pkgs.writers: remove tests that dont work anymore and add comments tracking issues

pkgs/build-support/writers/default.nix

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 { config, lib, callPackages }:
 
+# If you are reading this, you can test these writers by running: nix-build . -A tests.writers
 let
   aliases = if config.allowAliases then (import ./aliases.nix lib) else prev: {};
 

pkgs/build-support/writers/scripts.nix

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 in
 rec {
   # Base implementation for non-compiled executables.
-  # Takes an interpreter, for example `${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash`
+  # Takes an interpreter, for example `${lib.getExe pkgs.bash}`
   #
   # Examples:
   #   writeBash = makeScriptWriter { interpreter = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash"; }
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   #     echo hello world
   #   ''
   writeBash = makeScriptWriter {
-    interpreter = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
+    interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.bash}";
   };
 
   # Like writeScriptBin but the first line is a shebang to bash
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   #     echo hello world
   #   ''
   writeDash = makeScriptWriter {
-    interpreter = "${pkgs.dash}/bin/dash";
+    interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.dash}";
   };
 
   # Like writeScriptBin but the first line is a shebang to dash
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   #     echo hello world
   #   ''
   writeFish = makeScriptWriter {
-    interpreter = "${pkgs.fish}/bin/fish --no-config";
-    check = "${pkgs.fish}/bin/fish --no-config --no-execute";  # syntax check only
+    interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.fish} --no-config";
+    check = "${lib.getExe pkgs.fish} --no-config --no-execute";  # syntax check only
   };
 
   # Like writeScriptBin but the first line is a shebang to fish
···
     in makeBinWriter {
       compileScript = ''
         cp $contentPath tmp.hs
-        ${ghc.withPackages (_: libraries )}/bin/ghc ${lib.escapeShellArgs ghcArgs'} tmp.hs
+        ${(ghc.withPackages (_: libraries ))}/bin/ghc ${lib.escapeShellArgs ghcArgs'} tmp.hs
         mv tmp $out
       '';
       inherit strip;
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   #     echo hello world
   #   ''
   writeNu = makeScriptWriter {
-    interpreter = "${pkgs.nushell}/bin/nu --no-config-file";
+    interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.nushell} --no-config-file";
   };
 
   # Like writeScriptBin but the first line is a shebang to nu
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   #    puts "hello world"
   #   ''
   writeRuby = makeScriptWriter {
-    interpreter = "${pkgs.ruby}/bin/ruby";
+    interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.ruby}";
   };
 
   writeRubyBin = name:
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   #    print("hello world")
   #   ''
   writeLua = makeScriptWriter {
-    interpreter = "${pkgs.lua}/bin/lua";
+    interpreter = "${lib.getExe pkgs.lua}";
   };
 
   writeLuaBin = name:
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     makeBinWriter {
       compileScript = ''
         cp "$contentPath" tmp.rs
-        PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [pkgs.gcc]} ${lib.getBin rustc}/bin/rustc ${lib.escapeShellArgs rustcArgs} ${lib.escapeShellArgs darwinArgs} -o "$out" tmp.rs
+        PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [pkgs.gcc]} ${rustc}/bin/rustc ${lib.escapeShellArgs rustcArgs} ${lib.escapeShellArgs darwinArgs} -o "$out" tmp.rs
       '';
       inherit strip;
     } name;
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     };
   in writeDash name ''
     export NODE_PATH=${node-env}/lib/node_modules
-    exec ${pkgs.nodejs}/bin/node ${pkgs.writeText "js" content} "$@"
+    exec ${lib.getExe pkgs.nodejs} ${pkgs.writeText "js" content} "$@"
   '';
 
   # writeJSBin takes the same arguments as writeJS but outputs a directory (like writeScriptBin)
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   #   ''
   writePerl = name: { libraries ? [] }:
     makeScriptWriter {
-      interpreter = "${pkgs.perl.withPackages (p: libraries)}/bin/perl";
+      interpreter = "${lib.getExe (pkgs.perl.withPackages (p: libraries))}";
     } name;
 
