Improve "illegal path references in fixed output derivation" error #12
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The main improvement is that the new message gives an example of a path that is referenced, which should make it easier to track down. While there, I also clarified the wording, saying exactly why the paths in question were illegal.
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This was just merged into nix, see:
I've asked about this on Matrix and to the best of my knowledge there's no automatic means by which Nix patches make it over here, so I thought I'd just make the PR again. Happy for this to be closed / ignored if the change would make it into Lix eventually regardless.
I also haven't specifically tested this in Lix. I tested that it built but since it's a simple change, I'm hoping you'll find the Nix testing sufficient. Let me know if not (though realistically I might not have time to do more particularly soon.)
Motivation
Improving a somewhat-maligned Nix error message (the issue above has links to people complaining about this one).