doc: Prevent evaluation warnings

Problem: `nix-build doc` gives a bunch of warnings because it inspects
`lib` to figure out where all the symbols are.

Solution: Move the step of figuring out where the symbols are to
a Nix evaluation inside a derivation instead.

doc/doc-support/lib-function-docs.nix

@@ -4,24 +4,31 @@
 
 with pkgs;
 
-let
-  locationsJSON = import ./lib-function-locations.nix { inherit pkgs nixpkgs libsets; };
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nixpkgs-lib-docs";
-  src = ../../lib;
+  src = pkgs.lib.fileset.toSource {
+    root = ../..;
+    fileset = ../../lib;
+  };
 
-  buildInputs = [ nixdoc ];
+  buildInputs = [ nixdoc nix ];
   installPhase = ''
+    export NIX_STATE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+    nix-instantiate --eval --strict --json ${./lib-function-locations.nix} \
+      --arg nixpkgsPath "./." \
+      --argstr revision ${nixpkgs.rev or "master"} \
+      --argstr libsetsJSON ${pkgs.lib.escapeShellArg (builtins.toJSON libsets)} \
+      > locations.json
+
     function docgen {
       name=$1
       baseName=$2
       description=$3
       # TODO: wrap lib.$name in <literal>, make nixdoc not escape it
-      if [[ -e "../lib/$baseName.nix" ]]; then
+      if [[ -e "lib/$baseName.nix" ]]; then
-        nixdoc -c "$name" -d "lib.$name: $description" -l ${locationsJSON} -f "$baseName.nix" > "$out/$name.md"
+        nixdoc -c "$name" -d "lib.$name: $description" -l locations.json -f "lib/$baseName.nix" > "$out/$name.md"
       else
-        nixdoc -c "$name" -d "lib.$name: $description" -l ${locationsJSON} -f "$baseName/default.nix" > "$out/$name.md"
+        nixdoc -c "$name" -d "lib.$name: $description" -l locations.json -f "lib/$baseName/default.nix" > "$out/$name.md"
       fi
       echo "$out/$name.md" >> "$out/index.md"
     }

doc/doc-support/lib-function-locations.nix

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-{ pkgs, nixpkgs ? { }, libsets }:
+{ nixpkgsPath, revision, libsetsJSON }:
 let
-  revision = pkgs.lib.trivial.revisionWithDefault (nixpkgs.rev or "master");
+  lib = import (nixpkgsPath + "/lib");
+  libsets = builtins.fromJSON libsetsJSON;
 
   libDefPos = prefix: set:
     builtins.concatMap
       (name: [{
         name = builtins.concatStringsSep "." (prefix ++ [name]);
         location = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos name set;
-      }] ++ nixpkgsLib.optionals
+      }] ++ lib.optionals
         (builtins.length prefix == 0 && builtins.isAttrs set.${name})
         (libDefPos (prefix ++ [name]) set.${name})
       ) (builtins.attrNames set);
@@ -20,8 +21,6 @@ let
       })
       (builtins.map (x: x.name) libsets);
 
-  nixpkgsLib = pkgs.lib;
-
   flattenedLibSubset = { subsetname, functions }:
   builtins.map
     (fn: {
@@ -38,13 +37,13 @@ let
       substr = builtins.substring prefixLen filenameLen filename;
       in substr;
 
-  removeNixpkgs = removeFilenamePrefix (builtins.toString pkgs.path);
+  removeNixpkgs = removeFilenamePrefix (builtins.toString nixpkgsPath);
 
   liblocations =
     builtins.filter
       (elem: elem.value != null)
-      (nixpkgsLib.lists.flatten
+      (lib.lists.flatten
-        (locatedlibsets nixpkgsLib));
+        (locatedlibsets lib));
 
   fnLocationRelative = { name, value }:
     {
@@ -72,4 +71,4 @@ let
     relativeLocs);
 
 in
-pkgs.writeText "locations.json" (builtins.toJSON jsonLocs)
+jsonLocs