nixos/deepin: install polkit local authority files in /etc

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/dde-api/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/dde-api/default.nix
index b0e908c847e1..76c0861cb3a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/deepin/dde-api/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/deepin/dde-api/default.nix
@@ -68,15 +68,10 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     rfkill      # run
     xcur2png    # run
     #locales     # run (locale-helper needs locale-gen, which is unavailable on NixOS?)
- ];
+  ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-    searchHardCodedPaths # debugging
-
-    sed -i -e "s|/var|$out/var|" Makefile
-
-    # TODO: confirm where to install grub themes
-    sed -i -e "s|/boot/grub|$out/boot/grub|" Makefile
+    searchHardCodedPaths  # debugging
 
     fixPath $out /usr/lib/deepin-api \
       lunar-calendar/main.go \
@@ -90,6 +85,19 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
       misc/systemd/system/deepin-shutdown-sound.service \
       theme_thumb/gtk/gtk.go \
       thumbnails/gtk/gtk.go
+    fixPath $out /boot/grub Makefile     # TODO: confirm where to install grub themes
+    fixPath $out /var Makefile
+
+    # This package wants to install polkit local authority files into
+    # /var/lib. Nix does not allow a package to install files into /var/lib
+    # because it is outside of the Nix store and should contain applications
+    # state information (persistent data modified by programs as they
+    # run). Polkit looks for them in both /etc/polkit-1 and
+    # /var/lib/polkit-1 (with /etc having priority over /var/lib). An
+    # work around is to install them to $out/etc and simlnk them to
+    # /etc in the deepin module.
+
+    sed -i -e "s,/var/lib/polkit-1,/etc/polkit-1," Makefile
   '';
 
   buildPhase = ''
@@ -103,6 +111,10 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     remove-references-to -t ${go} $out/bin/* $out/lib/deepin-api/*
   '';
 
+  postFixup = ''
+    searchHardCodedPaths $out  # debugging
+  '';
+
   passthru.updateScript = deepin.updateScript { inherit name; };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {