nix-doc/package.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Temporary replacement of the nix-doc package with
+# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/296523 so that we can have working Lix
+# with nix-doc on 23.11 and 24.05-pre
+#
+# Can be removed when that commit is in 23.11 and 24.05-pre, or 24.05 is
+# released with the commit.
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, boost
+, nix
+, pkg-config
+# Whether to build the nix-doc plugin for Nix
+, withPlugin ? true
+}:
+
+let
+  packageFlags = [ "-p" "nix-doc" ] ++ lib.optionals withPlugin [ "-p" "nix-doc-plugin" ];
+in
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "nix-doc";
+  version = "0.6.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    owner = "lf-";
+    repo = "nix-doc";
+    sha256 = "sha256-9cuNzq+CBA2jz0LkZb7lh/WISIlKklfovGBAbSo1Mgk=";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals withPlugin [ boost nix ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals withPlugin [ pkg-config nix ];
+
+  cargoBuildFlags = packageFlags;
+  cargoTestFlags = packageFlags;
+
+  # Packaging support for making the nix-doc plugin load cleanly as a no-op on
+  # the wrong Nix version (disabling bindnow permits loading libraries
+  # requiring unavailable symbols if they are unreached)
+  hardeningDisable = lib.optionals withPlugin [ "bindnow" ];
+  # Due to a Rust bug, setting -Z relro-level to anything including "off" on
+  # macOS will cause link errors
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs (withPlugin && stdenv.isLinux) {
+    # nix-doc does not use nightly features, however, there is no other way to
+    # set relro-level
+    RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;
+    RUSTFLAGS = "-Z relro-level=partial";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-CHagzXTG9AfrFd3WmHanQ+YddMgmVxSuB8vK98A1Mlw=";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An interactive Nix documentation tool";
+    longDescription = "An interactive Nix documentation tool providing a CLI for function search, a Nix plugin for docs in the REPL, and a ctags implementation for Nix script";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lf-/nix-doc";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.lf- ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    mainProgram = "nix-doc";
+  };
+}

overlay.nix

@@ -48,8 +48,5 @@ in
     nix = final.nixVersions.nix_2_18_upstream;
   };
 
-  nix-doc = prev.nix-doc.overrideAttrs (old: {
+  nix-doc = prev.callPackage ./nix-doc/package.nix { withPlugin = false; };
-    # for the purposes of nix C++ API for nix-doc, lix is Nix 2.20
-    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-DNIX_2_20_0" ];
-  });
 }