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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/nix-channel.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/nix-channel.in | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/nix-channel.in b/scripts/nix-channel.in index 1efb1a03a128..c023a75398e6 100644 --- a/scripts/nix-channel.in +++ b/scripts/nix-channel.in @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ $ENV{'NIX_DOWNLOAD_CACHE'} = $channelCache if -W $channelCache; my $home = $ENV{"HOME"}; die '$HOME not set' unless defined $home; my $channelsList = "$home/.nix-channels"; + +my $nixDefExpr = "$home/.nix-defexpr"; my @channels; @@ -136,9 +138,12 @@ sub update { unlink "$rootFile.tmp"; - # Make it the default Nix expression for `nix-env'. - system("@bindir@/nix-env", "--import", "$outPath") == 0 - or die "cannot pull set default Nix expression to `$outPath'"; + # Make the channels appear in nix-env. + unlink $nixDefExpr if -l $nixDefExpr; # old-skool ~/.nix-defexpr + mkdir $nixDefExpr or die "cannot create directory `$nixDefExpr'" if !-e $nixDefExpr; + my $channelLink = "$nixDefExpr/channels"; + unlink $channelLink; # !!! not atomic + symlink($outPath, $channelLink) or die "cannot symlink `$channelLink' to `$outPath'"; } |