Static binary build fails

[Yethal]

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (leave only one on its own line)

/kind bug

Description

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

2. git clone https://github.com/containers/podman.git && cd podman

3. nix --experimental-features nix-command build -f nix/

Describe the results you received:
Following error message is displayed:

error: builder for '/nix/store/jb63gx4wwr661p3vbg2k6500haada84g-go-1.16.5.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 10 log lines:
       > ok   cmd/link/internal/benchmark     0.100s
       > ok      cmd/link/internal/ld    5.326s
       > ok      cmd/link/internal/loader        0.128s
       > ok      cmd/nm  4.191s
       > ok      cmd/objdump     5.627s
       > ok      cmd/pack        3.358s
       > ok      cmd/trace       0.346s
       > ok      cmd/vet 10.944s
       > FAIL
       > go tool dist: Failed: exit status 1
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/jb63gx4wwr661p3vbg2k6500haada84g-go-1.16.5.drv'.
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/kv1h26x4raxdf6i2166gk1lkdxcq5ig7-podman.drv' failed to build

Describe the results you expected:
Working podman binary

Additional information you deem important (e.g. issue happens only occasionally):

Additional environment details (AWS, VirtualBox, physical, etc.):
Ubuntu 20.04 server, baremetal

[Yethal]

nix log:

