writeReferencesToFile: remove entirely

philiptaron · philiptaron · commit ca4a7eb0cd17 · 2025-05-22T16:14:35.000-07:00
It's been long enough.
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix
@@ -778,9 +778,6 @@ rec {
         ''
       );
 
-  # Remove after 25.05 branch-off
-  writeReferencesToFile = throw "writeReferencesToFile has been removed. Use writeClosure instead.";
-
   # Docs in doc/build-helpers/trivial-build-helpers.chapter.md
   # See https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#trivial-builder-writeClosure
   writeClosure =
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fl/flattenReferencesGraph/src/flatten_references_graph/popularity_contest.py b/pkgs/by-name/fl/flattenReferencesGraph/src/flatten_references_graph/popularity_contest.py
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 # and how deep in the tree they live. Equally-"popular" paths are then
 # sorted by name.
 #
-# The existing writeReferencesToFile prints the paths in a simple
-# ascii-based sorting of the paths.
+# The existing writeClosure prints the paths in a simple ascii-based sorting of the paths.
 #
 # Sorting the paths by graph improves the chances that the difference
 # between two builds appear near the end of the list, instead of near

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@`
`3`	`3`	`# and how deep in the tree they live. Equally-"popular" paths are then`
`4`	`4`	`# sorted by name.`
`5`	`5`	`#`
`6`		`-# The existing writeReferencesToFile prints the paths in a simple`
`7`		`-# ascii-based sorting of the paths.`
	`6`	`+# The existing writeClosure prints the paths in a simple ascii-based sorting of the paths.`
`8`	`7`	`#`
`9`	`8`	`# Sorting the paths by graph improves the chances that the difference`
`10`	`9`	`# between two builds appear near the end of the list, instead of near`