Failed to extract archive / Cannot extract through symlink (Darwin) #975

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opened 2025-08-21 14:01:42 +00:00 by stephank · 2 comments

stephank commented

2025-08-21 14:01:42 +00:00

Describe the bug

# nix run github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master#hello
error:
       … while fetching the input 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master'

       error: failed to extract archive (Cannot extract through symlink /tmp/nix-6xlbk8nvp98hgacaxjff3m6csq/NixOS-nixpkgs-bbe943a)

Steps To Reproduce

Maybe clear ~/.cache/nix/
Run above command

Expected behavior

# nix run github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master#hello
Hello, world!

`nix --version` output

nix (Lix, like Nix) 2.94.0-devpre20250817_8208c6e
System type: aarch64-darwin
Additional system types: x86_64-darwin
Features: gc, signed-caches
System configuration file: /etc/nix/nix.conf
User configuration files: /Users/stephank/.config/nix/nix.conf:/Users/stephank/.nix-profile/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/etc/profiles/per-user/stephank/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/run/current-system/sw/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf
Store directory: /nix/store
State directory: /nix/var/nix
Data directory: /usr/local/share

Additional context

Bisect identifies 2a17164865 as the first bad commit.

## Describe the bug ``` # nix run github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master#hello error: … while fetching the input 'github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master' error: failed to extract archive (Cannot extract through symlink /tmp/nix-6xlbk8nvp98hgacaxjff3m6csq/NixOS-nixpkgs-bbe943a) ``` ## Steps To Reproduce 1. Maybe clear `~/.cache/nix/` 2. Run above command ## Expected behavior ``` # nix run github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master#hello Hello, world! ``` ## `nix --version` output ``` nix (Lix, like Nix) 2.94.0-devpre20250817_8208c6e System type: aarch64-darwin Additional system types: x86_64-darwin Features: gc, signed-caches System configuration file: /etc/nix/nix.conf User configuration files: /Users/stephank/.config/nix/nix.conf:/Users/stephank/.nix-profile/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/etc/profiles/per-user/stephank/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/run/current-system/sw/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/xdg/nix/nix.conf Store directory: /nix/store State directory: /nix/var/nix Data directory: /usr/local/share ``` ## Additional context Bisect identifies 2a17164865d43e5022009f7f035cd866ee775e50 as the first bad commit.

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lix-bot commented

2025-08-21 14:36:21 +00:00

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This issue was mentioned on Gerrit on the following CLs:

commit message in cl/4029 ("Revert "tests: remove obsolete code to create custom build direc..."")
commit message in cl/4028 ("Revert "libstore: don’t include derivation names in build direct..."")
commit message in cl/4035 ("Revert "libstore: simplify makeTemp{,Sibling}Path callers"")
commit message in cl/4034 ("Revert "libstore: use makeTemp{,Sibling}Path more"")
commit message in cl/4033 ("Revert "libstore: simplify fallback build directory logic"")
commit message in cl/4032 ("Revert "libutil: use makeTempPath in createTempSubdir"")
commit message in cl/4031 ("Revert "libstore: simplify createTempDir interface"")
commit message in cl/4030 ("Revert "libstore: make temporary path prefixes optional"")
commit message in cl/4039 ("Revert "libutil: add makeTempSiblingPath helper"")
commit message in cl/4038 ("Revert "libstore: use makeTempSiblingPath in replaceValidPath"")
commit message in cl/4037 ("Revert "libutil: extract Base32 helpers from Hash"")
commit message in cl/4036 ("Revert "libutil: use OS‐provided entropy for temporary filenames"")

This issue was mentioned on Gerrit on the following CLs: * commit message in [cl/4029](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4029) ("Revert "tests: remove obsolete code to create custom build direc..."") * commit message in [cl/4028](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4028) ("Revert "libstore: don’t include derivation names in build direct..."") * commit message in [cl/4035](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4035) ("Revert "libstore: simplify `makeTemp{,Sibling}Path` callers"") * commit message in [cl/4034](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4034) ("Revert "libstore: use `makeTemp{,Sibling}Path` more"") * commit message in [cl/4033](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4033) ("Revert "libstore: simplify fallback build directory logic"") * commit message in [cl/4032](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4032) ("Revert "libutil: use `makeTempPath` in `createTempSubdir`"") * commit message in [cl/4031](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4031) ("Revert "libstore: simplify `createTempDir` interface"") * commit message in [cl/4030](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4030) ("Revert "libstore: make temporary path prefixes optional"") * commit message in [cl/4039](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4039) ("Revert "libutil: add `makeTempSiblingPath` helper"") * commit message in [cl/4038](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4038) ("Revert "libstore: use `makeTempSiblingPath` in `replaceValidPath`"") * commit message in [cl/4037](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4037) ("Revert "libutil: extract Base32 helpers from `Hash`"") * commit message in [cl/4036](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/4036) ("Revert "libutil: use OS‐provided entropy for temporary filenames"")