Build failure: pkgs.pulumi

[SchahinRohani]

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. build pkgs.pulumi with a flake.nix for a devshell

Build log

error: builder for '/nix/store/fq64fs96qq7lscd3p5sdxpf00gh76zdn-pulumi-3.122.0.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 20 log lines:
       > Running phase: unpackPhase
       > unpacking source archive /nix/store/8ivlsqblr4r2z3317r7lscxvbp9hbmmv-pulumi
       > source root is pulumi/pkg
       > Running phase: patchPhase
       > applying patch /nix/store/928ny7w2l22jva8i0wpfjpckjijzx5dm-6dba7192d134d3b6f7e26dee9205711ccc736fa7.patch
       > patching file cmd/pulumi/new_ai_test.go
       > Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
       > Running phase: configurePhase
       > Running phase: buildPhase
       > Building subPackage ./authhelpers
       > Building subPackage ./backend
       > Building subPackage ./backend/display
       > Building subPackage ./backend/display/internal/terminal
       > Building subPackage ./backend/filestate
       > Building subPackage ./backend/httpstate
       > Building subPackage ./backend/httpstate/client
       > Building subPackage ./backend/state
       > Building subPackage ./cmd/pulumi
       > # github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/cmd/pulumi
       > link: github.com/pgavlin/text/internal/bytealg: invalid reference to internal/bytealg.MaxLen
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/fq64fs96qq7lscd3p5sdxpf00gh76zdn-pulumi-3.122.0.drv'.
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/qyrld8i53bh7biqcnb91jzrwd70c5djm-nix-shell-env.drv' failed to build

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Might be related to this: pulumi/pulumi#17003

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[tonybutt]

pulumi/pulumi#17003

[jq-bb]

error: builder for '/nix/store/nq8n90pl17dacp10k6ahi42igi26z5l8-pulumi-3.122.0.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 10 log lines:
       > Building subPackage ./backend
       > Building subPackage ./backend/display
       > Building subPackage ./backend/display/internal/terminal
       > Building subPackage ./backend/filestate
       > Building subPackage ./backend/httpstate
       > Building subPackage ./backend/httpstate/client
       > Building subPackage ./backend/state
       > Building subPackage ./cmd/pulumi
       > # github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/cmd/pulumi
       > link: github.com/pgavlin/text/internal/bytealg: invalid reference to internal/bytealg.MaxLen
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/nq8n90pl17dacp10k6ahi42igi26z5l8-pulumi-3.122.0.drv'.

nix-info -m               
 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.6.58, NixOS, 24.11 (Vicuna), 24.11.20241025.18536bf`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.19.6`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/store/wb6agba4kfsxpbnb5hzlq58vkjzvbsk6-source`

same issue on 24.11 branch

[bmillwood]

I know how to make pkgs.pulumi build again (see comments in #363539) but to be honest I'm too confused about how pulumi is meant to be used in NixOS to submit a PR. There's pulumi.withPackages, there's pulumi-bin, and there's pulumi-related packages in the Python package set (and possibly other languages, I only use Python). When I get pulumi working locally, it's usually with a venv and feels like a hack. What's the "intended" usage of all this stuff?

[jq-bb]

This sounds like maybe we need a NixOS wiki entry that shows different possible recipes for using Pulumi + Nix?
Or maybe someone who has a working configuration to kindly share their code?

I don't see there being a single correct way to use this stuff due to the wide programming language support of Pulumi.

I agree that currently though, its super hard to figure out how to get a working Pulumi + Nix configuration.

[teto]

better would be a nixpkgs manual entry.

pulumi-bin usually takes the upstream binaries and patch them, as opposed to building from source (pulumi).
Then you need the host provider (node), and pulumi usually tries to install plugins by itself (and collects the versions from the pulumi state). Even though I would like to see a fully reproducible pulumi nix stuff, it would need someone really motivated to work around the oddities of pulumi (especially as it is regularly updated).

[bmillwood]

• I made pulumi: work around build failure with go 1.23 #370417 which applies the workaround I mentioned. Sounds like the way I'm using pulumi is the "normal" way for now.

pulumi-bin usually takes the upstream binaries and patch them, as opposed to building from source (pulumi)

This may not really be the place for this discussion, but I'm curious what difference this makes for the end-user? Why would I choose to install pulumi-bin over pulumi, especially considering that usually I'm not building it myself anyway but getting it from the hydra cache?

[MarkusKramer]

I can confirm this fix solved this bug for me (using "pulumi" package from master). Thanks 👍

[teto]

This sounds like maybe we need a NixOS wiki entry that shows different possible recipes for using Pulumi + Nix? Or maybe someone who has a working configuration to kindly share their code?

@jq-bb I've created this issue following your feedback (I feel the same) #376137 . If anyone is interested to contribute, I might not have the cycles to work on things, but I can help PRs get merged so feel free to tag me.