Racket compiler unable to build executables because it is misclassified as interpreter?

[spdegabrielle]

Describe the bug

Racket compiler is unable to build executables
Is this because it is classified as an interpreter?

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/

Steps To Reproduce

#11698

Expected behavior

Successfully created executable

Screenshots

#11698

Additional context

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix

Notify maintainers

@wahjava

Metadata

Please run nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" and paste the result.

[user@system:~]$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
output here

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[spdegabrielle]

Chez - with which racket shares the underlying compiler is classified as a compiler

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/compilers/chez/default.nix

[Zocker1999NET]

This "classification" in either compiler or interpreter is only used to sort the nix files defining packages somewhat, so humans & computers have it easier navigating the large amount of Nix files. This classification does not result in a technical difference by itself. The only technical difference for Nix when building these packages (except their different default.nix files) is given in top-level/all-packages.nix:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/1997e4aa514312c1af7e2bda7fad1644e778ff26/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix#L14355

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/1997e4aa514312c1af7e2bda7fad1644e778ff26/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix#L16486-L16488

IMO this is just a issue duplicate to #11698 which you mentioned yourself and which is still open.

[spdegabrielle]

This "classification" in either compiler or interpreter is only used to sort the nix files defining packages somewhat, so humans & computers have it easier navigating the large amount of Nix files. This classification does not result in a technical difference by itself. The only technical difference for Nix when building these packages (except their different default.nix files) is given in top-level/all-packages.nix:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/1997e4aa514312c1af7e2bda7fad1644e778ff26/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix#L14355

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/1997e4aa514312c1af7e2bda7fad1644e778ff26/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix#L16486-L16488

IMO this is just a issue duplicate to #11698 which you mentioned yourself and which is still open.

Thanks for the clarification
closing as this duplicates #11698