[Backport staging-26.05] nixVersions.nix_2_35: init at 2.35.2

[Mic92]

I dropped the removeFunctionalTests/commonDisabledTests wrapper around src, since these helpers do not exist on release-26.05 and set nixVersions.latest to 2.35.

Needs staging because of boost patches.

PRs backported

• nixVersions.latest: 2.34.8 -> 2.35.1 #541662 (nixVersions.latest: 2.34.8 -> 2.35.1) and nixVersions.nix_2_35: 2.35.1 -> 2.35.2 #552079 (nixVersions.nix_2_35: 2.35.1 -> 2.35.2)

Things done

• Built on platform:
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • aarch64-darwin
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS tests in nixos/tests.
  • Package tests at passthru.tests.
  • Tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test for functions and "core" functionality.
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• Tested basic functionality of all binary files, usually in ./result/bin/.
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• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md, pkgs/README.md, maintainers/README.md and other READMEs.
• Follows the automation/AI policy.

Built nixVersions.nix_2_35 on x86_64-linux

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Backport prepared with Claude Code (claude-opus-5): cherry-picks, conflict resolution.

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@@ Metadata
  ## Commit message ##
     nixVersions.latest: 2.34.8 -> 2.35.1
 
+    Changelog: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/releases/tag/2.35.1
+
+    (cherry picked from commit f6ec6d2e354033a69bd661551aa941b7a284eef8)
+
+    Backport note: dropped the removeFunctionalTests/commonDisabledTests
+    wrapper around src, since these darwin test-disabling helpers do not
+    exist on release-26.05.
+
+    Assisted-by: Claude Code (claude-opus-5)
+
  ## pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix ##
 @@ pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix: lib.makeExtensible (
  
@@ pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix: lib.makeExtensible (
 +          version = "2.35.1";
 +          inherit teams;
 +          otherSplices = generateSplicesForNixComponents "nixComponents_2_35";
-+          src = removeFunctionalTests commonDisabledTests (fetchFromGitHub {
++          src = fetchFromGitHub {
 +            owner = "NixOS";
 +            repo = "nix";
 +            tag = version;
 +            hash = "sha256-ldhnx4+Ya3OfRT9Sh7Nzk+H+9D3CjonomPBjGSfXdJk=";
-+          });
++          };
 +        }).appendPatches
 +          [ ];
 +
 +      nix_2_35 = addTests "nix_2_35" self.nixComponents_2_35.nix-everything;
 +
        nixComponents_git =
-         let
-           src = fetchFromGitHub {
+         (nixDependencies.callPackage ./modular/packages.nix rec {
+           version = "2.35pre20260504_${lib.substring 0 8 src.rev}";
 @@ pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix: lib.makeExtensible (
  
        git = addTests "git" self.nixComponents_git.nix-everything;

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It is therefore considered a mass rebuild.
Please change the base branch to the right base branch for your changes (probably staging-26.05).

fixed.

[xokdvium]

Staging branch is because we need the boost patches?

[Mic92]

Staging branch is because we need the boost patches?

Exactly, otherwise tests fail.

on purpose