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builtins.pathExists returns false on symlinks that point to non-existent paths #9901

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infinisil opened this issue Feb 1, 2024 · 4 comments · Fixed by #9985
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builtins.pathExists returns false on symlinks that point to non-existent paths #9901

infinisil opened this issue Feb 1, 2024 · 4 comments · Fixed by #9985
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infinisil commented Feb 1, 2024 •
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Describe the bug

On master, builtins.pathExists returns false for an existing symlink that points to a non-existent path.

This is a regression, as Nix 2.18.1 returns true.

Steps To Reproduce

$ ln -s does-not-exist symlink
$ nix-instantiate --eval -E 'builtins.pathExists ./symlink'
false

Expected behavior

The same as Nix 2.18.1, which is true

nix-env --version output

nix-env (Nix) 2.21.0pre20240201_ef6d055

Additional context

This was found from the lib.fileset test suite in Nixpkgs failing in a PR (NixOS/nixpkgs#285264), after which @roberth opened #9900.

This may relate to previous regressions:

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Bisection leads to 83c067c from #9497 causing this regression

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@edolstra what are your thoughts on this?

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#9985 fixes this

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This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/tweag-nix-dev-update-54/39990/1

srid added a commit to srid/nixos-config that referenced this issue Mar 26, 2024
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Don't use unstable nix CLI
380b12e 
Because it broke colmena,
zhaofengli/colmena#190

Ref:
- NixOS/nix#9497
- NixOS/nix#9901
- NixOS/nix#9985
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Restore builtins.pathExists behavior on broken symlinks alois31/nix
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