nixpkgs/installer/nixos-rebuild.sh

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#! @shell@ -e
# What are we supposed to do?
action="$1"
showSyntax() {
# !!! more or less cut&paste from
# system/switch-to-configuration.sh (which we call, of course).
cat <<EOF
Usage: $0 [switch|boot|test|build]
switch: make the configuration the boot default and activate now
boot: make the configuration the boot default
test: activate the configuration, but don't make it the boot default
build: build the configuration, but don't make it the default or
activate it
EOF
exit 1
}
if test -z "$action"; then showSyntax; fi
# Allow the location of NixOS sources and the system configuration
# file to be overridden.
if test -z "$NIXOS"; then NIXOS=/etc/nixos/nixos; fi
if test -z "$NIXOS_CONFIG"; then NIXOS_CONFIG=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix; fi
# Either upgrade the configuration in the system profile (for "switch"
# or "boot"), or just build it and create a symlink "result" in the
# current directory (for "build" and "test").
if test "$action" = "switch" -o "$action" = "boot"; then
nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system -f $NIXOS/system/system.nix \
--arg configuration "import $NIXOS_CONFIG" \
--set -A system
pathToConfig=/nix/var/nix/profiles/system
elif test "$action" = "test" -o "$action" = "build"; then
nix-build $NIXOS/system/system.nix \
--arg configuration "import $NIXOS_CONFIG" \
-A system -K -k
pathToConfig=./result
else
showSyntax
fi
# If we're not just building, then make the new configuration the boot
# default and/or activate it now.
if test "$action" = "switch" -o "$action" = "boot" -o "$action" = "test"; then
$pathToConfig/bin/switch-to-configuration "$action"
fi
if test "$action" = "test"; then
cat >&2 <<EOF
2007-02-06 14:21:15 +01:00
Warning: if you remove or overwrite the symlink \`$pathToConfig', the
active system configuration may be garbage collected! This may render
the system inoperable (though a reboot will fix things).
EOF
fi