Can't install Go on Mac OS X (thinks it's Linux)

[dysinger]

tim@Tims-MacBook-Air:/src/nixos/nixbox% uname -a
Darwin Tims-MacBook-Air.local 12.2.1 Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.1: Thu Oct 18 16:32:48 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.20.92/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

tim@Tims-MacBook-Air:~/src/nixos/nixbox% nix-channel --update
downloading Nix expressions from `http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-1.0pre23270_6f1aad7/nixexprs.tar.bz2'... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
unpacking channels...

tim@Tims-MacBook-Air:~/src/nixos/nixbox% nix-env --version
nix-env (Nix) 1.3

tim@Tims-MacBook-Air:~/src/nixos/nixbox% nix-env --show-trace -iA nixpkgs.go
installing go-1.0.3'error: while evaluating the builtin functionderivationStrict':
while instantiating the derivation named go-1.0.3' at/nix/store/a2klq90rchkb459m0pbkwasf0yad6asy-nixpkgs-1.0pre23270_6f1aad7/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/compilers/go/default.nix:10:3':
while evaluating the derivation attribute buildNativeInputs' at/nix/store/a2klq90rchkb459m0pbkwasf0yad6asy-nixpkgs-1.0pre23270_6f1aad7/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix:67:15':
while evaluating the builtin function getAttr': while evaluating the builtin functionderivationStrict':
while instantiating the derivation named glibc-2.13' at/nix/store/a2klq90rchkb459m0pbkwasf0yad6asy-nixpkgs-1.0pre23270_6f1aad7/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/common.nix:154:3':while evaluating the derivation attribute kernelHeaders' at/nix/store/a2klq90rchkb459m0pbkwasf0yad6asy-nixpkgs-1.0pre23270_6f1aad7/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/2.13/default.nix:21:12':while evaluating the function at /nix/store/a2klq90rchkb459m0pbkwasf0yad6asy-nixpkgs-1.0pre23270_6f1aad7/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/customisation.nix:98:35': while evaluating the function at/nix/store/a2klq90rchkb459m0pbkwasf0yad6asy-nixpkgs-1.0pre23270_6f1aad7/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/customisation.nix:59:24':
while evaluating the builtin function isAttrs': while evaluating the function at/nix/store/a2klq90rchkb459m0pbkwasf0yad6asy-nixpkgs-1.0pre23270_6f1aad7/nixpkgs/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix:1:1':assertion failed at `/nix/store/a2klq90rchkb459m0pbkwasf0yad6asy-nixpkgs-1.0pre23270_6f1aad7/nixpkgs/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers/default.nix:3:1'

[viric]

Ah sorry, I don't have access to any Macintosh. If you can provide a patch for go-on-macintosh, please send it.

[shlevy]

@dysinger Is this still broken? If so it should probably be fixed as part of #1485

[gridaphobe]

go builds fine on master with the newer darwin stdenv.