# Provide an initial copy of the NixOS channel so that the user # doesn't need to run "nix-channel --update" first. { config, pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.lib; let # 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. channelSources = pkgs.runCommand "nixos-${config.system.nixosVersion}" { expr = readFile ../../../lib/channel-expr.nix; } '' mkdir -p $out/nixos cp -prd ${pkgs.path} $out/nixos/nixpkgs ln -s nixpkgs/nixos $out/nixos/nixos chmod -R u+w $out/nixos rm -rf $out/nixos/nixpkgs/.git echo -n ${config.system.nixosVersion} > $out/nixos/nixpkgs/.version echo -n "" > $out/nixos/nixpkgs/.version-suffix echo "$expr" > $out/nixos/default.nix ''; in { # Provide the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources in /etc/nixos. This is required # for nixos-install. boot.postBootCommands = '' 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}/bin/nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels \ -i ${channelSources} --quiet --option 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 ''; }