{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let perlWrapped = pkgs.perl.withPackages (p: with p; [ ConfigIniFiles FileSlurp ]); in { options = { system.switch.enable = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.bool; default = true; description = lib.mdDoc '' Whether to include the capability to switch configurations. Disabling this makes the system unable to be reconfigured via `nixos-rebuild`. This is good for image based appliances where updates are handled outside the image. Reducing features makes the image lighter and slightly more secure. ''; }; }; config = lib.mkIf config.system.switch.enable { system.activatableSystemBuilderCommands = '' mkdir $out/bin substitute ${./switch-to-configuration.pl} $out/bin/switch-to-configuration \ --subst-var out \ --subst-var-by toplevel ''${!toplevelVar} \ --subst-var-by coreutils "${pkgs.coreutils}" \ --subst-var-by distroId ${lib.escapeShellArg config.system.nixos.distroId} \ --subst-var-by installBootLoader ${lib.escapeShellArg config.system.build.installBootLoader} \ --subst-var-by localeArchive "${config.i18n.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive" \ --subst-var-by perl "${perlWrapped}" \ --subst-var-by shell "${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh" \ --subst-var-by su "${pkgs.shadow.su}/bin/su" \ --subst-var-by systemd "${config.systemd.package}" \ --subst-var-by utillinux "${pkgs.util-linux}" \ ; chmod +x $out/bin/switch-to-configuration ${lib.optionalString (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform == pkgs.stdenv.buildPlatform) '' if ! output=$(${perlWrapped}/bin/perl -c $out/bin/switch-to-configuration 2>&1); then echo "switch-to-configuration syntax is not valid:" echo "$output" exit 1 fi ''} ''; }; }