Deduplicate nix build --print-out-paths output - #622
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In `@src/libcmd/installables.cc`:
- Around line 549-553: Preserve original installable order during result fan-out
by recording an ordered request sequence separately from backmap; use backmap
only to deduplicate paths passed to pathsToBuild. Update the fan-out logic in
the relevant Realise::Nothing and Realise::Derivation branches so A, B, A
results remain interleaved, including --print-out-paths, --json, and --out-link
numbering, and add a regression test covering this order.
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With duplicate installables (e.g. 'nix build nixpkgs#hello nixpkgs#hello nixpkgs#hello'), Installable::build2() pushed the same DerivedPath into pathsToBuild once per installable, while also recording each installable in backmap. Since buildPathsWithResults() returns one result per request, fanning each of the n results out to all n backmap entries produced n² results — printing every output path n² times with --print-out-paths, and likewise duplicating --json entries and --out-link symlinks. Instead, record all requests in a vector in command-line order and deduplicate pathsToBuild separately, then produce results by looking up each request's build result. This yields exactly one result per installable while preserving command-line order even when duplicates are interleaved (e.g. 'nix build A B A' yields results for A, B, A rather than grouping the duplicates). Assisted-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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nix build --no-link --print-out-paths nixpkgs#hello nixpkgs#hello nixpkgs#helloprinted the output path 9 times instead of 3 — n installables of the same derived path produced n² results. The same blowup showed up in--jsonoutput and--out-linksymlink numbering (result,result-1, …result-8).Context
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Installable::build2(), each installable pushed itsDerivedPathintopathsToBuildwhile also recording itself inbackmap.buildPathsWithResults()returns one result per request — duplicates included — so fanning each of the n duplicate results out to all nbackmapentries yielded n²BuiltPathWithResults. (The build itself was not duplicated, since the worker dedupes goals; only the result list was.)The fix records all requests in a vector in command-line order and deduplicates
pathsToBuildseparately, then produces results by looking up each request's build result in a map keyed byDerivedPath. This yields exactly one result per command-line installable while preserving command-line order even when duplicates are interleaved:nix build A B Ayields results for A, B, A rather than grouping the duplicates — which matters for--print-out-pathsline order,--jsonentry order, and out-link numbering.Added regression tests to
tests/functional/build.shcovering both the count (three duplicate installables yield exactly 3 results) and the interleaved ordering.🤖 Generated with Claude Code