nixpkgs installPhase skips runHook, hooks never run
Many nixpkgs derivations skip runHook in custom installPhase, so overrideAttrs postInstall hooks silently do not run.
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7 public reports · first reported 4 October 2026 · last reported 7 October 2026
What's going wrong
Many nixpkgs packages define a custom installPhase but never call runHook, so hooks added through overrideAttrs, such as postInstall, are silently skipped.
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