ne: use dummy package in tests

This is to avoid unnecessary downloads and builds when running the
tests suite.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/ne/defprefs.nix b/tests/modules/programs/ne/defprefs.nix
index d1dc7232d3a..dce98b28648 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/ne/defprefs.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/ne/defprefs.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 with lib;
+
 let
   defpref = ''
     defined through defaultPreferences
   '';
+
   autopref = ''
     defined through automaticPreferences
   '';
+
 in {
   config = {
     programs.ne = {
@@ -15,6 +18,10 @@ in {
       defaultPreferences = defpref;
       automaticPreferences.".default" = autopref;
     };
+
+    nixpkgs.overlays =
+      [ (self: super: { ne = pkgs.writeScriptBin "dummy-ne" ""; }) ];
+
     nmt = {
       description =
         "Check that it gracefully handles the case of both defaultPreferences and automaticPreferences.'.default' being set, defaulting to the former.";
@@ -24,7 +31,6 @@ in {
           builtins.toFile "defpref" defpref
         }
       '';
-
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/ne/passthroughs.nix b/tests/modules/programs/ne/passthroughs.nix
index 5dc6aef0c0c..4c129e94489 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/ne/passthroughs.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/ne/passthroughs.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ in {
       inherit automaticPreferences;
     };
 
+    nixpkgs.overlays =
+      [ (self: super: { ne = pkgs.writeScriptBin "dummy-ne" ""; }) ];
+
     nmt = {
       description = "Check that configuration files are correctly written";
       script = concatStringsSep "\n" [