From f16f74b4d5aacff05040176fae5f2a796726d2de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:13:35 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] IM FUCKING SISYPHUS

---
 cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix               |  1 +
 cerulean/nixos-module/default.nix      |  5 +--
 cerulean/nixos-module/home-manager.nix | 10 +++++-
 cerulean/nixos-module/nixpkgs.nix      | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix b/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
index ae8fe38..7466bb8 100644
--- a/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ in {
                 // {
                   inherit root specialArgs;
                   inherit (node) system;
+                  _deploy-rs = deploy-rs;
                 };
             in
               specialArgs;
diff --git a/cerulean/nixos-module/default.nix b/cerulean/nixos-module/default.nix
index d657021..f15b236 100644
--- a/cerulean/nixos-module/default.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nixos-module/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 {
   root,
-  deploy-rs,
+  system,
+  _deploy-rs,
   ...
 } @ args: {
   imports = [
@@ -26,6 +27,6 @@
   ];
 
   environment.systemPackages = [
-    deploy-rs.packages.default
+    _deploy-rs.packages.${system}.default
   ];
 }
diff --git a/cerulean/nixos-module/home-manager.nix b/cerulean/nixos-module/home-manager.nix
index 4c41280..e693ac9 100644
--- a/cerulean/nixos-module/home-manager.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nixos-module/home-manager.nix
@@ -32,10 +32,18 @@ in {
       |> filter (x: pathExists (root + "/homes/${x}"))
       |> (x: lib.genAttrs x (y: import (root + "/homes/${y}")));
 
-    extraSpecialArgs = specialArgs;
+    # extraSpecialArgs = specialArgs;
     sharedModules = [
+      # user configuration
+      # (import (root + "/nixpkgs.nix"))
       (import (root + "/nixpkgs.nix"))
+      # options declarations
+      # (import ./nixpkgs.nix (args // {contextName = "homes";}))
       (import ./nixpkgs.nix (args // {contextName = "homes";}))
     ];
+
+    # disable home-manager trying anything fancy
+    # we control the pkgs now!!
+    # useGlobalPkgs = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/cerulean/nixos-module/nixpkgs.nix b/cerulean/nixos-module/nixpkgs.nix
index 9db5d3d..c5a97f7 100644
--- a/cerulean/nixos-module/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nixos-module/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -66,25 +66,49 @@ in {
       decl
       |> mapAttrs (
         name: args:
-          assert args ? source
-          || abort ''
-            ${toString ./.}
-            `nixpkgs.channels.${contextName}.${name} missing required attribute "source"`
-          '';
-            ((removeAttrs args ["source"])
-              // {inherit system;})
-            |> import args.source
-            |> lib.mkOverride 200
+          lib.mkForce (
+            # builtins.trace "SAVE ME GOT NAME: ${name}" (
+            assert args ? source
+            || abort ''
+              ${toString ./.}
+              `nixpkgs.channels.${contextName}.${name}` missing required attribute "source"
+            '';
+              ((removeAttrs args ["source"])
+                // {inherit system;})
+              |> import args.source
+            # DEBUG: |> lib.mkOverride 200
+          )
+        # )
       );
   in {
     # NOTE: _module.args is a special option that allows us to
     # NOTE: set extend specialArgs from inside the modules.
     # "pkgs" is unique since the nix module system already handles it
-    _module.args = removeAttrs repos ["pkgs"];
+    # DEBUG: _module.args = lib.mkOverride 200 (
+    # _module.args = (
+    #   if contextName == "hosts"
+    #   then repos
+    #   else
+    #     assert (
+    #       repos
+    #       |> builtins.attrNames
+    #       |> map (x: "\"${x}\"")
+    #       |> builtins.concatStringsSep " "
+    #       |> (x: "FUCK YOU SO BAD: { ${x} }")
+    #       |> abort
+    #     );
+    #       removeAttrs repos ["pkgs"]
+    # );
+    _module.args = repos;
 
     nixpkgs =
       if contextName == "hosts"
       then {flake.source = lib.mkIf (decl ? pkgs) (lib.mkOverride 200 decl.pkgs.source);}
+      else if contextName == "homes"
+      then {
+        config = decl.pkgs.config or {};
+        overlays = decl.pkgs.overlays or {};
+      }
       else {};
   };
 }