ci: build the flake in a non-gating job (task 0041)
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A distinct `flake` job runs `nix flake check` on push and pull request,
catching flake rot — most concretely a build-relevant file left out of
package.nix's source allowlist — at the commit that causes it rather than
weeks later at the maintainer's next system rebuild.

The job is non-gating by two mechanisms: no `needs` edge, so it neither
waits on the test job nor is waited on, and `continue-on-error` so a red
build does not fail the run. That flag sits on the steps rather than the
job because Gitea's `act` fork declares it on its Step struct only and
silently ignores the job-level key; recorded as a Gotcha.
This commit was merged in pull request #50.
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@@ -65,3 +65,9 @@ Left alone it ships a stray cache in the closure and makes the output non-reprod
nixpkgs 26.11 (the `nixos-unstable` the flake tracks) has **dropped `x86_64-darwin`**.
`legacyPackages.x86_64-darwin` now *throws* rather than merely failing to build, so listing that system in the flake's `systems` breaks `nix flake show` and `nix flake check` for every system at once, not just that one.
Intel macOS would need the 26.05 branch.
Gitea Actions ignores **job-level `continue-on-error`**.
Its `act` fork declares `RawContinueOnError` on the `Step` struct only — `pkg/model/workflow.go` has no such field on `Job` — so `jobs.<id>.continue-on-error` is parsed as an unknown key and silently dropped, and the job fails the run as if the flag were never written.
Gitea's own syntax-comparison page does not list the gap.
Put `continue-on-error` on each step instead: `act` and GitHub Actions both honour it there, and a job whose every step carries it concludes green on either platform.
The same fork historically ignored `jobs.<id>.if` (go-gitea#25897), so treat any job-level key as needing a check against the fork's structs rather than against GitHub's documentation.