{ pythonOnBuildForHost, runCommand }: { dont-propagate-conflicting-deps = let # customize a package so that its store paths differs mkConflict = pkg: pkg.overrideAttrs { some_modification = true; }; # minimal pyproject.toml for the example project pyprojectToml = builtins.toFile "pyproject.toml" '' [project] name = "my-project" version = "1.0.0" ''; # the source of the example project projectSource = runCommand "my-project-source" {} '' mkdir -p $out/src cp ${pyprojectToml} $out/pyproject.toml touch $out/src/__init__.py ''; in # this build must never triger conflicts pythonOnBuildForHost.pkgs.buildPythonPackage { pname = "dont-propagate-conflicting-deps"; version = "0.0.0"; src = projectSource; format = "pyproject"; propagatedBuildInputs = [ # At least one dependency of `build` should be included here to # keep the test meaningful (mkConflict pythonOnBuildForHost.pkgs.tomli) # setuptools is also needed to build the example project pythonOnBuildForHost.pkgs.setuptools ]; }; }