{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let inherit (lib) optionalString mkOption types mkIf mkDefault; cfg = config.environment.stub-ld; message = '' NixOS cannot run dynamically linked executables intended for generic linux environments out of the box. For more information, see: https://nix.dev/permalink/stub-ld ''; stub-ld-for = pkgsArg: messageArg: pkgsArg.pkgsStatic.runCommandCC "stub-ld" { nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgsArg.unixtools.xxd ]; inherit messageArg; } '' printf "%s" "$messageArg" | xxd -i -n message >main.c cat <>main.c #include int main(int argc, char * argv[]) { fprintf(stderr, "Could not start dynamically linked executable: %s\n", argv[0]); fwrite(message, sizeof(unsigned char), message_len, stderr); return 127; // matches behavior of bash and zsh without a loader. fish uses 139 } EOF $CC -Os main.c -o $out ''; pkgs32 = pkgs.pkgsi686Linux; stub-ld = stub-ld-for pkgs message; stub-ld32 = stub-ld-for pkgs32 message; in { options = { environment.stub-ld = { enable = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = true; example = false; description = '' Install a stub ELF loader to print an informative error message in the event that a user attempts to run an ELF binary not compiled for NixOS. ''; }; }; }; config = mkIf cfg.enable { environment.ldso = mkDefault stub-ld; environment.ldso32 = mkIf pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 (mkDefault stub-ld32); }; meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tejing ]; }