Binary tarball is lacking important files

[edolstra]

Describe the bug

After the switch to the new build system, the Nix closure included in the binary tarball doesn't include important stuff like manpages, profile scripts, etc. See for example https://hydra.nixos.org/build/278193409/download/1/nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux.tar.xz.

Presumably it's packaging nix-cli rather than nix-everything. It should be the latter, but see #11864.

$ tar tvf nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux.tar.xz | grep -- -nix-
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root   3950720 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-build -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-channel -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-collect-garbage -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-copy-closure -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-daemon -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-env -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-hash -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-instantiate -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-prefetch-url -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-shell -> nix
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/bin/nix-store -> nix
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/etc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/etc/profile.d/
-rw-r--r-- root/root      3565 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
-rw-r--r-- root/root      2561 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/etc/profile.d/nix.fish
-rw-r--r-- root/root      3267 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh
-rw-r--r-- root/root      2276 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.fish
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/bash-completion/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/bash-completion/completions/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       929 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/bash-completion/completions/nix
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/fish/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/
-rw-r--r-- root/root      1538 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/nix.fish
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/zsh/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/zsh/site-functions/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       540 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/zsh/site-functions/_nix
-rw-r--r-- root/root      1065 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/share/zsh/site-functions/run-help-nix
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/lib/systemd/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/lib/systemd/system/
-rw-r--r-- root/root       235 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.socket
-rw-r--r-- root/root       462 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/lib/systemd/system/nix-daemon.service
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/lib/tmpfiles.d/
-rw-r--r-- root/root        48 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/lib/tmpfiles.d/nix-daemon.conf
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/libexec/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/libexec/nix/
lrwxrwxrwx root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/3180rc3hqk6fz6qwi17qbhfdiv2sy4jq-nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f/libexec/nix/build-remote -> ../../bin/nix
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/6izrgxdrpdq8zh909hab3pv6qwhqsg50-nix-cmd-2.26.0pre/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/6izrgxdrpdq8zh909hab3pv6qwhqsg50-nix-cmd-2.26.0pre/lib/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root   1160328 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/6izrgxdrpdq8zh909hab3pv6qwhqsg50-nix-cmd-2.26.0pre/lib/libnixcmd.so
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/95h2c6lxf6yn0x15l2igw41jhnhjhql5-nix-flake-2.26.0pre/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/95h2c6lxf6yn0x15l2igw41jhnhjhql5-nix-flake-2.26.0pre/lib/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root   1057840 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/95h2c6lxf6yn0x15l2igw41jhnhjhql5-nix-flake-2.26.0pre/lib/libnixflake.so
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/95rb374ai5i2d2raq8fpfizybp6r1znq-nix-util-2.26.0pre/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/95rb374ai5i2d2raq8fpfizybp6r1znq-nix-util-2.26.0pre/lib/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root   2350424 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/95rb374ai5i2d2raq8fpfizybp6r1znq-nix-util-2.26.0pre/lib/libnixutil.so
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/fsk7mda9g3mnzxagsnja3cfgcnjp2x66-nix-store-2.26.0pre/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/fsk7mda9g3mnzxagsnja3cfgcnjp2x66-nix-store-2.26.0pre/lib/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root   5632912 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/fsk7mda9g3mnzxagsnja3cfgcnjp2x66-nix-store-2.26.0pre/lib/libnixstore.so
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/h0d1qmcmsajyd7hy0wca1r74kb1mly75-nix-fetchers-2.26.0pre/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/h0d1qmcmsajyd7hy0wca1r74kb1mly75-nix-fetchers-2.26.0pre/lib/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root   1617488 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/h0d1qmcmsajyd7hy0wca1r74kb1mly75-nix-fetchers-2.26.0pre/lib/libnixfetchers.so
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/nn4b6ybs6c78nvv4ybv13xl6bbwry415-nix-main-2.26.0pre/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/nn4b6ybs6c78nvv4ybv13xl6bbwry415-nix-main-2.26.0pre/lib/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    399448 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/nn4b6ybs6c78nvv4ybv13xl6bbwry415-nix-main-2.26.0pre/lib/libnixmain.so
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/snrzbmr95sxbv3i49mih9q1m0ikjimk7-nix-expr-2.26.0pre/
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/snrzbmr95sxbv3i49mih9q1m0ikjimk7-nix-expr-2.26.0pre/lib/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root   3087776 1970-01-01 01:00 nix-2.26.0pre19700101_2e2198f-x86_64-linux/store/snrzbmr95sxbv3i49mih9q1m0ikjimk7-nix-expr-2.26.0pre/lib/libnixexpr.so

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[Ericson2314]

#11869 (comment) is a nice comment that tells us more about missing things turned it into #11880