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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstore')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/globals.hh | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/profiles.cc | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/profiles.hh | 5 |
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh index c3ccb5e11..40f10fde3 100644 --- a/src/libstore/globals.hh +++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh @@ -975,6 +975,27 @@ public: resolves to a different location from that of the build machine. You can enable this setting if you are sure you're not going to do that. )"}; + + Setting<bool> useXDGBaseDirectories{ + this, false, "use-xdg-base-directories", + R"( + If set to `true`, Nix will conform to the [XDG Base Directory Specification] for files in `$HOME`. + The environment variables used to implement this are documented in the [Environment Variables section](@docroot@/installation/env-variables.md). + + [XDG Base Directory Specification]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html + + > **Warning** + > This changes the location of some well-known symlinks that Nix creates, which might break tools that rely on the old, non-XDG-conformant locations. + + In particular, the following locations change: + + | Old | New | + |-------------------|--------------------------------| + | `~/.nix-profile` | `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/profile` | + | `~/.nix-defexpr` | `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/defexpr` | + | `~/.nix-channels` | `$XDG_STATE_HOME/nix/channels` | + )" + }; }; diff --git a/src/libstore/profiles.cc b/src/libstore/profiles.cc index b202351ce..c551c5f3e 100644 --- a/src/libstore/profiles.cc +++ b/src/libstore/profiles.cc @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ std::string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile) Path profilesDir() { - auto profileRoot = getDataDir() + "/nix/profiles"; + auto profileRoot = createNixStateDir() + "/profiles"; createDirs(profileRoot); return profileRoot; } @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Path profilesDir() Path getDefaultProfile() { - Path profileLink = getHome() + "/.nix-profile"; + Path profileLink = settings.useXDGBaseDirectories ? createNixStateDir() + "/profile" : getHome() + "/.nix-profile"; try { auto profile = getuid() == 0 diff --git a/src/libstore/profiles.hh b/src/libstore/profiles.hh index 73667a798..fbf95b850 100644 --- a/src/libstore/profiles.hh +++ b/src/libstore/profiles.hh @@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ std::string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile); profiles. */ Path profilesDir(); -/* Resolve ~/.nix-profile. If ~/.nix-profile doesn't exist yet, create - it. */ +/* Resolve the default profile (~/.nix-profile by default, $XDG_STATE_HOME/ + nix/profile if XDG Base Directory Support is enabled), and create if doesn't + exist */ Path getDefaultProfile(); } |