# Provide an initial copy of the NixOS channel so that the user # doesn't need to run "nix-channel --update" first. { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let # Do not include these things: # - The '.git' directory # - Result symlinks from nix-build ('result', 'result-2', 'result-bin', ...) # - VIM/Emacs swap/backup files ('.swp', '.swo', '.foo.swp', 'foo~', ...) filterFn = path: type: let basename = baseNameOf (toString path); in if type == "directory" then basename != ".git" else if type == "symlink" then builtins.match "^result(|-.*)$" basename == null else builtins.match "^((|\..*)\.sw[a-z]|.*~)$" basename == null; nixpkgs = builtins.filterSource filterFn pkgs.path; # We need a copy of the Nix expressions for Nixpkgs and NixOS on the # CD. These are installed into the "nixos" channel of the root # user, as expected by nixos-rebuild/nixos-install. FIXME: merge # with make-channel.nix. channelSources = pkgs.runCommand "nixos-${config.system.nixosVersion}" { } '' mkdir -p $out cp -prd ${nixpkgs} $out/nixos chmod -R u+w $out/nixos if [ ! -e $out/nixos/nixpkgs ]; then ln -s . $out/nixos/nixpkgs fi echo -n ${config.system.nixosVersionSuffix} > $out/nixos/.version-suffix ''; in { # Provide the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources in /etc/nixos. This is required # for nixos-install. boot.postBootCommands = mkAfter '' if ! [ -e /var/lib/nixos/did-channel-init ]; then echo "unpacking the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources..." mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root ${config.nix.package.out}/bin/nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels \ -i ${channelSources} --quiet --option build-use-substitutes false mkdir -m 0700 -p /root/.nix-defexpr ln -s /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels /root/.nix-defexpr/channels mkdir -m 0755 -p /var/lib/nixos touch /var/lib/nixos/did-channel-init fi ''; }