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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion core/nixpkgs.bzl
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Expand Up @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ def _nixpkgs_build_and_symlink(repository_ctx, nix_build_cmd, expr_args, build_f
# provided by `build_file` or `build_file_content`.
if not repository_ctx.path("BUILD").exists and not repository_ctx.path("BUILD.bazel").exists:
if build_file_content:
repository_ctx.file("BUILD", content = build_file_content)
repository_ctx.file("BUILD", content = build_file_content.replace("{{NIX_STORE_PATH}}", output_path))
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Nice, that could potentially have simplified things like the Python toolchain.

I guess the same could be done with the build_file attribute using repository_ctx.template for consistency.

This behavior should also be documented in the relevant repo macros / module extension tags.

else:
repository_ctx.template("BUILD", Label("@rules_nixpkgs_core//:BUILD.bazel.tpl"))
elif build_file_content:
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