lost-overrideattrs.nix

let
  test-dependency = { stdenv }:
    stdenv.mkDerivation {
      name = "test-dependency";
      # This will be overriden using `.overrideAttrs`
      buildInputs = [ (throw "Should not throw") ];
      installPhase = ''
        echo ok > $out
      '';
      unpackPhase = ":";
    }
  ;
  test-dependency-too = { runCommandNoCC }:
    runCommandNoCC "test-dependency-too" {
      # This will be overriden using `.overrideAttrs`
      buildInputs = [ (throw "Should not throw") ];
    } ''
        echo ok > $out
      ''
  ;

  pkgs = import ./. {
    overlays = [
      (self: super: {
        test-dependency = self.callPackage test-dependency {};
        test-dependency-too = self.callPackage test-dependency-too {};
      })
    ];
  };
in

{

  # a_ = pkgs.test-dependency
  #   .overrideAttrs(_: { /* verify it fails as expected */ })
  # ;
  aa = pkgs.test-dependency
    .overrideAttrs(_: { buildInputs = []; })
  ;
  ab = pkgs.pkgsCross.aarch64-multiplatform.test-dependency
    .overrideAttrs(_: { buildInputs = []; })
  ;
  /*
  # Why is this failing?
  ac = pkgs.pkgsStatic.test-dependency
    .overrideAttrs(_: { buildInputs = []; })
  ;
  /* */

  # b_ = pkgs.test-dependency-too
  #   .overrideAttrs(_: { /* verify it fails as expected */ })
  # ;
  ba = pkgs.test-dependency-too
    .overrideAttrs(_: { buildInputs = []; })
  ;
  bb = pkgs.pkgsCross.aarch64-multiplatform.test-dependency-too
    .overrideAttrs(_: { buildInputs = []; })
  ;
  # And why is this one not failing?
  bc = pkgs.pkgsStatic.test-dependency-too
    .overrideAttrs(_: { buildInputs = []; })
  ;
}