From 9fa12fc2015c9cbc34bcf9d83e7396ba5dbc81a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:01:46 +0100
Subject: Allow setting the profile location using $NIX_PROFILE

Fixes #69.
---
 src/nix-env/nix-env.cc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/nix-env/nix-env.cc')

diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
index b57e54c75..68a3e89d8 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
@@ -1350,6 +1350,9 @@ void run(Strings args)
 
     if (!op) throw UsageError("no operation specified");
 
+    if (globals.profile == "")
+        globals.profile = getEnv("NIX_PROFILE", "");
+
     if (globals.profile == "") {
         Path profileLink = getHomeDir() + "/.nix-profile";
         globals.profile = pathExists(profileLink)
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