From f34c2fba39acd2544635e2b847214ce3aa2c1a27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:12:58 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] rename base -> decl (easily confusable)

---
 cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix b/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
index f3cf38a..ea8997e 100644
--- a/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@
       Cerulean Nexus config must be provided as an attribute set, got "${typeOf nexus}" instead!
       Ensure the `nexus` declaration is an attribute set under your call to `cerulean.mkNexus`.
     ''; let
-      base = nt.projectOnto templateNexus nexus;
+      decl = nt.projectOnto templateNexus nexus;
     in
       # XXX: TODO: create a different version of nt.projectOnto that can actually
       # XXX: TODO: handle applying a transformation to the result of each datapoint
-      base
+      decl
       // {
-        groups = parseGroupDecl base.groups;
+        groups = parseGroupDecl decl.groups;
       };
 
   parseDecl = outputsBuilder: let

From 232837d34adcab3dc70e08fc492c158d83b63d20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:13:05 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] update TODO

---
 TODO.md | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 5536d7f..1dde662 100755
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 - [ ] allow multiple privesc methods, the standard is pam_ssh_agent_auth
 
 ## Low Priority
-- [ ] rename extraModules to modules?
-- [ ] rename specialArgs to args?
+- [X] rename extraModules to modules?
+- [X] rename specialArgs to args?
 
 - [ ] make an extension to the nix module system (different to mix)
       that allows transformations (ie a stop post config, ie outputs, which
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 - [ ] rewrite the ceru cli in rust
 - [ ] make `ceru` do local and remote deployments
 
+- [ ] support `legacyImports` 
+
 ```nix
 # REF: foxora
 vms = {

From 18e1a2c8909b84cc2199533f3d5b76ddcefc6b0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:13:36 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] don't add pkgs to _module.args

---
 cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix b/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix
index b43dbbc..5475e0b 100644
--- a/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ in {
   in {
     # NOTE: _module.args is a special option that allows us to
     # NOTE: set extend specialArgs from inside the modules.
-    _module.args = repos;
+    # WARNING: pkgs is a reserved specialArg
+    _module.args = removeAttrs repos ["pkgs"];
 
     nixpkgs =
       if contextName == "hosts"

From d5211287bd3cb96078f2053488d67d557848a8f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: _cry64 <them@dobutterfliescry.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:13:43 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] TEMP: use base

---
 cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix b/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix
index 5475e0b..0376f47 100644
--- a/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 {
+  base,
   lib,
   system,
   config,
@@ -78,13 +79,11 @@ in {
 
     nixpkgs =
       if contextName == "hosts"
-      then
-        # DEBUG: defaultPkgs
-        {
-          flake.source = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.source or null);
-          overlays = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.overlays or {});
-          config = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.config or {});
-        }
+      then {
+        flake.source = lib.mkOverride 200 base; # DEBUG: temp while getting base to work
+        overlays = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.overlays or {});
+        config = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.config or {});
+      }
       else if contextName == "homes"
       then {
         config = lib.mkOverride 200 (defaultPkgs.config or {});