disko-install: error: infinite recursion encountered about disko HOT 13 OPEN

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

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/disko-install-how-to-to-pass-flake-self-using-specialargs/43920/6

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Does it work if you replace self with ${./.}?

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@Mic92
The problem seem to be not with ${self}, but with the dependencies block:

• if I avoid using self there, it works:

  dependencies = [
    pkgs.stdenv.drvPath
  ];
  

• but only if I use self once, it doesn't:

  dependencies = [
    pkgs.stdenv.drvPath
    self.nixosConfigurations.i7.config.system.build.toplevel
  ];
  

Thoughts?

from disko.

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

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/infinite-recursion-encountered-by-making-module-configurable/23508/11

from disko.

Does it work if you replace self with ${./.}?

Where should I do that?

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So I tried to insert the Example module for a NixOS installer to the flake itself, so it got direct access to the self flake variable and no specialArgs = {inherit self;}; trick is needed.

Still, the same infinite recursion error.

@Mic92 how it worked on your side, did you test the code?

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So I debugged it even more and apparently I was wrong about the reason is related to "self".

The problem seems to be in this line instead:
self.nixosConfigurations.your-machine.config.system.build.toplevel
, if I remove it the error goes away.

At the same time, the next line is all OK:
self.nixosConfigurations.your-machine.config.system.build.diskoScript

Any ideas what can be wrong with the toplevel?

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Do you have a complete example that leads to the said infinite recursion?

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