default template removes nix from path
adrian-gierakowski opened this issue · comments
nix flake init -t github:lf-/flakey-profile#templates.default
nix run .#profile.switchI end up without nix on PATH without clear path to recover.
Fortunately I ran it in a container :)
Maybe the example should include nix in profile.paths?
oh gods. this is because of macOS/possibly others putting nix in /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root instead of /nix/var/nix/profiles/default being a separate profile for root, then running a profile switch command as root on a profile without nix in it. I have no idea why they did this, but it doesn't seem like a good choice on their part.
This was in a Linux container (Debian based) with nix installed via https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer
note that I was doing this as root
For me Nix is in /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/nix on Darwin (via DeterminateSystems/nix-installer).