Biggest problem is with how secrets are dealt with. Also that you're tieing your home config with system config, which doesn't work well for a multi-user system. On 16/04/2017 3:37 AM, "Peter Jones" <mli...@pmade.com> wrote:
> I'd like to manage files in my home directory during system activation. > Sort of like nix-home[1] but during activation so NixOps can also deploy > things such as my shell configuration. I have an idea, and I'm > wondering how terrible it is. > > Based on the way etc activation works, I would build a directory in the > nix store and fill it with symlinks to other parts of the store: > > /nix/store/xxx-home-pjones/.zshrc -> /nix/store/xxx-zshrc/zshrc > > Then, set up a UnionFS mount so that /nix/store/xxx-home-pjones gets > overlaid on top of /home/pjones. This means I don't have to search > through /home looking for links to an old generation to deactivate it, > and rolling back just mounts a previous generation on top of /home. > > So, how bad is this idea? > > Thanks! > > > [1]: https://github.com/sheenobu/nix-home > > -- > Peter Jones, Founder, Devalot.com > Defending the honor of good code > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > https://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >
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