Merge branch 'master' into simplify-util-url

Author: xokdvium

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v31
+      with:
+        install_url: "https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.29.1/install"
     - run: nix --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' flake show --all-systems --json
 
   tests:
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v31
       with:
+        install_url: "https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.29.1/install"
         # The sandbox would otherwise be disabled by default on Darwin
         extra_nix_config: |
           sandbox = true

doc/manual/source/package-management/garbage-collector-roots.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $ ln -s /nix/store/d718ef...-foo /nix/var/nix/gcroots/bar
 That is, after this command, the garbage collector will not remove
 `/nix/store/d718ef...-foo` or any of its dependencies.
 
-Subdirectories of `prefix/nix/var/nix/gcroots` are also searched for
-symlinks. Symlinks to non-store paths are followed and searched for
-roots, but symlinks to non-store paths *inside* the paths reached in
-that way are not followed to prevent infinite recursion.
+Subdirectories of `prefix/nix/var/nix/gcroots` are searched
+recursively. Symlinks to store paths count as roots. Symlinks to
+non-store paths are ignored, unless the non-store path is itself a
+symlink to a store path.

src/libstore/unix/user-lock.cc

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ bool useBuildUsers()
     #ifdef __linux__
     static bool b = (settings.buildUsersGroup != "" || settings.autoAllocateUids) && isRootUser();
     return b;
-    #elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__FreeBSD__)
+    #elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
     static bool b = settings.buildUsersGroup != "" && isRootUser();
     return b;
     #else