anchor.diff:        offset=0
       ''}
   
  -    mkfs.${fsType} -F -L nixos -E offset=$offset $diskImage
  +    faketime -f "1970-01-01 00:00:01" mkfs.${fsType} -F -L nixos -E offset=$offset $diskImage
     
       root="$PWD/root"
       mkdir -p $root
  
positive.code:     fakeroot nixos-prepare-root $root ${channelSources} ${config.system.build.toplevel} closure
  
      echo "copying staging root to image..."
      cptofs ${pkgs.lib.optionalString partitioned "-P 1"} -t ${fsType} -i $diskImage $root/* /
    '';
  in pkgs.vmTools.runInLinuxVM (
    pkgs.runCommand name
  
negative.code:     ${channelSources}
    '';
  
    prepareImageInputs = with pkgs; [ rsync utillinux parted e2fsprogs lkl fakeroot libfaketime config.system.build.nixos-prepare-root ] ++ stdenv.initialPath;
  
    # I'm preserving the line below because I'm going to search for it across nixpkgs to consolidate
    # image building logic. The comment right below this now appears in 4 different places in nixpkgs :)
  