From 5a2c4a386e482fe0a217d4a29aec9fcc21b60cac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David McFarland <corngood@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 15:12:55 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] dotnet: don't evaluate missing packages

This allows the update scripts to work when the generated files have
been removed.
---
 pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/default.nix | 2 --
 pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/dotnet.nix  | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/default.nix
index b0629746d176..3eadb90bfa24 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/default.nix
@@ -84,12 +84,10 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
       let
         dotnet_6 = callWithUtils ./dotnet.nix {
           channel = "6.0";
-          withVMR = false;
         };
 
         dotnet_7 = callWithUtils ./dotnet.nix {
           channel = "7.0";
-          withVMR = false;
         };
 
         dotnet_8 = callWithUtils ./dotnet.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/dotnet.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/dotnet.nix
index b484ef3e3ef4..fd9783f9d980 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/dotnet.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dotnet/dotnet.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
   channel,
   dir ? ./. + ("/" + channel),
   buildDotnetSdk,
-  withVMR ? true,
   ...
 }@attrs:
 
 let
-  binary = buildDotnetSdk (dir + "/releases.nix");
+  binary =
+    let
+      path = dir + "/releases.nix";
+    in
+    if lib.pathExists path then buildDotnetSdk path else { };
+
+  withVMR = lib.pathExists (dir + "/release.json");
 
   sourcePackages = lib.optionalAttrs withVMR (callPackage ./source (attrs // { inherit binary; }));