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Re:Nix Derivation Madness by otabdeveloper4 on Friday October 31, 2025 @04:25PM (#45776319)
It's done that way on purpose. Precisely so you don't try to use the paths semantically. The names literally mean nothing in this context.
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Re:Nix Derivation Madness by eviks on Friday October 31, 2025 @05:25PM (#45776879)
That contradicts the simple fact that the name includes "ruby" and isn't just a hash
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Re:Nix Derivation Madness by otabdeveloper4 on Friday October 31, 2025 @06:01PM (#45777178)
That name is only there for debugging purposes. It doesn't actually mean anything and you only ever need to look at it to debug some hoary failing build.
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