diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-install.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-install.xml index 15c603256ca..c9887146989 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-install.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/man-nixos-install.xml @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ root - - closure + + path @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ it. - + If this option is provided, nixos-install will install the specified closure rather than attempt to build one from /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix. diff --git a/nixos/lib/make-disk-image.nix b/nixos/lib/make-disk-image.nix index 4da86346903..ebfb09db7b7 100644 --- a/nixos/lib/make-disk-image.nix +++ b/nixos/lib/make-disk-image.nix @@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ let format' = format; in let nix-store --load-db < ${closureInfo}/registration echo "running nixos-install..." - nixos-install --root $root --no-bootloader --no-root-passwd --closure ${config.system.build.toplevel} --substituters "" + nixos-install --root $root --no-bootloader --no-root-passwd \ + --system ${config.system.build.toplevel} --channel ${channelSources} --substituters "" echo "copying staging root to image..." cptofs -p ${optionalString (partitionTableType != "none") "-P ${rootPartition}"} -t ${fsType} -i $diskImage $root/* / diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh index b51779cfb95..87013dc8f97 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh +++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ umask 0022 extraBuildFlags=() mountPoint=/mnt +channelPath= while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do i="$1"; shift 1 @@ -28,10 +29,12 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do --root) mountPoint="$1"; shift 1 ;; - --closure) - # FIXME: --closure is a misnomer + --system|--closure) system="$1"; shift 1 ;; + --channel) + channelPath="$1"; shift 1 + ;; --no-channel-copy) noChannelCopy=1 ;; @@ -104,7 +107,9 @@ nix-env --store "$mountPoint" "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" \ # Copy the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources to the target as the initial contents # of the NixOS channel. if [[ -z $noChannelCopy ]]; then - channelPath="$(nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels -q nixos --no-name --out-path 2>/dev/null || echo -n "")" + if [[ -z $channelPath ]]; then + channelPath="$(nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels -q nixos --no-name --out-path 2>/dev/null || echo -n "")" + fi if [[ -n $channelPath ]]; then echo "copying channel..." mkdir -p $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root diff --git a/nixos/tests/boot.nix b/nixos/tests/boot.nix index 0ba8a2704e6..301d9d0f817 100644 --- a/nixos/tests/boot.nix +++ b/nixos/tests/boot.nix @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ let $machine->start; $machine->waitForUnit("multi-user.target"); $machine->succeed("nix verify -r --no-trust /run/current-system"); + + # Test whether the channel got installed correctly. + $machine->succeed("nix-instantiate --dry-run '' -A hello"); + $machine->succeed("nix-env --dry-run -iA nixos.procps"); + $machine->shutdown; ''; };