@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "unpackPhase" }
unpacking sources
unpacking source archive /nix/store/d7i2z4z5i4qlkxf2kg6fq4dpp7ilpkrz-go1.16.5.src.tar.gz
source root is go
setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to timestamp 1622741026 of file go/VERSION
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "patchPhase" }
patching sources
patching script interpreter paths in ./
./lib/time/update.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/bin/bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./misc/arm/a: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./misc/cgo/fortran/test.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./misc/wasm/go_js_wasm_exec: interpreter directive changed from "#!/bin/bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./misc/ios/clangwrap.sh: interpreter directive changed from "#!/bin/sh" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/sh"
./src/run.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/cmd/go/testdata/failssh/ssh: interpreter directive changed from "#!/bin/sh" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/sh"
./src/cmd/go/mkalldocs.sh: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/gen/cover.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/clean.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/all.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/net/http/cgi/testdata/test.cgi: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/bootstrap.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/regexp/syntax/make_perl_groups.pl: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/buildall.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/syscall/mkerrors.sh: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/syscall/mksysnum_dragonfly.pl: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/syscall/mksyscall.pl: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/syscall/mksysctl_openbsd.pl: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/syscall/mksysnum_freebsd.pl: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/syscall/mkall.sh: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/syscall/mksyscall_libc.pl: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/syscall/mksysnum_linux.pl: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/syscall/mksysnum_openbsd.pl: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/syscall/mksysnum_netbsd.pl: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env perl" to "/nix/store/n7hbdyp3bsmdxy2lcxivaxnq4nv8ndv3-perl-5.32.1/bin/perl"
./src/syscall/mksysnum_plan9.sh: interpreter directive changed from "#!/bin/sh" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/sh"
./src/race.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/make.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
./src/internal/trace/mkcanned.bash: interpreter directive changed from "#!/usr/bin/env bash" to "/nix/store/xvvgw9sb8wk6d2c0j3ybn7sll67s3s4z-bash-4.4-p23/bin/bash"
applying patch /nix/store/x48d0s4gns4jrck6qkwrpqn7nh9ygpx6-remove-tools-1.11.patch
patching file src/go/build/build.go
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1967 (offset 259 lines).
patching file src/runtime/extern.go
Hunk #1 succeeded at 240 (offset 11 lines).
applying patch /nix/store/1wxnz5npl05sahb5iv5q4azg2rk59kz5-ssl-cert-file-1.16.patch
patching file src/crypto/x509/root.go
Hunk #1 succeeded at 10 with fuzz 2 (offset 4 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 28 (offset 4 lines).
applying patch /nix/store/hyif3rqf4kgbzbqkrv3bjspn0r8s5pl6-remove-test-pie-1.15.patch
patching file src/cmd/dist/test.go
Hunk #1 succeeded at 602 (offset 18 lines).
applying patch /nix/store/39bjxj20rygi2zlx6zscv38jxh2k7nkl-creds-test.patch
patching file src/syscall/creds_test.go
applying patch /nix/store/bb1yc64b2c5pdnd2bgfzxccvzh0svz9f-go-1.9-skip-flaky-19608.patch
patching file src/net/http/serve_test.go
Hunk #1 succeeded at 5711 with fuzz 1 (offset 350 lines).
applying patch /nix/store/fd7qxbzzcbp02xn1dwkd7pj22mcsx13l-go-1.9-skip-flaky-20072.patch
patching file src/sync/waitgroup_test.go
Hunk #2 succeeded at 89 (offset 15 lines).
applying patch /nix/store/4vqgx07v9xywvmgmdzk87561y734vm8n-skip-external-network-tests-1.16.patch
patching file src/internal/testenv/testenv.go
patching file src/net/dial_test.go
applying patch /nix/store/hm2jzy93m5sl48alp2dhklz2b592dn9b-skip-nohup-tests.patch
patching file src/os/signal/signal_test.go
Hunk #1 succeeded at 278 (offset 61 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 397 with fuzz 2 (offset 89 lines).
applying patch /nix/store/92qy0wn9289a1id4c5byc2mqc6v6xas2-skip-cgo-tests-1.15.patch
patching file src/cmd/dist/test.go
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1138 with fuzz 1 (offset 2 lines).
applying patch /nix/store/1cwv8hmzzn9s9b7rcvpymk6z6gm0c64p-go_no_vendor_checks-1.16.patch
patching file src/cmd/go/internal/modload/vendor.go
applying patch /nix/store/amwcfcjv3bnmrfnfchhf8n60f93irkr9-skip-test-extra-files-on-386-1.14.patch
patching file src/os/exec/exec_test.go
Hunk #1 succeeded at 612 (offset -15 lines).
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "configurePhase" }
configuring
no configure script, doing nothing
core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority             (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 111592
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 65536
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 1024
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority              (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 111592
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "buildPhase" }
building
no Makefile, doing nothing
Building Go cmd/dist using /nix/store/rnr52qha2pix890abwh3dqg2q2985pm0-go-bootstrap/share/go. (go1.16 linux/amd64)
Building Go toolchain1 using /nix/store/rnr52qha2pix890abwh3dqg2q2985pm0-go-bootstrap/share/go.
Building Go bootstrap cmd/go (go_bootstrap) using Go toolchain1.
Building Go toolchain2 using go_bootstrap and Go toolchain1.
Building Go toolchain3 using go_bootstrap and Go toolchain2.
Building packages and commands for linux/amd64.
---
Installed Go for linux/amd64 in /build/go
Installed commands in /build/go/bin

The binaries expect /build/go to be copied or moved to /nix/store/7qcz2p6b20bn77lxf33qsfqp3d4g0yir-go-1.16.5/share/go
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "checkPhase" }
running tests

