Nixpkgs: Infinite recursion when enabling enlightenment as DE

[numinit]

Describe the bug

I get infinite recursion when enabling enlightenment as my DE with the latest 20.03 nixpkgs:

error: while evaluating the attribute 'activationScript' of the derivation 'nixos-system-cyrus-20.03.3122.ff6fda61600' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/top-level.nix:103:5:
while evaluating the attribute 'system.activationScripts.script' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:68:9:
while evaluating 'textClosureMap' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/strings-with-deps.nix:70:35, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:89:18:
while evaluating 'id' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/trivial.nix:14:5, called from undefined position:
while evaluating the attribute 'text' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix:9:5:
while evaluating the attribute 'text' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/strings-with-deps.nix:77:38:
while evaluating the attribute 'sources' of the derivation 'etc' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/etc/etc.nix:12:5:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/system/etc/etc.nix:20:20, called from undefined position:
while evaluating the attribute 'source' at undefined position:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:84:45, called from undefined position:
while evaluating the attribute 'value' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:379:9:
while evaluating the option `environment.etc.dbus-1.source':
while evaluating the attribute 'mergedValue' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:411:5:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:413:22, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:413:9:
while evaluating 'check' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/types.nix:251:15, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:414:14:
while evaluating the attribute 'serviceDirectories' of the derivation 'dbus-1' at /nix/store/bhbwzy0p7jhpnxy0ivax9ck9sx3kk1lh-nixos-20.03.3122.ff6fda61600/nixos/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix:7:14:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/types.nix:263:14, called from undefined position:
while evaluating the attribute 'value' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:425:27:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:413:22, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:413:9:
while evaluating 'check' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/types.nix:251:15, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/modules.nix:414:14:
while evaluating the attribute 'passAsFile' of the derivation 'system-path' at /nix/store/bhbwzy0p7jhpnxy0ivax9ck9sx3kk1lh-nixos-20.03.3122.ff6fda61600/nixos/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix:7:14:
while evaluating the attribute 'buildCommand' of the derivation 'desktops' at /nix/store/bhbwzy0p7jhpnxy0ivax9ck9sx3kk1lh-nixos-20.03.3122.ff6fda61600/nixos/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix:7:14:
while evaluating 'concatMapStrings' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/lib/strings.nix:31:25, called from /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix:124:9:
while evaluating anonymous function at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix:124:27, called from undefined position:
while evaluating the attribute 'text' of the derivation 'Enlightenment-xsession' at /nix/store/bhbwzy0p7jhpnxy0ivax9ck9sx3kk1lh-nixos-20.03.3122.ff6fda61600/nixos/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix:7:14:
while evaluating the attribute 'text' of the derivation 'xsession' at /nix/store/bhbwzy0p7jhpnxy0ivax9ck9sx3kk1lh-nixos-20.03.3122.ff6fda61600/nixos/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders.nix:7:14:
while evaluating the attribute 'start' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/default.nix:73:11:
while evaluating the attribute 'start' at /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix:55:7:
infinite recursion encountered, at undefined position

To Reproduce

services.xserver.desktopManager.enlightenment.enable = true;

Expected behavior
Enlightenment works

Additional context
Used to work in a previous 20.03 nixpkgs...

Notify maintainers

Metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 5.4.56-ck1, NixOS, 20.03.2913.4bd1938e03e (Markhor)
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.3.6
• channels(root): "nixos-20.03.3122.ff6fda61600, unstable-21.03pre246543.24c9b05ac53"
• nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos

Maintainer information:

# a list of nixpkgs attributes affected by the problem
attribute: enlightenment
# a list of nixos modules affected by the problem
module: services.xserver.desktopManager

[numinit]

related to #87678 maybe?

[numinit]

@romildo have you seen this?

[veprbl]

Duplicate of #100464

[romildo]

@romildo have you seen this?

See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/8fa9a8aa02298d738d552cc36af2e816cf03badb