Fix build-remote in nix-static

'build-remote' is now executed via /proc/self/exe so it always works.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/nix/main.cc b/src/nix/main.cc
index f398e3118..17c92ebc6 100644
--- a/src/nix/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix/main.cc
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
     programPath = argv[0];
     auto programName = std::string(baseNameOf(programPath));
 
+    if (argc > 0 && std::string_view(argv[0]) == "__build-remote") {
+        programName = "build-remote";
+        argv++; argc--;
+    }
+
     {
         auto legacy = (*RegisterLegacyCommand::commands)[programName];
         if (legacy) return legacy(argc, argv);
diff --git a/src/nix/run.cc b/src/nix/run.cc
index 25a8fa8d3..45d2dfd0d 100644
--- a/src/nix/run.cc
+++ b/src/nix/run.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void runProgramInStore(ref<Store> store,
         Strings helperArgs = { chrootHelperName, store->storeDir, store2->getRealStoreDir(), program };
         for (auto & arg : args) helperArgs.push_back(arg);
 
-        execv(readLink("/proc/self/exe").c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(helperArgs).data());
+        execv(getSelfExe().value_or("nix").c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(helperArgs).data());
 
         throw SysError("could not execute chroot helper");
     }