On 11/1/25 08:21, Alyssa Ross wrote:
> Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Is it okay to use builtins.readFile in a Spectrum derivation?  If the
>> input is a store path that is Import From Derivation and discouraged,
>> but I don't know if Spectrum's sources will ever be in a store path.
> 
> That wouldn't be a problem.  readFile is fine in principle, although it
> is rarely what you actually want.  There are very few cases where you
> have a string you need at eval time but don't want to inline into a Nix
> file, so if you're reaching for readFile I'd take a step back and think
> about whether there's a better approach.
> 
> Where readFile is used in your sysupdate VM, the build configuration
> mechanism[1] might be a better fit, if you don't want to hardcode it.
> 
> [1]: https://spectrum-os.org/doc/development/build-configuration.html

readFile is used only to read the version number.
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)