##### Testing packages.
ok      archive/tar     0.041s
ok      archive/zip     0.215s
ok      bufio   0.071s
ok      bytes   0.774s
ok      compress/bzip2  0.069s
ok      compress/flate  0.556s
ok      compress/gzip   0.075s
ok      compress/lzw    0.085s
ok      compress/zlib   0.453s
ok      container/heap  0.015s
ok      container/list  0.012s
ok      container/ring  0.009s
ok      context 0.092s
ok      crypto  0.004s
ok      crypto/aes      0.018s
ok      crypto/cipher   0.025s
ok      crypto/des      0.017s
ok      crypto/dsa      0.022s
ok      crypto/ecdsa    0.196s
ok      crypto/ed25519  0.055s
ok      crypto/elliptic 0.107s
ok      crypto/hmac     0.021s
ok      crypto/internal/subtle  0.038s
ok      crypto/md5      0.018s
ok      crypto/rand     0.025s
ok      crypto/rc4      0.030s
ok      crypto/rsa      0.084s
ok      crypto/sha1     0.037s
ok      crypto/sha256   0.027s
ok      crypto/sha512   0.019s
ok      crypto/subtle   0.017s
ok      crypto/tls      0.884s
ok      crypto/x509     0.408s
ok      database/sql    0.698s
ok      database/sql/driver     0.020s
ok      debug/dwarf     0.031s
ok      debug/elf       0.076s
ok      debug/gosym     0.051s
ok      debug/macho     0.033s
ok      debug/pe        0.064s
ok      debug/plan9obj  0.015s
ok      embed/internal/embedtest        0.010s
ok      encoding/ascii85        0.005s
ok      encoding/asn1   0.033s
ok      encoding/base32 0.032s
ok      encoding/base64 0.016s
ok      encoding/binary 0.031s
ok      encoding/csv    0.019s
ok      encoding/gob    0.040s
ok      encoding/hex    0.028s
ok      encoding/json   0.312s
ok      encoding/pem    0.048s
ok      encoding/xml    0.069s
ok      errors  0.026s
ok      expvar  0.042s
ok      flag    0.178s
ok      fmt     0.066s
ok      go/ast  0.059s
ok      go/build        1.099s
ok      go/build/constraint     0.039s
ok      go/constant     0.032s
ok      go/doc  0.070s
ok      go/format       0.039s
ok      go/importer     0.120s
ok      go/internal/gccgoimporter       0.059s
ok      go/internal/gcimporter  2.543s
ok      go/internal/srcimporter 9.236s
ok      go/parser       0.050s
ok      go/printer      0.267s
ok      go/scanner      0.056s
ok      go/token        0.031s
ok      go/types        1.650s
ok      hash    0.032s
ok      hash/adler32    0.060s
ok      hash/crc32      0.025s
ok      hash/crc64      0.047s
ok      hash/fnv        0.009s
ok      hash/maphash    0.109s
ok      html    0.039s
ok      html/template   0.096s
ok      image   0.053s
ok      image/color     0.052s
ok      image/draw      0.057s
ok      image/gif       0.318s
ok      image/jpeg      0.169s
ok      image/png       0.078s
ok      index/suffixarray       0.117s
ok      internal/cpu    0.106s
ok      internal/execabs        0.014s
ok      internal/fmtsort        0.044s
ok      internal/poll   0.057s
ok      internal/profile        0.032s
ok      internal/reflectlite    0.094s
ok      internal/singleflight   0.024s
ok      internal/trace  0.050s
ok      internal/unsafeheader   0.035s
ok      internal/xcoff  0.038s
ok      io      0.080s
ok      io/fs   0.010s
ok      io/ioutil       0.045s
ok      log     0.029s
ok      log/syslog      1.210s
ok      math    0.038s
ok      math/big        0.940s
ok      math/bits       0.018s
ok      math/cmplx      0.035s
ok      math/rand       0.310s
ok      mime    0.019s
ok      mime/multipart  0.184s
ok      mime/quotedprintable    0.026s
ok      net     3.586s
ok      net/http        7.498s
ok      net/http/cgi    0.773s
ok      net/http/cookiejar      0.082s
ok      net/http/fcgi   0.037s
ok      net/http/httptest       0.099s
ok      net/http/httptrace      0.016s
ok      net/http/httputil       0.088s
ok      net/http/internal       0.029s
ok      net/http/pprof  5.101s
ok      net/internal/socktest   0.032s
ok      net/mail        0.049s
ok      net/rpc 0.057s
ok      net/rpc/jsonrpc 0.008s
ok      net/smtp        0.038s
ok      net/textproto   0.049s
ok      net/url 0.029s
--- FAIL: TestChown (0.00s)
    os_unix_test.go:58: gid: 100
    os_unix_test.go:70: groups:  [65534 65534 65534 65534 65534 65534 65534 100]
    os_unix_test.go:73: chown /tmp/_Go_TestChown2337291411 -1 65534: chown /tmp/_Go_TestChown2337291411: invalid argument
