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-rw-r--r--src/nix/upgrade-nix.cc13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/upgrade-nix.cc b/src/nix/upgrade-nix.cc
index 3417adb62..72b298283 100644
--- a/src/nix/upgrade-nix.cc
+++ b/src/nix/upgrade-nix.cc
@@ -103,11 +103,18 @@ struct CmdUpgradeNix : MixDryRun, StoreCommand
if (hasPrefix(where, "/run/current-system"))
throw Error("Nix on NixOS must be upgraded via 'nixos-rebuild'");
- Path profileDir;
- Path userEnv;
+ Path profileDir = dirOf(where);
+
+ // Resolve profile to /nix/var/nix/profiles/<name> link.
+ while (baseNameOf(dirOf(canonPath(profileDir))) != "profiles")
+ profileDir = readLink(profileDir);
+
+ printInfo("found profile '%s'", profileDir);
+
+ Path userEnv = canonPath(profileDir, true);
if (baseNameOf(where) != "bin" ||
- !hasSuffix(userEnv = canonPath(profileDir = dirOf(where), true), "user-environment"))
+ !hasSuffix(userEnv, "user-environment"))
throw Error("directory '%s' does not appear to be part of a Nix profile", where);
if (!store->isValidPath(userEnv))