[Nix-dev] Hardcoding /var/run/current-system in nixpkgs

Michael Raskin 7c6f434c at mail.ru
Mon Feb 13 20:45:11 CET 2012


>Currently quite a few packages in nixpkgs have /var/run/current-system/sw 
>and/or /var/setuid-wrappers hardcoded. Why is it better than having /usr?

Although suboptimal, it is better than /usr/ because upstream packages
themselves don't do this on their own (yet). Unlike /usr/ references, 
these are at least easy to locate...





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