From 169384abb2bcfb687c8ad5959896738a76f3452e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Na=C3=AFm=20Favier?= <n@monade.li>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 11:33:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not attempt to write a lock file in builtins.getFlake

Fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/6541
---
 src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc | 1 +
 tests/flakes.sh            | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc b/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
index cbf4f0a6f..35c841897 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/flake/flake.cc
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ static void prim_getFlake(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args, V
         lockFlake(state, flakeRef,
             LockFlags {
                 .updateLockFile = false,
+                .writeLockFile = false,
                 .useRegistries = !evalSettings.pureEval && fetchSettings.useRegistries,
                 .allowMutable  = !evalSettings.pureEval,
             }),
diff --git a/tests/flakes.sh b/tests/flakes.sh
index 24601784f..9a1f0ab6a 100644
--- a/tests/flakes.sh
+++ b/tests/flakes.sh
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ nix build -o $TEST_ROOT/result --expr "(builtins.getFlake \"git+file://$flake1Di
 # But should succeed in impure mode.
 (! nix build -o $TEST_ROOT/result flake2#bar --impure)
 nix build -o $TEST_ROOT/result flake2#bar --impure --no-write-lock-file
+nix eval --expr "builtins.getFlake \"$flake2Dir\"" --impure
 
 # Building a local flake with an unlocked dependency should fail with --no-update-lock-file.
 nix build -o $TEST_ROOT/result $flake2Dir#bar --no-update-lock-file 2>&1 | grep 'requires lock file changes'