linuxPackages.exfat-nofuse: lazier assertion (/cc #97577)

vcunat · vcunat · commit d347b85c020f · 2020-09-17T22:32:43.000+02:00
I'm not sure what happens exactly.  I suspect some construct like mkIf
pushing into boot.kernelPackages contents and tripping on the assertion.
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/exfat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/exfat/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 
 # Upstream build for kernel 4.1 is broken, 3.12 and below seems to be working
 assert lib.versionAtLeast kernel.version  "4.2" || lib.versionOlder kernel.version "4.0";
-# linux kernel above 5.7 comes with its own exfat implementation https://github.com/arter97/exfat-linux/issues/27
-assert lib.versionOlder kernel.version "5.8";
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  # linux kernel above 5.7 comes with its own exfat implementation https://github.com/arter97/exfat-linux/issues/27
+  # Assertion moved here due to some tests unintenionally triggering it,
+  # e.g. nixosTests.kernel-latest; it's unclear how/why so far.
+  assertion = assert lib.versionOlder kernel.version "5.8"; null;
+
   name = "exfat-nofuse-${version}-${kernel.version}";
   version = "2020-04-15";
 