--- FAIL: TestFileChown (0.00s)
    os_unix_test.go:101: gid: 100
    os_unix_test.go:113: groups:  [65534 65534 65534 65534 65534 65534 65534 100]
    os_unix_test.go:116: fchown /tmp/_Go_TestFileChown1214913487 -1 65534: chown /tmp/_Go_TestFileChown1214913487: invalid argument
--- FAIL: TestLchown (0.00s)
    os_unix_test.go:153: gid: 100
    os_unix_test.go:168: groups:  [65534 65534 65534 65534 65534 65534 65534 100]
    os_unix_test.go:171: lchown /tmp/_Go_TestLchown35747462652 -1 65534: lchown /tmp/_Go_TestLchown35747462652: invalid argument
FAIL
FAIL    os      0.755s
ok      os/exec 1.688s
ok      os/signal       4.272s
ok      os/user 0.013s
ok      path    0.016s
ok      path/filepath   0.037s
ok      plugin  0.012s
ok      reflect 0.227s
ok      regexp  0.108s
ok      regexp/syntax   0.252s
ok      runtime 47.692s
ok      runtime/debug   0.082s
ok      runtime/internal/atomic 0.035s
ok      runtime/internal/math   0.020s
ok      runtime/internal/sys    0.044s
ok      runtime/metrics 0.021s
ok      runtime/pprof   7.817s
ok      runtime/race    0.411s
ok      runtime/trace   0.706s
ok      sort    0.081s
ok      strconv 0.363s
ok      strings 0.635s
ok      sync    0.493s
ok      sync/atomic     0.099s
ok      syscall 0.292s
ok      testing 0.844s
ok      testing/fstest  0.011s
ok      testing/iotest  0.037s
ok      testing/quick   0.078s
ok      text/scanner    0.059s
ok      text/tabwriter  0.016s
ok      text/template   0.063s
ok      text/template/parse     0.021s
ok      time    1.766s
ok      unicode 0.016s
ok      unicode/utf16   0.043s
ok      unicode/utf8    0.020s
ok      cmd/addr2line   3.560s
ok      cmd/api 3.235s
ok      cmd/asm/internal/asm    0.875s
ok      cmd/asm/internal/lex    0.078s
ok      cmd/compile     9.195s
ok      cmd/compile/internal/gc 17.751s
ok      cmd/compile/internal/logopt     1.265s
ok      cmd/compile/internal/ssa        0.902s
ok      cmd/compile/internal/syntax     0.021s
ok      cmd/compile/internal/test       0.028s
ok      cmd/compile/internal/types      0.047s
ok      cmd/cover       2.248s
ok      cmd/doc 0.111s
ok      cmd/fix 2.884s
ok      cmd/go  25.585s
ok      cmd/go/internal/auth    0.039s
ok      cmd/go/internal/cache   0.176s
ok      cmd/go/internal/fsys    0.046s
ok      cmd/go/internal/generate        0.054s
ok      cmd/go/internal/get     0.046s
ok      cmd/go/internal/imports 0.063s
ok      cmd/go/internal/load    0.072s
ok      cmd/go/internal/lockedfile      0.257s
ok      cmd/go/internal/lockedfile/internal/filelock    0.075s
ok      cmd/go/internal/modconv 0.021s
ok      cmd/go/internal/modfetch        0.058s
ok      cmd/go/internal/modfetch/codehost       0.010s
ok      cmd/go/internal/modfetch/zip_sum_test   0.058s
ok      cmd/go/internal/modload 0.044s
ok      cmd/go/internal/mvs     0.033s
ok      cmd/go/internal/par     0.064s
ok      cmd/go/internal/renameio        0.161s
ok      cmd/go/internal/search  0.035s
ok      cmd/go/internal/str     0.031s
ok      cmd/go/internal/test    0.046s
ok      cmd/go/internal/txtar   0.028s
ok      cmd/go/internal/vcs     0.026s
ok      cmd/go/internal/web     0.064s
ok      cmd/go/internal/work    0.044s
ok      cmd/gofmt       0.063s
ok      cmd/internal/archive    2.200s
ok      cmd/internal/buildid    0.229s
ok      cmd/internal/dwarf      0.051s
ok      cmd/internal/edit       0.083s
ok      cmd/internal/goobj      0.058s
ok      cmd/internal/moddeps    1.646s
ok      cmd/internal/obj        0.072s
ok      cmd/internal/obj/ppc64  0.160s
ok      cmd/internal/obj/riscv  0.149s
ok      cmd/internal/obj/s390x  0.037s
ok      cmd/internal/obj/x86    0.617s
ok      cmd/internal/objabi     0.013s
ok      cmd/internal/pkgpath    0.114s
ok      cmd/internal/src        0.016s
ok      cmd/internal/sys        0.015s
ok      cmd/internal/test2json  0.134s
ok      cmd/link        14.946s
ok      cmd/link/internal/benchmark     0.100s
ok      cmd/link/internal/ld    5.326s
ok      cmd/link/internal/loader        0.128s
ok      cmd/nm  4.191s
ok      cmd/objdump     5.627s
ok      cmd/pack        3.358s
ok      cmd/trace       0.346s
ok      cmd/vet 10.944s
FAIL
go tool dist: Failed: exit status 1

