Revert "getDefaultNixPath: actually respect {restrict,pure}-eval"

This reverts commit 1cba5984a6.

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -519,7 +519,6 @@ EvalState::EvalState(
     static_assert(sizeof(Env) <= 16, "environment must be <= 16 bytes");
 
     /* Initialise the Nix expression search path. */
-    evalSettings.nixPath.setDefault(evalSettings.getDefaultNixPath());
     if (!evalSettings.pureEval) {
         for (auto & i : _searchPath) addToSearchPath(i);
         for (auto & i : evalSettings.nixPath.get()) addToSearchPath(i);
@@ -2473,35 +2472,30 @@ std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const ExternalValueBase & v) {
 
 EvalSettings::EvalSettings()
 {
+    auto var = getEnv("NIX_PATH");
+    if (var) nixPath = parseNixPath(*var);
 }
 
-/* impure => NIX_PATH or a default path
- * restrict-eval => NIX_PATH
- * pure-eval => empty
- */
 Strings EvalSettings::getDefaultNixPath()
 {
-    if (pureEval)
+    Strings res;
-        return {};
+    auto add = [&](const Path & p, const std::string & s = std::string()) {
-
+        if (pathExists(p)) {
-    auto var = getEnv("NIX_PATH");
+            if (s.empty()) {
-    if (var) {
+                res.push_back(p);
-        return parseNixPath(*var);
+            } else {
-    } else if (restrictEval) {
+                res.push_back(s + "=" + p);
-        return {};
+            }
-    } else {
+        }
-        Strings res;
+    };
-        auto add = [&](const Path & p, const std::optional<std::string> & s = std::nullopt) {
-            if (pathExists(p))
-                res.push_back(s ? *s + "=" + p : p);
-        };
 
+    if (!evalSettings.restrictEval && !evalSettings.pureEval) {
         add(settings.useXDGBaseDirectories ? getStateDir() + "/nix/defexpr/channels" : getHome() + "/.nix-defexpr/channels");
         add(settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs", "nixpkgs");
         add(settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles/per-user/root/channels");
-
-        return res;
     }
+
+    return res;
 }
 
 bool EvalSettings::isPseudoUrl(std::string_view s)

src/libexpr/eval.hh

@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ struct EvalSettings : Config
 {
     EvalSettings();
 
-    Strings getDefaultNixPath();
+    static Strings getDefaultNixPath();
 
     static bool isPseudoUrl(std::string_view s);
 
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ struct EvalSettings : Config
         "Whether builtin functions that allow executing native code should be enabled."};
 
     Setting<Strings> nixPath{
-        this, {}, "nix-path",
+        this, getDefaultNixPath(), "nix-path",
         "List of directories to be searched for `<...>` file references."};
 
     Setting<bool> restrictEval{

tests/nix_path.sh

@@ -12,8 +12,3 @@ nix-instantiate --eval -E '<by-relative-path/simple.nix>' --restrict-eval
 
 [[ $(nix-instantiate --find-file by-absolute-path/simple.nix) = $PWD/simple.nix ]]
 [[ $(nix-instantiate --find-file by-relative-path/simple.nix) = $PWD/simple.nix ]]
-
-unset NIX_PATH
-
-[[ $(nix-instantiate --option nix-path by-relative-path=. --find-file by-relative-path/simple.nix) = "$PWD/simple.nix" ]]
-[[ $(NIX_PATH= nix-instantiate --option nix-path by-relative-path=. --find-file by-relative-path/simple.nix) = "$PWD/simple.nix" ]]

tests/restricted.sh

@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ nix-instantiate --restrict-eval --eval -E 'builtins.readDir ../src/nix-channel'
 (! nix-instantiate --restrict-eval --eval -E 'let __nixPath = [ { prefix = "foo"; path = ./.; } ]; in <foo>')
 nix-instantiate --restrict-eval --eval -E 'let __nixPath = [ { prefix = "foo"; path = ./.; } ]; in <foo>' -I src=.
 
-# no default NIX_PATH
-(unset NIX_PATH; ! nix-instantiate --restrict-eval --find-file .)
-
 p=$(nix eval --raw --expr "builtins.fetchurl file://$(pwd)/restricted.sh" --impure --restrict-eval --allowed-uris "file://$(pwd)")
 cmp $p restricted.sh