nix: place extra-
prefixed settings after their non-prefixed variants
#1337
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Fixes #626.
Essentially a copy of NixOS's workaround: NixOS/nixpkgs#278064
Description
Nix has somewhat surprising semantics when
extra-
prefixed settings are used in the same file as their non-prefixed siblings. Anyextra-
prefixed setting is ignored if it is placed before its respective non-prefixed setting.Reproduce
Add an extra substituter to your config:
The
nix.conf
in/etc/nix/nix.conf
will be sorted alphabetically:Verify that the extra substituter is missing with
nix config show
.Nix ignores the
--extra
-prefixed keys if they're followed by their non-prefixed siblings, as documented in NixOS/nix#9487.