[rhatdan]

Upstream does not controll how we build on downstream platforms. I don't see this as a Podman issue.

[Yethal]

Static compilation is listed as valid installation method in official Podman docs
https://podman.io/getting-started/installation

[rhatdan]

Sure but it is up to community to figure out why it is broken on different distributions. Upstream maintainers only work on a select few distros.

[afbjorklund]

The podman project only supports static builds of the client (podman-remote), not of the server (podman)

https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/latest

You can find some workarounds for the failing Nix build (sandbox issue with Go) in: #8788 (comment)

You can file a bug with NixOS/nixpkgs perhaps, or use the .deb package for Ubuntu 20.04 from Kubic ?

https://podman.io/getting-started/installation#ubuntu

EDIT: the original nix bug from 2019 is still open

[Luap99]

AFAIK The static nix build in the podman repo is currently unmaintained. We removed the CI job since nobody fixed the failures. I think you have better luck with the official podman nix package: https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=21.11&show=podman&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=podman

[Yethal]

@Luap99 Does the official nix package produce static binaries as well?

[Luap99]

nix only builds static binaries AFAIK

[github-actions]

A friendly reminder that this issue had no activity for 30 days.

[rhatdan]

Since this is not supported upstream I am closing.

[Luap99]

If we do not want to support this and there is no one from the community we should remove it.

[rhatdan]

I agree, I also think a static Podman makes little sence, since Podman relies on so many other programs to be able to run properly. It is not a standalone application.
You need, conmon, OCI Runtime (crun, runc, kata ...), newuidmap, newgidmap, containers-common, container-network-stack (cni or netavark), container-selinux, slirp4netns ...

[afbjorklund]

The other container runtimes provide an all-in-one tarball, it is not fully static but it does include e.g. runc and containerd

Example: nerdctl-full.tgz

[rhatdan]

Well if someone in community is interested in maintaining that then they are welcome to it. But if it is just going to be a source os issues, with mismatched versions, then it is more of a pain. Running a container image from a distribution is a simpler solution if people want to try newer versions of XYZ container engine.

[afbjorklund]

Yes, probably best to remove the old nix files from the git repository if they are not working (or being tested) anyway.