Add a test ensuring compatibility with an old daemon

This requires adding `nix` to its own closure which is a bit unfortunate,
but as it is optional (the test will be disabled if `OUTER_NIX` is unset) it
shouldn't be too much of an issue.

(Ideally this should go in another derivation so that we can build Nix and run
the test independently, but as the tests are running in the same derivation
as the build it's a bit complicated to do so).

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e59ec9a35..3e236aaca 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@
       # 'nix.perl-bindings' packages.
       overlay = final: prev: {
 
+        # An older version of Nix to test against when using the daemon.
+        # Currently using `nixUnstable` as the stable one doesn't respect
+        # `NIX_DAEMON_SOCKET_PATH` which is needed for the tests.
+        mainstream-nix = prev.nixUnstable;
+
         nix = with final; with commonDeps pkgs; stdenv.mkDerivation {
           name = "nix-${version}";
           inherit version;
@@ -158,6 +163,8 @@
 
           VERSION_SUFFIX = versionSuffix;
 
+          OUTER_NIX = mainstream-nix;
+
           outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];
 
           nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildDeps;
@@ -486,6 +493,8 @@
         stdenv.mkDerivation {
           name = "nix";
 
+          OUTER_NIX = mainstream-nix;
+
           outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];
 
           nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildDeps;