context: interface command type

This should allow caller to override the method to run in a container.

build.go

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ func Build(ctx Context, installables iter.Seq[string]) error {
 	cmd := ctx.Nix(c, CommandBuild,
 		FlagKeepGoing, FlagNoLink, FlagStdin)
 	if stdout != nil {
-		cmd.Stdout = stdout
+		cmd.Stdout(stdout)
-		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, FlagPrintBuildLogs)
+		cmd.AppendArgs(FlagPrintBuildLogs)
 	} else {
-		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, FlagQuiet)
+		cmd.AppendArgs(FlagQuiet)
 	}
 	if stderr != nil {
-		cmd.Stderr = stderr
+		cmd.Stderr(stderr)
-		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, FlagVerbose)
+		cmd.AppendArgs(FlagVerbose)
 	}
 
 	_, err := ctx.WriteStdin(cmd, installables, nil)

context.go

@@ -4,19 +4,40 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
 	"iter"
-	"os/exec"
 )
 
+// Cmd represents an external command or container being prepared to run.
+type Cmd interface {
+	Start() error
+	Wait() error
+	StdinPipe() (io.WriteCloser, error)
+	StdoutPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error)
+	StderrPipe() (io.ReadCloser, error)
+
+	Stdin(io.Reader)
+	Stdout(io.Writer)
+	Stderr(io.Writer)
+	AppendArgs(a ...string)
+	ReplaceEnv(env []string)
+}
+
 // Context holds configuration and environment information for interacting with nix.
 type Context interface {
 	// Streams returns the stdout and stderr writers held by this [Context].
 	Streams() (stdout, stderr io.Writer)
 
-	// Nix returns the [exec.Cmd] struct to execute a nix command.
+	// Nix returns an implementation of [Cmd] for running a nix command.
-	Nix(ctx context.Context, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd
+	Nix(ctx context.Context, arg ...string) Cmd
 	// WriteStdin calls [WriteStdin] for [exec.Cmd]. The function f points to is called if [WriteStdin] succeeds.
-	WriteStdin(cmd *exec.Cmd, installables iter.Seq[string], f func() error) (int, error)
+	WriteStdin(cmd Cmd, installables iter.Seq[string], f func() error) (int, error)
 
 	// Unwrap returns the stored [context.Context]
 	Unwrap() context.Context
 }
+
+// setStreams sets the stdout and stderr streams of [Cmd] according to [Context].
+func setStreams(ctx Context, cmd Cmd) {
+	stdout, stderr := ctx.Streams()
+	cmd.Stdout(stdout)
+	cmd.Stderr(stderr)
+}

copy.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-// Copy copies installables to the binary cache store.
+// Copy copies installables to [Store].
 func Copy(ctx Context, store Store, installables iter.Seq[string]) error {
 	if store == nil {
 		return os.ErrInvalid
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ func Copy(ctx Context, store Store, installables iter.Seq[string]) error {
 	cmd := ctx.Nix(c, CommandCopy,
 		FlagTo, store.String(),
 		FlagStdin)
-	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), store.Environ()...)
+	cmd.ReplaceEnv(append(os.Environ(), store.Environ()...))
 	if _, ok := store.(Local); ok {
 		// this is required for chroot stores, but does not seem to have any effect on binary cache
-		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, FlagNoCheckSigs)
+		cmd.AppendArgs(FlagNoCheckSigs)
 	}
 
-	cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = ctx.Streams()
+	setStreams(ctx, cmd)
 	_, err := ctx.WriteStdin(cmd, installables, nil)
 	return err
 }

derivation.go

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func DerivationShow(ctx Context, installables iter.Seq[string]) (DerivationMap,
 		decoder = json.NewDecoder(r)
 	}
 	if stderr != nil {
-		cmd.Stderr = stderr
+		cmd.Stderr(stderr)
 	}
 
 	var v DerivationMap

exec.go

@@ -58,17 +58,26 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, store Store, extraArgs []string, stdout, stderr io
 	}
 }
 
-func (n *nix) Nix(ctx context.Context, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+// ExecCmd wraps [exec.Cmd] and implements extra [Cmd] methods.
+type ExecCmd struct{ *exec.Cmd }
+
+func (cmd ExecCmd) Stdin(r io.Reader)       { cmd.Cmd.Stdin = r }
+func (cmd ExecCmd) Stdout(w io.Writer)      { cmd.Cmd.Stdout = w }
+func (cmd ExecCmd) Stderr(w io.Writer)      { cmd.Cmd.Stderr = w }
+func (cmd ExecCmd) AppendArgs(a ...string)  { cmd.Cmd.Args = append(cmd.Cmd.Args, a...) }
+func (cmd ExecCmd) ReplaceEnv(env []string) { cmd.Cmd.Env = env }
+
+func (n *nix) Nix(ctx context.Context, arg ...string) Cmd {
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, n.name, append(n.extra, arg...)...)
 	cmd.Cancel = func() error { return cmd.Process.Signal(os.Interrupt) }
 	cmd.WaitDelay = defaultWaitDelay
 	if n.store != nil {
 		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, n.store.Environ()...)
 	}
-	return cmd
+	return ExecCmd{cmd}
 }
 
