From aff6d10934f046066ed68b0d54fa077e726008e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yorick van Pelt <yorick@yorickvanpelt.nl>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 10:05:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nix run: fix "'defaultApp.x86_64-linux' should have type
 'derivation'"

---
 src/nix/app.cc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/nix/app.cc b/src/nix/app.cc
index 821964f86..48de8fb82 100644
--- a/src/nix/app.cc
+++ b/src/nix/app.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ UnresolvedApp Installable::toApp(EvalState & state)
 
     auto type = cursor->getAttr("type")->getString();
 
-    std::string expected = !attrPath.empty() && state.symbols[attrPath[0]] == "apps" ? "app" : "derivation";
+    std::string expected = !attrPath.empty() &&
+        (state.symbols[attrPath[0]] == "apps" || state.symbols[attrPath[0]] == "defaultApp")
+        ? "app" : "derivation";
     if (type != expected)
         throw Error("attribute '%s' should have type '%s'", cursor->getAttrPathStr(), expected);