# cd nixpkgs # nix-build -A tests.testers.hasPkgConfigModule { lib, testers, zlib, runCommand }: lib.recurseIntoAttrs { zlib-has-zlib = testers.hasPkgConfigModule { package = zlib; moduleName = "zlib"; }; zlib-does-not-have-ylib = runCommand "zlib-does-not-have-ylib" { failed = testers.testBuildFailure ( testers.hasPkgConfigModule { package = zlib; moduleName = "ylib"; } ); } '' echo 'it logs a relevant error message' { grep -F "pkg-config module ylib was not found" $failed/testBuildFailure.log } echo 'it logs which pkg-config modules are available, to be helpful' { # grep -v: the string zlib does also occur in a store path in an earlier message, which isn't particularly helpful grep -v "checking pkg-config module" < $failed/testBuildFailure.log \ | grep -F "zlib" } # done touch $out ''; }