Explicitly create /nix folder on installation
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Hey everyone, while using this installer, when using the uninstaller it won't delete the `/nix` folder. This is a nuisance on e.g. Fedora Atomic images, where you'd have to go through extra steps to delete `/`. Checking that the installer will only revert the items it did while installing, I think that explicitly adding `/nix` to `PATHS` would solve the issue. Thanks! Please feel free to close if it's not relevant.
cole-h
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Apr 21, 2025
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I don't think we want to do it as part of CreateNixTree, as that happens before we hit the revert for nix.mount, etc in the ostree planner, which will probably cause issues.
We'll probably want to create something similar to RevertCleanSteamosNixOffload for the ostree planner that does nothing in execute, but deletes /nix in revert, and have it be one of the first steps in the plan (so it's one of the last steps to be reverted upon uninstall).
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Description
Hey everyone,
while using this installer, when using the uninstaller it won't delete the
/nixfolder. This is a nuisance on e.g. Fedora Atomic images, where you'd have to go through extra steps to delete/. Checking that the installer will only revert the items it did while installing, I think that explicitly adding/nixtoPATHSwould solve the issue. Thanks! Please feel free to close if it's not relevant.Checklist
cargo fmtnix buildnix flake checkValidating with
install.determinate.systemsIf a maintainer has added the
upload to s3label to this PR, it will become available for installation viainstall.determinate.systems: