From a4be66828a1421e7c603e5ed22827ee54d2c7f94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:37:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Disable packaging-overriding

Fixes #12690.
---
 flake.nix | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 094df9776..049b583c1 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -230,24 +230,28 @@
             This shouldn't build anything significant; just check that things
             (including derivations) are _set up_ correctly.
           */
-          packaging-overriding =
-            let
-              pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system}.native;
-              nix = self.packages.${system}.nix;
-            in
-            assert (nix.appendPatches [ pkgs.emptyFile ]).libs.nix-util.src.patches == [ pkgs.emptyFile ];
-            if pkgs.stdenv.buildPlatform.isDarwin then
-              lib.warn "packaging-overriding check currently disabled because of a permissions issue on macOS" pkgs.emptyFile
-            else
-              # If this fails, something might be wrong with how we've wired the scope,
-              # or something could be broken in Nixpkgs.
-              pkgs.testers.testEqualContents {
-                assertion = "trivial patch does not change source contents";
-                expected = "${./.}";
-                actual =
-                  # Same for all components; nix-util is an arbitrary pick
-                  (nix.appendPatches [ pkgs.emptyFile ]).libs.nix-util.src;
-              };
+          # Disabled due to a bug in `testEqualContents` (see
+          # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/12690).
+          /*
+            packaging-overriding =
+              let
+                pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system}.native;
+                nix = self.packages.${system}.nix;
+              in
+              assert (nix.appendPatches [ pkgs.emptyFile ]).libs.nix-util.src.patches == [ pkgs.emptyFile ];
+              if pkgs.stdenv.buildPlatform.isDarwin then
+                lib.warn "packaging-overriding check currently disabled because of a permissions issue on macOS" pkgs.emptyFile
+              else
+                # If this fails, something might be wrong with how we've wired the scope,
+                # or something could be broken in Nixpkgs.
+                pkgs.testers.testEqualContents {
+                  assertion = "trivial patch does not change source contents";
+                  expected = "${./.}";
+                  actual =
+                    # Same for all components; nix-util is an arbitrary pick
+                    (nix.appendPatches [ pkgs.emptyFile ]).libs.nix-util.src;
+                };
+          */
         }
         // (lib.optionalAttrs (builtins.elem system linux64BitSystems)) {
           dockerImage = self.hydraJobs.dockerImage.${system};