3 files changed, 43 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/Makefile.am b/src/libstore/Makefile.am
index e19256b925ea..39a61233b4a7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libstore/Makefile.am
@@ -15,7 +15,16 @@ libstore_la_LIBADD = ../libutil/libutil.la ../boost/format/libformat.la ${aterm_
 EXTRA_DIST = schema.sql
 
 AM_CXXFLAGS = -Wall \
- ${sqlite_include} -I$(srcdir)/.. -I$(srcdir)/../libutil
+ ${sqlite_include} -I$(srcdir)/.. -I$(srcdir)/../libutil \
+ -DNIX_STORE_DIR=\"$(storedir)\" \
+ -DNIX_DATA_DIR=\"$(datadir)\" \
+ -DNIX_STATE_DIR=\"$(localstatedir)/nix\" \
+ -DNIX_LOG_DIR=\"$(localstatedir)/log/nix\" \
+ -DNIX_CONF_DIR=\"$(sysconfdir)/nix\" \
+ -DNIX_LIBEXEC_DIR=\"$(libexecdir)\" \
+ -DNIX_BIN_DIR=\"$(bindir)\" \
+ -I$(srcdir)/.. -I$(srcdir)/../libutil \
+ -I$(srcdir)/../libstore
 
 local-store.lo: schema.sql.hh
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.cc b/src/libstore/globals.cc
index 2e9dc88237d1..5c22f1406649 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.cc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
 
@@ -138,5 +140,33 @@ void reloadSettings()
     settings.clear();
 }
 
+
+void setDefaultsFromEnvironment()
+{
+    /* Setup Nix paths. */
+    nixStore = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_STORE_DIR", getEnv("NIX_STORE", NIX_STORE_DIR)));
+    nixDataDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_DATA_DIR", NIX_DATA_DIR));
+    nixLogDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_LOG_DIR", NIX_LOG_DIR));
+    nixStateDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_STATE_DIR", NIX_STATE_DIR));
+    nixDBPath = getEnv("NIX_DB_DIR", nixStateDir + "/db");
+    nixConfDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_CONF_DIR", NIX_CONF_DIR));
+    nixLibexecDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_LIBEXEC_DIR", NIX_LIBEXEC_DIR));
+    nixBinDir = canonPath(getEnv("NIX_BIN_DIR", NIX_BIN_DIR));
+
+    string subs = getEnv("NIX_SUBSTITUTERS", "default");
+    if (subs == "default") {
+        substituters.push_back(nixLibexecDir + "/nix/substituters/copy-from-other-stores.pl");
+        substituters.push_back(nixLibexecDir + "/nix/substituters/download-using-manifests.pl");
+    } else
+        substituters = tokenizeString(subs, ":");
+
+    /* Get some settings from the configuration file. */
+    thisSystem = querySetting("system", SYSTEM);
+    maxBuildJobs = queryIntSetting("build-max-jobs", 1);
+    buildCores = queryIntSetting("build-cores", 1);
+    maxSilentTime = queryIntSetting("build-max-silent-time", 0);
+    buildTimeout = queryIntSetting("build-timeout", 0);
+}
+
  
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index 231c1f8508ac..12a9b9ca15c0 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ void overrideSetting(const string & name, const Strings & value);
 
 void reloadSettings();
 
-    
+void setDefaultsFromEnvironment();
+
+
 }