From 315a3525ceca8f442d419114233b98cd5bd57cb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ross Smyth <18294397+RossSmyth@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:50:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] applyPatches: reorganize name handling, and fix meta.position

---
 .../trivial-builders/default.nix              | 30 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix
index 3051885345ae..88e4ef6dbe88 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/trivial-builders/default.nix
@@ -1007,16 +1007,6 @@ rec {
       finalAttrs:
       {
         src,
-        name ?
-          (
-            if builtins.typeOf src == "path" then
-              baseNameOf src
-            else if builtins.isAttrs src && builtins.hasAttr "name" src then
-              src.name
-            else
-              throw "applyPatches: please supply a `name` argument because a default name can only be computed when the `src` is a path or is an attribute set with a `name` attribute."
-          )
-          + "-patched",
         ...
       }@args:
       assert lib.assertMsg (
@@ -1039,9 +1029,23 @@ rec {
         );
       in
       {
-        inherit
-          name
-          ;
+        name =
+          args.name or (
+            if builtins.isPath src then
+              baseNameOf src + "-patched"
+            else if builtins.isAttrs src && (src ? name) then
+              let
+                srcName = builtins.parseDrvName src;
+              in
+              "${srcName.name}-patched${lib.optionalString (srcName.version != "") "-${srcName.version}"}"
+            else
+              throw "applyPatches: please supply a `name` argument because a default name can only be computed when the `src` is a path or is an attribute set with a `name` attribute."
+          );
+
+        # Manually setting `name` can mess up positioning.
+        # This should fix it.
+        pos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos "src" args;
+
         preferLocalBuild = true;
         allowSubstitutes = false;