WIP: Rethink --build-on-target meaning in custom activation #44

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raito commented 2026-02-07 20:34:43 +00:00

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Implements https://zulip.afnix.fr/#narrow/channel/15-arcana/topic/rethinking.20.60--build-on-target.60/with/22962 and repair weird behaviors people have been seeing 1.

Implements https://zulip.afnix.fr/#narrow/channel/15-arcana/topic/rethinking.20.60--build-on-target.60/with/22962 and repair weird behaviors people have been seeing [1]. [1]: https://zulip.afnix.fr/#narrow/channel/4-infra/topic/cross-arch.20deployment.20.2F.20what.20to.20do.20about.20.22weird.20containers.22/with/20725

raito added 5 commits 2026-02-07 20:34:43 +00:00

ci: init ... c5552be28b

I'm trying v14.0.0 Forgejo's matrix feature, I hope it works.

Signed-off-by: Raito Bezarius <masterancpp@gmail.com>

flake: restrict to major systems ... 12915be13b

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disable flakes tests ... 4b8e67d19c

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Revert "nix/host/custom: realize should just call build without remote building" ... 1bbeacdeef

This reverts commit 81879360a4.

Revert "nix/deployment: call host build implementation" ... 8bc71c24cf

This reverts commit 322da59058.

raito added 4 commits 2026-02-07 22:42:30 +00:00

command/apply: introduce --no-custom-activation ... c948b4aba4

This overrides any per-node setting that makes use of custom activation
via `activationProgram` and more and disable it.

This is useful if your target is actually a NixOS system and you can
just deploy it to it using built-in NixOS activation.

Signed-off-by: Raito Bezarius <masterancpp@gmail.com>

integration-tests/custom-activation/arcana-gundam-server: init ... 79069ed178

This is an instrumented fake activation server for testing custom
activation in CI.

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integration-tests/custom-activation: init ... e3c78c597d

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arcana/hive/opts/activationProgram: relax type ... e59226bec7

Asking for an absolute path is super annoying for $PATH based lookups.

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raito added 1 commit 2026-02-07 22:57:13 +00:00

nix/deployment: call host build impl under custom activation ... 9141464576

This is a retake of 322da590 which doesn't cripple the rest of Arcana
functionalities.

We call the host build impl iff we are under custom activation.

Signed-off-by: Raito Bezarius <masterancpp@gmail.com>

raito added 3 commits 2026-02-08 01:02:01 +00:00

Reapply "nix/host/custom: realize should just call build without remote building" ... bdc9b6a5a3

This reverts commit 1bbeacdeef.

integration-tests/custom-activation: assert more data ... 6f946cfdd0

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arcana/custom-activation: perform gRPC over stdin/stdout ... c13addb997

No more server URI!

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raito force-pushed build-on-target from c13addb997 to 65057f1a70 2026-02-08 01:24:40 +00:00 Compare

raito force-pushed build-on-target from 65057f1a70 to 44a8c506a3 2026-02-08 01:54:08 +00:00 Compare

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