-func (n *nix) WriteStdin(cmd *exec.Cmd, installables iter.Seq[string], f func() error) (int, error) {
+func (n *nix) WriteStdin(cmd Cmd, installables iter.Seq[string], f func() error) (int, error) {
 	w, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err

exec_stub_test.go

@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ type stubContextCommand struct {
 	nix.Context
 }
 
-func (s *stubContextCommand) Nix(ctx context.Context, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+func (s *stubContextCommand) Nix(ctx context.Context, arg ...string) nix.Cmd {
-	cmd := s.Context.Nix(ctx, arg...)
+	cmd := s.Context.Nix(ctx, arg...).(nix.ExecCmd)
 	if s.f != nil {
-		s.f(cmd)
+		s.f(cmd.Cmd)
 	}
 	return cmd
 }

exec_test.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestNixWriteStdin(t *testing.T) {
 			CredentialsPath:     "/dev/null",
 			KeyPath:             nonexistent,
 		}, nil, nil, nil)
-		cmd := ctx.Nix(t.Context(), nix.FlagVersion)
+		cmd := ctx.Nix(t.Context(), nix.FlagVersion).(nix.ExecCmd)
 
 		wantArgs := []string{
 			nix.Nix,
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ func TestNixWriteStdin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("already set", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx := nix.New(t.Context(), nil, nil, os.Stdout, os.Stderr)
-		cmd := exec.CommandContext(t.Context(), nonexistent)
+		cmd := nix.ExecCmd{Cmd: exec.CommandContext(t.Context(), nonexistent)}
-		cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+		cmd.Stdin(os.Stdin)
 		if _, err := ctx.WriteStdin(cmd, nil, nil); err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("WriteStdinCommand unexpectedly succeeded")
 		}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestNixWriteStdin(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx := newStubContext(t.Context(), nil, os.Stdout, os.Stderr)
 		c, cancel := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
 		defer cancel()
-		cmd := ctx.Nix(c, "true")
+		cmd := ctx.Nix(c, "true").(nix.ExecCmd)
 		if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Start: error = %v", err)
 		}

instantiated.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"iter"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ func (d *InstantiatedDecoder) Decode() ([]string, error) {
 // are significantly more complete than `nix-store -qR` and there does not appear to be a better way.
 type InstantiatedEvaluator struct {
 	// underlying nix program
-	cmd *exec.Cmd
+	cmd Cmd
 	// populated by Close
 	waitErr error
 	// synchronises access to waitErr
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ func NewInstantiatedEvaluator(ctx Context, installable string) (*InstantiatedEva
 	}
 
 	stdout, stderr := ctx.Streams()
-	e.cmd.Stdout = stdout
+	e.cmd.Stdout(stdout)
 
 	// verbose output ends up on stderr in the current nix implementation
 	if r, err := e.cmd.StderrPipe(); err != nil {

package.nix

@@ -3,20 +3,28 @@
   stdenv,
   buildGoModule,
   pkg-config,
+  libffi,
+  libseccomp,
 }:
 buildGoModule {
   pname = "nix-tool";
   version = "0.1.4";
   src = ./.;
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-lK9+fI8/GR2GY6X899HnoP28FuQnklYbzaiGqIkus8c=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-AUSqbsXvJvkOE0BjO6XnPTDD2NkOHY2XUbo7jZtYmd4=";
 
-  ldflags =
+  ldflags = [
-    [ "-s -w" ]
+    "-s -w"
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic [
+  ]
-      "-linkmode external"
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic [
-      "-extldflags \"-static\""
+    "-linkmode external"
-    ];
+    "-extldflags \"-static\""
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libffi
+    libseccomp
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config

sign.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func Sign(ctx Context, keyPath string, installables iter.Seq[string]) error {
 		FlagKeyFile, keyPath,
 		FlagStdin)
 
-	cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = ctx.Streams()
+	setStreams(ctx, cmd)
 	_, err := ctx.WriteStdin(cmd, installables, nil)
 	return err
 }