   # writePerlBin takes the same arguments as writePerl but outputs a directory (like writeScriptBin)
···
   in
   makeScriptWriter {
     interpreter =
-      if libraries == []
-      then python.interpreter
-      else (python.withPackages (ps: libraries)).interpreter
+      if pythonPackages != pkgs.pypy2Packages || pythonPackages != pkgs.pypy3Packages then
+        if libraries == []
+        then python.interpreter
+        else (python.withPackages (ps: libraries)).interpreter
+      else python.interpreter
     ;
     check = optionalString python.isPy3k (writeDash "pythoncheck.sh" ''
       exec ${buildPythonPackages.flake8}/bin/flake8 --show-source ${ignoreAttribute} "$1"
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       export DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1
       export DOTNET_NOLOGO=1
       script="$1"; shift
-      ${dotnet-sdk}/bin/dotnet fsi --quiet --nologo --readline- ${fsi-flags} "$@" < "$script"
+      ${lib.getExe dotnet-sdk} fsi --quiet --nologo --readline- ${fsi-flags} "$@" < "$script"
     '';
 
   in content: makeScriptWriter {

pkgs/build-support/writers/test.nix

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 , writers
 , writeText
 }:
+
+# If you are reading this, you can test these writers by running: nix-build . -A tests.writers
+
 with writers;
 let
   expectSuccess = test:
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       print "success\n" if true;
     '');
 
-    pypy2 = expectSuccessBin (writePyPy2Bin "test-writers-pypy2-bin" { libraries = [ pypy2Packages.enum ]; } ''
-      from enum import Enum
-
-      class Test(Enum):
-          a = "success"
-
-      print Test.a
-    '');
-
     python3 = expectSuccessBin (writePython3Bin "test-writers-python3-bin" { libraries = [ python3Packages.pyyaml ]; } ''
       import yaml
 
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       print(y[0]['test'])
     '');
 
-    pypy3 = expectSuccessBin (writePyPy3Bin "test-writers-pypy3-bin" { libraries = [ pypy3Packages.pyyaml ]; } ''
-      import yaml
+    # Commented out because of this issue: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/39356
 
-      y = yaml.safe_load("""
-        - test: success
-      """)
-      print(y[0]['test'])
-    '');
+    #pypy2 = expectSuccessBin (writePyPy2Bin "test-writers-pypy2-bin" { libraries = [ pypy2Packages.enum ]; } ''
+    #  from enum import Enum
+    #
+    #  class Test(Enum):
+    #      a = "success"
+    #
+    #  print Test.a
+    #'');
+
+    #pypy3 = expectSuccessBin (writePyPy3Bin "test-writers-pypy3-bin" { libraries = [ pypy3Packages.pyyaml ]; } ''
+    #  import yaml
+    #
+    #  y = yaml.safe_load("""
+    #    - test: success
+    #  """)
+    #  print(y[0]['test'])
+    #'');
   };
 
   simple = lib.recurseIntoAttrs {
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       print "success\n" if true;
     '');
 
-    pypy2 = expectSuccess (writePyPy2 "test-writers-pypy2" { libraries = [ pypy2Packages.enum ]; } ''
-      from enum import Enum
-
-      class Test(Enum):
-          a = "success"
-
-      print Test.a
-    '');
-
     python3 = expectSuccess (writePython3 "test-writers-python3" { libraries = [ python3Packages.pyyaml ]; } ''
       import yaml
 
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       print(y[0]['test'])
     '');
 
-    pypy3 = expectSuccess (writePyPy3 "test-writers-pypy3" { libraries = [ pypy3Packages.pyyaml ]; } ''
-      import yaml
+    # Commented out because of this issue: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/39356
 
-      y = yaml.safe_load("""
-        - test: success
-      """)
-      print(y[0]['test'])
-    '');
+    #pypy2 = expectSuccessBin (writePyPy2Bin "test-writers-pypy2-bin" { libraries = [ pypy2Packages.enum ]; } ''
+    #  from enum import Enum
+    #
+    #  class Test(Enum):
+    #      a = "success"
+    #
+    #  print Test.a
+    #'');
+
+    #pypy3 = expectSuccessBin (writePyPy3Bin "test-writers-pypy3-bin" { libraries = [ pypy3Packages.pyyaml ]; } ''
+    #  import yaml
+    #
+    #  y = yaml.safe_load("""
+    #    - test: success
+    #  """)
+    #  print(y[0]['test'])
+    #'');
 
     fsharp = expectSuccess (makeFSharpWriter {
       libraries = { fetchNuGet }: [
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         (fetchNuGet { pname = "System.Text.Json"; version = "4.6.0"; sha256 = "0ism236hwi0k6axssfq58s1d8lihplwiz058pdvl8al71hagri39"; })
       ];
     } "test-writers-fsharp" ''
+
       #r "nuget: FSharp.SystemTextJson, 0.17.4"
 
       module Json =
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       |> printfn "%s"
     '');
 
-    pypy2NoLibs = expectSuccess (writePyPy2 "test-writers-pypy2-no-libs" {} ''
-      print("success")
-    '');
+    #pypy2NoLibs = expectSuccess (writePyPy2 "test-writers-pypy2-no-libs" {} ''
+    #  print("success")
+    #'');
 
     python3NoLibs = expectSuccess (writePython3 "test-writers-python3-no-libs" {} ''
       print("success")