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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2013-10-28 19:48:30 +0100
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2013-10-28 22:45:57 +0100
commit73f32d03758a53ad1baac31795cfd99e325032f3 (patch)
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Show precise error messages in option merge failures
For instance, if time.timeZone is defined multiple times, you now get
the error message:

  error: user-thrown exception: The unique option `time.timeZone' is defined multiple times, in `/etc/nixos/configurations/misc/eelco/x11vnc.nix' and `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix'.

while previously you got:

  error: user-thrown exception: Multiple definitions of string. Only one is allowed for this option.

and only an inspection of the stack trace gave a clue as to what
option caused the problem.
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix')
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
index 9eba728c3390..dfbd98bf6ee5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ let
   configType = mkOptionType {
     name = "nixpkgs config";
     check = traceValIfNot isConfig;
-    merge = fold mergeConfig {};
+    merge = args: fold mergeConfig {};
   };
 
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