Explain the use of "2" in the overlay

Ericson2314 · roberth · commit f666ec3837a8 · 2025-04-23T16:42:02.000+02:00
Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit ef36806)
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
           # without "polluting" the top level "`pkgs`" attrset.
           # This also has the benefit of providing us with a distinct set of packages
           # we can iterate over.
+          # The `2` suffix is here because otherwise it interferes with `nixVersions.latest`, which is used in daemon compat tests.
           nixComponents2 =
             lib.makeScopeWithSplicing'
               {
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@
 
           # The dependencies are in their own scope, so that they don't have to be
           # in Nixpkgs top level `pkgs` or `nixComponents2`.
+          # The `2` suffix is here because otherwise it interferes with `nixVersions.latest`, which is used in daemon compat tests.
           nixDependencies2 =
             lib.makeScopeWithSplicing'
               {

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`@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@`
`143`	`143`	# without "polluting" the top level "`pkgs`" attrset.
`144`	`144`	`# This also has the benefit of providing us with a distinct set of packages`
`145`	`145`	`# we can iterate over.`
	`146`	+ # The `2` suffix is here because otherwise it interferes with `nixVersions.latest`, which is used in daemon compat tests.
`146`	`147`	`nixComponents2 =`
`147`	`148`	`lib.makeScopeWithSplicing'`
`148`	`149`	`{`
`@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@`
`162`	`163`
`163`	`164`	`# The dependencies are in their own scope, so that they don't have to be`
`164`	`165`	# in Nixpkgs top level `pkgs` or `nixComponents2`.
	`166`	+ # The `2` suffix is here because otherwise it interferes with `nixVersions.latest`, which is used in daemon compat tests.
`165`	`167`	`nixDependencies2 =`
`166`	`168`	`lib.makeScopeWithSplicing'`
`167`	`169`	`{`