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-rw-r--r--nixos/lib/eval-config.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/lib/testing-python.nix4
-rw-r--r--nixos/lib/utils.nix2
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix b/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix
index 77490ca3762a..9892d6f160f7 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix
+++ b/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ let
       # default to the argument. That way this new default could propagate all
       # they way through, but has the last priority behind everything else.
       nixpkgs.system = lib.mkDefault system;
+
+      # Stash the value of the `system` argument. When using `nesting.children`
+      # we want to have the same default value behavior (immediately above)
+      # without any interference from the user's configuration.
+      nixpkgs.initialSystem = system;
+
       _module.args.pkgs = lib.mkIf (pkgs_ != null) (lib.mkForce pkgs_);
     };
   };
diff --git a/nixos/lib/testing-python.nix b/nixos/lib/testing-python.nix
index 6663864f1e56..3891adc10435 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/testing-python.nix
+++ b/nixos/lib/testing-python.nix
@@ -175,13 +175,13 @@ in rec {
 
       nodeNames = builtins.attrNames nodes;
       invalidNodeNames = lib.filter
-        (node: builtins.match "^[A-z_][A-z0-9_]+$" node == null) nodeNames;
+        (node: builtins.match "^[A-z_]([A-z0-9_]+)?$" node == null) nodeNames;
 
     in
       if lib.length invalidNodeNames > 0 then
         throw ''
           Cannot create machines out of (${lib.concatStringsSep ", " invalidNodeNames})!
-          All machines are referenced as perl variables in the testing framework which will break the
+          All machines are referenced as python variables in the testing framework which will break the
           script when special characters are used.
 
           Please stick to alphanumeric chars and underscores as separation.
diff --git a/nixos/lib/utils.nix b/nixos/lib/utils.nix
index a522834e4294..21f4c7c6988f 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/utils.nix
+++ b/nixos/lib/utils.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rec {
   # becomes dev-xyzzy.  FIXME: slow.
   escapeSystemdPath = s:
    replaceChars ["/" "-" " "] ["-" "\\x2d" "\\x20"]
-    (if hasPrefix "/" s then substring 1 (stringLength s) s else s);
+   (removePrefix "/" s);
 
   # Returns a system path for a given shell package
   toShellPath = shell: