From ee0f02af4467e7e67c06b0234571c3be45bc0423 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Dionne-Riel <samuel.dionne-riel@cyberus-technology.de>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 14:23:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lib.meta: Drop incorrect `cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor`
 and `cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor`

See the previous commits for the explanation as to why this is an invalid
value. See the follow-up commits for the complete removal of the
helpers.
---
 lib/meta.nix | 128 ---------------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 128 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/meta.nix b/lib/meta.nix
index 1a1676f56aff..3341caf0e0fb 100644
--- a/lib/meta.nix
+++ b/lib/meta.nix
@@ -633,132 +633,4 @@ rec {
     update = "*";
   };
 
-  /**
-    Alternate version of [`lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor`](#function-library-lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor).
-    If `cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` succeeds, returns an attribute set with `success` set to `true` and `value` set to the result.
-    Otherwise, `success` is set to `false` and `error` is set to the string representation of the error.
-
-    # Inputs
-
-    `vendor`
-
-    : package's vendor
-
-    `version`
-
-    : package's version
-
-    # Type
-
-    ```
-    tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor :: String -> String -> ({ success = true; value :: { update :: String; vendor :: String; version :: String; }; } | { success = false; error :: String; })
-    ```
-
-    # Examples
-    :::{.example}
-    ## `lib.meta.tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` usage example
-
-    ```nix
-    lib.meta.tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor "gnu" "1.2.3"
-    => {
-      success = true;
-      value = {
-        vendor = "gnu";
-        version = "1.2";
-        update = "3";
-      };
-    }
-    ```
-
-    :::
-    :::{.example}
-    ## `lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` error example
-
-    ```nix
-    lib.meta.tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor "gnu" "5.3p0"
-    => {
-      success = false;
-      error = "version 5.3p0 doesn't match regex `([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)`";
-    }
-    ```
-
-    :::
-  */
-  tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor =
-    vendor: version:
-    let
-      regex = "([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)";
-      # we have to call toString here in case version is an attrset with __toString attribute
-      versionMatch = builtins.match regex (toString version);
-    in
-    if versionMatch == null then
-      {
-        success = false;
-        error = "version ${version} doesn't match regex `${regex}`";
-      }
-    else
-      {
-        success = true;
-        value = {
-          inherit vendor;
-          version = elemAt versionMatch 0;
-          update = elemAt versionMatch 1;
-        };
-      };
-
-  /**
-    Generate [CPE parts](#var-meta-identifiers-cpeParts) from inputs. Copies `vendor` to the result. When `version` matches `X.Y.Z` where all parts are numerical, sets `version` and `update` fields to `X.Y` and `Z`. Throws an error if the version doesn't match the expected template.
-
-    # Inputs
-
-    `vendor`
-
-    : package's vendor
-
-    `version`
-
-    : package's version
-
-    # Type
-
-    ```
-    cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor :: String -> String -> { update :: String; vendor :: String; version :: String; }
-    ```
-
-    # Examples
-    :::{.example}
-    ## `lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` usage example
-
-    ```nix
-    lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor "gnu" "1.2.3"
-    => {
-      vendor = "gnu";
-      version = "1.2";
-      update = "3";
-    }
-    ```
-
-    :::
-    :::{.example}
-    ## `lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor` usage in derivations
-
-    ```nix
-    mkDerivation rec {
-      version = "1.2.3";
-      # ...
-      meta = {
-        # ...
-        identifiers.cpeParts = lib.meta.cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor "gnu" version;
-      };
-    }
-    ```
-
-    :::
-  */
-  cpePatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor =
-    vendor: version:
-    let
-      result = tryCPEPatchVersionInUpdateWithVendor vendor version;
-    in
-    if result.success then result.value else throw result.error;
 }