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| -rwxr-xr-x | src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc index 338a7d18e..a79354404 100755 --- a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc +++ b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc @@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ static int main_nix_channel(int argc, char ** argv) nixDefExpr = settings.useXDGBaseDirectories ? createNixStateDir() + "/defexpr" : home + "/.nix-defexpr"; // Figure out the name of the channels profile. - profile = profilesDir() + "/channels"; + // For backwards-compatibility, install the root channels under + // a custom location, as these are also used as "global" channeles, and + // their location is hardcoded in a number of places. + profile = getuid() == 0 + ? settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles/per-user/root/channels" + : profilesDir() + "/channels"; + createDirs(dirOf(profile)); enum { cNone, |