In particular, the yed package tries to reference jre.meta.platforms and thus fails.
nix-env -i gnutar --show-trace [23:36:49]
error: while evaluating ‘callPackageWith’ at "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/lib/customisation.nix":97:35, called from "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix":11446:9:
while evaluating ‘makeOverridable’ at "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/lib/customisation.nix":56:24, called from "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/lib/customisation.nix":99:5:
while evaluating anonymous function at "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/graphics/yed/default.nix":1:1, called from "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/lib/customisation.nix":58:12:
while evaluating ‘mkDerivation’ at "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix":56:18, called from "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/graphics/yed/default.nix":3:1:
while evaluating the attribute ‘meta.platforms’ at "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/graphics/yed/default.nix":26:5:
while evaluating the attribute ‘meta.platforms’ at "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/lib/meta.nix":17:14:
attribute ‘meta.platforms’ missing, at "/nix/store/c4clcbqv5qqnjx6hwd28m5jfkd7mz5ki-nixpkgs-15.05pre55083.597373b/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/graphics/yed/default.nix":26:17
In particular, the yed package tries to reference
jre.meta.platforms
and thus fails.