nix-super/scripts/nix-profile.sh.in
Nicolas Mattia 44b7d104b4 Document usage of MANPATH in nix-profile.sh
While trying to figure out how `nix-env`/`nix profile` work I had a hard
time understand how man pages were being installed.

Took me quite some time to figure this out, thought it might be useful
to others too!
2022-02-21 13:35:55 +01:00

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if [ -n "$HOME" ] && [ -n "$USER" ]; then
# Set up the per-user profile.
# This part should be kept in sync with nixpkgs:nixos/modules/programs/shell.nix
NIX_LINK=$HOME/.nix-profile
# Set up environment.
# This part should be kept in sync with nixpkgs:nixos/modules/programs/environment.nix
export NIX_PROFILES="@localstatedir@/nix/profiles/default $HOME/.nix-profile"
# Set $NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE so that Nixpkgs applications like curl work.
if [ -e /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt ]; then # NixOS, Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Arch
export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
elif [ -e /etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem ]; then # openSUSE Tumbleweed
export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem
elif [ -e /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt ]; then # Old NixOS
export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
elif [ -e /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt ]; then # Fedora, CentOS
export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
elif [ -e "$NIX_LINK/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt" ]; then # fall back to cacert in Nix profile
export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE="$NIX_LINK/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
elif [ -e "$NIX_LINK/etc/ca-bundle.crt" ]; then # old cacert in Nix profile
export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE="$NIX_LINK/etc/ca-bundle.crt"
fi
# Only use MANPATH if it is already set. In general `man` will just simply
# pick up `.nix-profile/share/man` because is it close to `.nix-profile/bin`
# which is in the $PATH. For more info, run `manpath -d`.
if [ -n "${MANPATH-}" ]; then
export MANPATH="$NIX_LINK/share/man:$MANPATH"
fi
export PATH="$NIX_LINK/bin:$PATH"
unset NIX_LINK
fi