[Nix-dev] Re: NixOS has a non-conforming value for _CS_PATH. Do we care?

[shea at shealevy.com]

> Hi guys,
>
> in my humble opinion, the behavior should be configurable. The glibc
> expression should take a parameter, defaultPath or whatever, which is a
> list of paths that is returned as _CS_PATH. By default, that path is
> initialized to /var/run/current-system/sw/bin. Those who care about that
> issue can override that parameter to their liking.
>
> Take care,
> Peter
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Hi Peter,

If we can't come to a solution that works for everyone, this is probably
the best answer. If we can, though, it will allow those of us who don't
like /var/run/current-system to still use hydra. So I'd like to keep
discussing this, if people have more to add.

~Shea