull request #205944 from ncfavier/structured-attrs-env

pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix

···
        "__darwinAllowLocalNetworking"
        "__impureHostDeps" "__propagatedImpureHostDeps"
        "sandboxProfile" "propagatedSandboxProfile"]
-       ++ lib.optionals envIsExportable [ "env" ]))
+       ++ lib.optional (__structuredAttrs || envIsExportable) "env"))
     // (lib.optionalAttrs (attrs ? name || (attrs ? pname && attrs ? version)) {
       name =
         let
···
           then attrs.name + hostSuffix
           else "${attrs.pname}${staticMarker}${hostSuffix}-${attrs.version}"
         );
-    }) // lib.optionalAttrs (envIsExportable && __structuredAttrs) { env = checkedEnv; } // {
+    }) // lib.optionalAttrs __structuredAttrs { env = checkedEnv; } // {
       builder = attrs.realBuilder or stdenv.shell;
       args = attrs.args or ["-e" (attrs.builder or ./default-builder.sh)];
       inherit stdenv;
···
     let
       overlappingNames = lib.intersectLists (lib.attrNames env) (lib.attrNames derivationArg);
     in
+    assert lib.assertMsg envIsExportable
+      "When using structured attributes, `env` must be an attribute set of environment variables.";
     assert lib.assertMsg (overlappingNames == [ ])
       "The ‘env’ attribute set cannot contain any attributes passed to derivation. The following attributes are overlapping: ${lib.concatStringsSep ", " overlappingNames}";
     lib.mapAttrs

pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh

···
 ######################################################################
 # Initialisation.
 
-# export all vars that should be in the ENV
-for envVar in "${!env[@]}"; do
-    declare -x "${envVar}=${env[${envVar}]}"
-done
+# If using structured attributes, export variables from `env` to the environment.
+# When not using structured attributes, those variables are already exported.
+if [[ -n $__structuredAttrs ]]; then
+    for envVar in "${!env[@]}"; do
+        declare -x "${envVar}=${env[${envVar}]}"
+    done
+fi
 
 
 # Set a fallback default value for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, used by some build tools

pkgs/test/stdenv/default.nix

···
           declare -p string
           echo "env.string = $string"
           [[ $string == "testing-string" ]] || (echo "'\$string' was not 'testing-string'" && false)
+          [[ "$(declare -p string)" == 'declare -x string="testing-string"' ]] || (echo "'\$string' was not exported" && false)
           touch $out
         '';
       } // extraAttrs);
···
   hooks = lib.recurseIntoAttrs (import ./hooks.nix { stdenv = bootStdenv; pkgs = earlyPkgs; });
 
   test-env-attrset = testEnvAttrset { name = "test-env-attrset"; stdenv' = bootStdenv; };
+
+  # Test compatibility with derivations using `env` as a regular variable.
+  test-env-derivation = bootStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "test-env-derivation";
+    env = bootStdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "foo";
+      buildCommand = ''
+        mkdir "$out"
+        touch "$out/bar"
+      '';
+    };
+
+    passAsFile = [ "buildCommand" ];
+    buildCommand = ''
+      declare -p env
+      [[ $env == "${env}" ]]
+      touch "$out"
+    '';
+  };
 
   test-prepend-append-to-var = testPrependAndAppendToVar {
     name = "test-prepend-append-to-var";