export packages as checks

flake.nix

@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@
         # TODO: also add a test here once we have https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/228346 merged
         netboot-installer = ./nix/netboot-installer/module.nix;
       };
-      checks.x86_64-linux =
+      checks =
+        let
+          # re-export the packages as checks
+          packages = forAllSystems (system: nixos-unstable.lib.mapAttrs' (n: nixos-unstable.lib.nameValuePair "package-${n}") self.packages.${system});
+          checks =
             let
               pkgs = nixos-unstable.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux;
             in
@@ -70,5 +74,7 @@
                 kexecTarball = self.packages.x86_64-linux.kexec-installer-nixos-2311-noninteractive;
               };
             };
+        in
+        nixos-unstable.lib.recursiveUpdate packages { x86_64-linux = checks; };
     };
 }