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-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/parser.y2
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/lazy.hh48
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc45
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.hh3
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc4
-rw-r--r--src/nix-env/nix-env.cc14
6 files changed, 84 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/parser.y b/src/libexpr/parser.y
index d07eeddda..62982650a 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/parser.y
+++ b/src/libexpr/parser.y
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ expr_simple
$$ = stripIndentation(CUR_POS, data->symbols, *$2);
}
| PATH { $$ = new ExprPath(absPath($1, data->basePath)); }
- | HPATH { $$ = new ExprPath(getEnv("HOME", "") + string{$1 + 1}); }
+ | HPATH { $$ = new ExprPath(getHome() + string{$1 + 1}); }
| SPATH {
string path($1 + 1, strlen($1) - 2);
$$ = new ExprApp(CUR_POS,
diff --git a/src/libutil/lazy.hh b/src/libutil/lazy.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d073e486c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/lazy.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#include <exception>
+#include <functional>
+#include <mutex>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+/* A helper class for lazily-initialized variables.
+
+ Lazy<T> var([]() { return value; });
+
+ declares a variable of type T that is initialized to 'value' (in a
+ thread-safe way) on first use, that is, when var() is first
+ called. If the initialiser code throws an exception, then all
+ subsequent calls to var() will rethrow that exception. */
+template<typename T>
+class Lazy
+{
+
+ typedef std::function<T()> Init;
+
+ Init init;
+
+ std::once_flag done;
+
+ T value;
+
+ std::exception_ptr ex;
+
+public:
+
+ Lazy(Init init) : init(init)
+ { }
+
+ const T & operator () ()
+ {
+ std::call_once(done, [&]() {
+ try {
+ value = init();
+ } catch (...) {
+ ex = std::current_exception();
+ }
+ });
+ if (ex) std::rethrow_exception(ex);
+ return value;
+ }
+};
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 98c0aff1e..1d1f68fc8 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "lazy.hh"
#include "util.hh"
#include "affinity.hh"
#include "sync.hh"
@@ -13,10 +14,12 @@
#include <thread>
#include <future>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <limits.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
#ifdef __APPLE__
#include <sys/syscall.h>
@@ -417,14 +420,28 @@ Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot, const Path & prefix,
}
+static Lazy<Path> getHome2([]() {
+ Path homeDir = getEnv("HOME");
+ if (homeDir.empty()) {
+ char buf[16384];
+ struct passwd pwbuf;
+ struct passwd * pw;
+ if (getpwuid_r(getuid(), &pwbuf, buf, sizeof(buf), &pw) != 0
+ || !pw || !pw->pw_dir || !pw->pw_dir[0])
+ throw Error("cannot determine user's home directory");
+ homeDir = pw->pw_dir;
+ }
+ return homeDir;
+});
+
+Path getHome() { return getHome2(); }
+
+
Path getCacheDir()
{
Path cacheDir = getEnv("XDG_CACHE_HOME");
- if (cacheDir.empty()) {
- Path homeDir = getEnv("HOME");
- if (homeDir.empty()) throw Error("$XDG_CACHE_HOME and $HOME are not set");
- cacheDir = homeDir + "/.cache";
- }
+ if (cacheDir.empty())
+ cacheDir = getHome() + "/.cache";
return cacheDir;
}
@@ -432,11 +449,8 @@ Path getCacheDir()
Path getConfigDir()
{
Path configDir = getEnv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
- if (configDir.empty()) {
- Path homeDir = getEnv("HOME");
- if (homeDir.empty()) throw Error("$XDG_CONFIG_HOME and $HOME are not set");
- configDir = homeDir + "/.config";
- }
+ if (configDir.empty())
+ configDir = getHome() + "/.config";
return configDir;
}
@@ -444,11 +458,8 @@ Path getConfigDir()
Path getDataDir()
{
Path dataDir = getEnv("XDG_DATA_HOME");
- if (dataDir.empty()) {
- Path homeDir = getEnv("HOME");
- if (homeDir.empty()) throw Error("$XDG_DATA_HOME and $HOME are not set");
- dataDir = homeDir + "/.local/share";
- }
+ if (dataDir.empty())
+ dataDir = getHome() + "/.local/share";
return dataDir;
}
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index a9950f830..5a9c9513f 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ void deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed);
Path createTempDir(const Path & tmpRoot = "", const Path & prefix = "nix",
bool includePid = true, bool useGlobalCounter = true, mode_t mode = 0755);
+/* Return $HOME or the user's home directory from /etc/passwd. */
+Path getHome();
+
/* Return $XDG_CACHE_HOME or $HOME/.cache. */
Path getCacheDir();
diff --git a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc
index 0f50f6242..2aaae2f47 100755
--- a/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc
+++ b/src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
setenv("NIX_DOWNLOAD_CACHE", channelCache.c_str(), 1);
// Figure out the name of the `.nix-channels' file to use
- auto home = getEnv("HOME");
- if (home.empty())
- throw Error("$HOME not set");
+ auto home = getHome();
channelsList = home + "/.nix-channels";
nixDefExpr = home + "/.nix-defexpr";
diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
index 908c09bc8..da39bf36a 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
@@ -192,17 +192,9 @@ static void loadDerivations(EvalState & state, Path nixExprPath,
}
-static Path getHomeDir()
-{
- Path homeDir(getEnv("HOME", ""));
- if (homeDir == "") throw Error("HOME environment variable not set");
- return homeDir;
-}
-
-
static Path getDefNixExprPath()
{
- return getHomeDir() + "/.nix-defexpr";
+ return getHome() + "/.nix-defexpr";
}
@@ -1188,7 +1180,7 @@ static void opSwitchProfile(Globals & globals, Strings opFlags, Strings opArgs)
throw UsageError(format("exactly one argument expected"));
Path profile = absPath(opArgs.front());
- Path profileLink = getHomeDir() + "/.nix-profile";
+ Path profileLink = getHome() + "/.nix-profile";
switchLink(profileLink, profile);
}
@@ -1413,7 +1405,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
globals.profile = getEnv("NIX_PROFILE", "");
if (globals.profile == "") {
- Path profileLink = getHomeDir() + "/.nix-profile";
+ Path profileLink = getHome() + "/.nix-profile";
globals.profile = pathExists(profileLink)
? absPath(readLink(profileLink), dirOf(profileLink))
: canonPath(settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles/default");