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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libexpr/parser.y | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/parser.y b/src/libexpr/parser.y index a1188dec0..a639be64e 100644 --- a/src/libexpr/parser.y +++ b/src/libexpr/parser.y @@ -689,7 +689,10 @@ Path EvalState::findFile(SearchPath & searchPath, const string & path, const Pos if (pathExists(res)) return canonPath(res); } throw ThrownError({ - .hint = hintfmt("file '%1%' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)", path), + .hint = hintfmt(evalSettings.pureEval + ? "cannot look up '<%s>' in pure evaluation mode (use '--impure' to override)" + : "file '%s' was not found in the Nix search path (add it using $NIX_PATH or -I)", + path), .nixCode = NixCode { .errPos = pos } }); } |