Move <nix/fetchurl.nix> into the nix binary

This makes the statically linked nix binary just work, without needing
any additional files.

Makefile

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ makefiles = \
   src/nix/local.mk \
   src/resolve-system-dependencies/local.mk \
   scripts/local.mk \
-  corepkgs/local.mk \
   misc/bash/local.mk \
   misc/systemd/local.mk \
   misc/launchd/local.mk \

corepkgs/local.mk

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-corepkgs_FILES = \
-  fetchurl.nix
-
-$(foreach file,$(corepkgs_FILES),$(eval $(call install-data-in,$(d)/$(file),$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs)))

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -402,11 +402,6 @@ EvalState::EvalState(const Strings & _searchPath, ref<Store> store)
         for (auto & i : evalSettings.nixPath.get()) addToSearchPath(i);
     }
 
-    try {
-        addToSearchPath("nix=" + canonPath(settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs", true));
-    } catch (Error &) {
-    }
-
     if (evalSettings.restrictEval || evalSettings.pureEval) {
         allowedPaths = PathSet();
 
@@ -457,6 +452,8 @@ Path EvalState::checkSourcePath(const Path & path_)
      */
     Path abspath = canonPath(path_);
 
+    if (hasPrefix(abspath, corepkgsPrefix)) return abspath;
+
     for (auto & i : *allowedPaths) {
         if (isDirOrInDir(abspath, i)) {
             found = true;

src/libexpr/eval.hh

@@ -432,4 +432,6 @@ struct EvalSettings : Config
 
 extern EvalSettings evalSettings;
 
+static const std::string corepkgsPrefix{"/__corepkgs__/"};
+
 }

src/libexpr/local.mk

@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/nix-expr.pc, $(prefix)/lib/pkgconfig, 0644))
 $(foreach i, $(wildcard src/libexpr/flake/*.hh), \
   $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(i), $(includedir)/nix/flake, 0644)))
 
-$(d)/primops.cc: $(d)/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix.gen.hh $(d)/primops/derivation.nix.gen.hh
+$(d)/primops.cc: $(d)/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix.gen.hh $(d)/primops/derivation.nix.gen.hh $(d)/fetchurl.nix.gen.hh
 
 $(d)/flake/flake.cc: $(d)/flake/call-flake.nix.gen.hh

src/libexpr/parser.y

@@ -698,6 +698,10 @@ Path EvalState::findFile(SearchPath & searchPath, const string & path, const Pos
         Path res = r.second + suffix;
         if (pathExists(res)) return canonPath(res);
     }
+
+    if (hasPrefix(path, "nix/"))
+        return corepkgsPrefix + path.substr(4);
+
     throw ThrownError({
         .hint = hintfmt(evalSettings.pureEval
             ? "cannot look up '<%s>' in pure evaluation mode (use '--impure' to override)"

src/libexpr/primops.cc

@@ -164,7 +164,15 @@ static void import(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value & vPath, Value * vS
         state.forceFunction(**fun, pos);
         mkApp(v, **fun, w);
         state.forceAttrs(v, pos);
-    } else {
+    }
+
+    else if (path == corepkgsPrefix + "fetchurl.nix") {
+        state.eval(state.parseExprFromString(
+            #include "fetchurl.nix.gen.hh"
+            , "/"), v);
+    }
+
+    else {
         if (!vScope)
             state.evalFile(realPath, v);
         else {

tests/fetchurl.sh

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ clearStore
 # Test fetching a flat file.
 hash=$(nix-hash --flat --type sha256 ./fetchurl.sh)
 
-outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha256 $hash --no-out-link)
+outPath=$(nix-build --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha256 $hash --no-out-link)
 
 cmp $outPath fetchurl.sh
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ clearStore
 
 hash=$(nix hash file --type sha512 --base64 ./fetchurl.sh)
 
-outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha512 $hash --no-out-link)
+outPath=$(nix-build --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha512 $hash --no-out-link)
 
 cmp $outPath fetchurl.sh
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ hash=$(nix hash file ./fetchurl.sh)
 
 [[ $hash =~ ^sha256- ]]
 
-outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr hash $hash --no-out-link)
+outPath=$(nix-build --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$(pwd)/fetchurl.sh --argstr hash $hash --no-out-link)
 
 cmp $outPath fetchurl.sh
 
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ hash=$(nix hash file --type sha256 --base16 ./fetchurl.sh)
 
 storePath=$(nix --store $other_store store add-file ./fetchurl.sh)
 
-outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file:///no-such-dir/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha256 $hash --no-out-link --substituters $other_store)
+outPath=$(nix-build --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file:///no-such-dir/fetchurl.sh --argstr sha256 $hash --no-out-link --substituters $other_store)
 
 # Test hashed mirrors with an SRI hash.
-nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file:///no-such-dir/fetchurl.sh --argstr hash $(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 $hash) \
+nix-build --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file:///no-such-dir/fetchurl.sh --argstr hash $(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 $hash) \
           --no-out-link --substituters $other_store
 
 # Test unpacking a NAR.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ nix-store --dump $TEST_ROOT/archive > $nar
 
 hash=$(nix-hash --flat --type sha256 $nar)
 
-outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$nar --argstr sha256 $hash \
+outPath=$(nix-build --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$nar --argstr sha256 $hash \
           --arg unpack true --argstr name xyzzy --no-out-link)
 
 echo $outPath | grep -q 'xyzzy'
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ nix-store --delete $outPath
 narxz=$TEST_ROOT/archive.nar.xz
 rm -f $narxz
 xz --keep $nar
-outPath=$(nix-build '<nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$narxz --argstr sha256 $hash \
+outPath=$(nix-build --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file://$narxz --argstr sha256 $hash \
           --arg unpack true --argstr name xyzzy --no-out-link)
 
 test -x $outPath/fetchurl.sh

tests/lang/eval-okay-search-path.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 with import ./lib.nix;
 with builtins;
 
-assert pathExists <nix/fetchurl.nix>;
+assert isFunction (import <nix/fetchurl.nix>);
 
-assert length __nixPath == 6;
+assert length __nixPath == 5;
-assert length (filter (x: x.prefix == "nix") __nixPath) == 1;
 assert length (filter (x: baseNameOf x.path == "dir4") __nixPath) == 1;
 
 import <a.nix> + import <b.nix> + import <c.nix> + import <dir5/c.nix>