nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/channel.nix
Eelco Dolstra 2cd7c1f198 Unify NixOS and Nixpkgs channel structure
This is primarily to ensure that

  -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz

and

  -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-unstable.tar.gz

and

  -I nixpkgs=https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz

behave consistently.

It also allows installing packages via "nix-env -iA nixos.<pkg>"
rather than "nixos.pkgs.<pkg>". It would be even better to allow
"nixpkgs.<pkg>", but that requires a change to nix-channel.

Fixes #7659.
2015-08-05 17:37:11 +02:00

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# 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
# 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 ${pkgs.path} $out/nixos
chmod -R u+w $out/nixos
ln -s . $out/nixos/nixpkgs
rm -rf $out/nixos/.git
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}/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
'';
}