Merge pull request #3674 from matthewbauer/allow-empty-hash2

Allow empty hash in derivations

src/libexpr/primops.cc

@@ -719,7 +719,8 @@ static void prim_derivationStrict(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * *
             throw Error(format("multiple outputs are not supported in fixed-output derivations, at %1%") % posDrvName);
 
         HashType ht = outputHashAlgo.empty() ? htUnknown : parseHashType(outputHashAlgo);
-        Hash h(*outputHash, ht);
+
+        Hash h = newHashAllowEmpty(*outputHash, ht);
 
         auto outPath = state.store->makeFixedOutputPath(ingestionMethod, h, drvName);
         if (!jsonObject) drv.env["out"] = state.store->printStorePath(outPath);
@@ -1126,7 +1127,7 @@ static void prim_path(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value
         } else if (n == "recursive")
             method = FileIngestionMethod { state.forceBool(*attr.value, *attr.pos) };
         else if (n == "sha256")
-            expectedHash = Hash(state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos), htSHA256);
+            expectedHash = newHashAllowEmpty(state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos), htSHA256);
         else
             throw EvalError(format("unsupported argument '%1%' to 'addPath', at %2%") % attr.name % *attr.pos);
     }

src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static void fetch(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
             if (n == "url")
                 url = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
             else if (n == "sha256")
-                expectedHash = Hash(state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos), htSHA256);
+                expectedHash = newHashAllowEmpty(state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos), htSHA256);
             else if (n == "name")
                 name = state.forceStringNoCtx(*attr.value, *attr.pos);
             else

src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<Input> inputFromAttrs(const Attrs & attrs)
         if (res) {
             if (auto narHash = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "narHash"))
                 // FIXME: require SRI hash.
-                res->narHash = Hash(*narHash);
+                res->narHash = newHashAllowEmpty(*narHash, htUnknown);
             return res;
         }
     }

src/libfetchers/tarball.cc

@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ struct TarballInputScheme : InputScheme
 
         auto input = std::make_unique<TarballInput>(parseURL(getStrAttr(attrs, "url")));
         if (auto hash = maybeGetStrAttr(attrs, "hash"))
-            // FIXME: require SRI hash.
+            input->hash = newHashAllowEmpty(*hash, htUnknown);
-            input->hash = Hash(*hash);
 
         return input;
     }

src/libutil/hash.cc

@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ Hash::Hash(const std::string & s, HashType type)
         throw BadHash("hash '%s' has wrong length for hash type '%s'", s, printHashType(type));
 }
 
+Hash newHashAllowEmpty(std::string hashStr, HashType ht)
+{
+    if (hashStr.empty())
+    {
+        Hash h(ht);
+        warn("found empty hash, assuming you wanted '%s'", h.to_string(SRI));
+    } else
+        return Hash(hashStr, ht);
+}
+
 
 union Ctx
 {

src/libutil/hash.hh

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ struct Hash
     }
 };
 
+/* Helper that defaults empty hashes to the 0 hash. */
+Hash newHashAllowEmpty(std::string hashStr, HashType ht);
 
 /* Print a hash in base-16 if it's MD5, or base-32 otherwise. */
 string printHash16or32(const Hash & hash);