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| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/install-multi-user.sh | 25 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh index 3a24296ee..33e4eaa14 100644 --- a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh +++ b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh @@ -576,18 +576,37 @@ create_directories() { # since this bit is cross-platform: # - first try with `command -vp` to try and find # chown in the usual places + # * to work around some sort of deficiency in + # `command -p` in macOS bash 3.2, we also add + # PATH="$(getconf PATH 2>/dev/null)". As long as + # getconf is found, this should set a sane PATH + # which `command -p` in bash 3.2 appears to use. + # A bash with a properly-working `command -p` + # should ignore this hard-set PATH in favor of + # whatever it obtains internally. See + # github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/5768 # - fall back on `command -v` which would find # any chown on path # if we don't find one, the command is already # hiding behind || true, and the general state # should be one the user can repair once they # figure out where chown is... - local get_chr_own="$(command -vp chown)" + local get_chr_own="$(PATH="$(getconf PATH 2>/dev/null)" command -vp chown)" if [[ -z "$get_chr_own" ]]; then get_chr_own="$(command -v chown)" fi - _sudo "to take root ownership of existing Nix store files" \ - "$get_chr_own" -R "root:$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME" "$NIX_ROOT" || true + + if [[ -z "$get_chr_own" ]]; then + reminder <<EOF +I wanted to take root ownership of existing Nix store files, +but I couldn't locate 'chown'. (You may need to fix your PATH.) +To manually change file ownership, you can run: + sudo chown -R 'root:$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME' '$NIX_ROOT' +EOF + else + _sudo "to take root ownership of existing Nix store files" \ + "$get_chr_own" -R "root:$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME" "$NIX_ROOT" || true + fi fi _sudo "to make the basic directory structure of Nix (part 1)" \ install -dv -m 0755 /nix /nix/var /nix/var/log /nix/var/log/nix /nix/var/log/nix/drvs /nix/var/nix{,/db,/gcroots,/profiles,/temproots,/userpool} /nix/var/nix/{gcroots,profiles}/per-user |