tests.nixpkgs-check-by-name: Intermediate SearchPath error

2 files changed, 46 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/check_result.rs b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/check_result.rs
index 79d3dbe6766..cc004e01293 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/check_result.rs
+++ b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/check_result.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ use std::io;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 pub enum CheckError {
+    SearchPath {
+        relative_package_dir: PathBuf,
+        subpath: PathBuf,
+        line: usize,
+        text: String,
+    },
     OutsidePathReference {
         relative_package_dir: PathBuf,
         subpath: PathBuf,
@@ -29,6 +35,14 @@ impl CheckError {
 impl fmt::Display for CheckError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
+            CheckError::SearchPath { relative_package_dir, subpath, line, text } =>
+                write!(
+                    f,
+                    "{}: File {} at line {line} contains the nix search path expression \"{}\" which may point outside the directory of that package.",
+                    relative_package_dir.display(),
+                    subpath.display(),
+                    text
+                ),
             CheckError::OutsidePathReference { relative_package_dir, subpath, line, text } =>
                 write!(
                     f,
diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/references.rs b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/references.rs
index 30eaee0d748..dacac9c9ee5 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/references.rs
+++ b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/src/references.rs
@@ -144,43 +144,43 @@ fn check_nix_file<W: io::Write>(
         }
 
         // Filters out search paths like <nixpkgs>
-        if text.starts_with('<') {
-            context.error_writer.write(&format!(
-                "{}: File {} at line {line} contains the nix search path expression \"{}\" which may point outside the directory of that package.",
-                context.relative_package_dir.display(),
-                subpath.display(),
-                text
-            ))?;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        // Resolves the reference of the Nix path
-        // turning `../baz` inside `/foo/bar/default.nix` to `/foo/baz`
-        let check_result = match parent_dir.join(Path::new(&text)).canonicalize() {
-            Ok(target) => {
-                // Then checking if it's still in the package directory
-                // No need to handle the case of it being inside the directory, since we scan through the
-                // entire directory recursively anyways
-                if let Err(_prefix_error) = target.strip_prefix(context.absolute_package_dir) {
-                    CheckError::OutsidePathReference {
-                        relative_package_dir: context.relative_package_dir.clone(),
-                        subpath: subpath.to_path_buf(),
-                        line,
-                        text,
-                    }
-                    .into_result()
-                } else {
-                    pass(())
-                }
-            }
-            Err(e) => CheckError::UnresolvablePathReference {
+        let check_result = if text.starts_with('<') {
+            CheckError::SearchPath {
                 relative_package_dir: context.relative_package_dir.clone(),
                 subpath: subpath.to_path_buf(),
                 line,
                 text,
-                io_error: e,
             }
-            .into_result(),
+            .into_result()
+        } else {
+            // Resolves the reference of the Nix path
+            // turning `../baz` inside `/foo/bar/default.nix` to `/foo/baz`
+            match parent_dir.join(Path::new(&text)).canonicalize() {
+                Ok(target) => {
+                    // Then checking if it's still in the package directory
+                    // No need to handle the case of it being inside the directory, since we scan through the
+                    // entire directory recursively anyways
+                    if let Err(_prefix_error) = target.strip_prefix(context.absolute_package_dir) {
+                        CheckError::OutsidePathReference {
+                            relative_package_dir: context.relative_package_dir.clone(),
+                            subpath: subpath.to_path_buf(),
+                            line,
+                            text,
+                        }
+                        .into_result()
+                    } else {
+                        pass(())
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => CheckError::UnresolvablePathReference {
+                    relative_package_dir: context.relative_package_dir.clone(),
+                    subpath: subpath.to_path_buf(),
+                    line,
+                    text,
+                    io_error: e,
+                }
+                .into_result(),
+            }
         };
 
         write_check_result(context.error_writer, check_result)?;