Fix darwin-rebuild PATH configuration
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- zsh
- Domain
- devops
Research direction
Review the PATH configurations in cfs.nix, personal.nix, and seneca.nix, then inspect the .zshrc changes around nix-daemon.sh. Verify that /run/current-system/sw/bin is retained in PATH and that darwin-rebuild is available after installation.
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Description
Summary
Resolved issue where darwin-rebuild command was not found after installation due to PATH configuration problems.
Problem
/run/current-system/sw/binwas not in user's PATH- Nix-Darwin configurations were using
lib.mkForcewhich prevented proper PATH merging - User's .zshrc was not able to control final PATH ordering
Solution
-
Removed all
lib.mkForceusage from PATH configurations in:cfs.nixpersonal.nixseneca.nix
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Updated
.zshrcto properly configure PATH after nix-daemon.sh:# Initialize path array from current PATH path=(${(s/:/)PATH}) # Ensure darwin-rebuild is accessible if [[ -d /run/current-system/sw/bin ]]; then path=('/run/current-system/sw/bin' $path) fi
Key Learning
User shell configuration should have final control over PATH ordering. Nix should provide paths but not force ordering.
Related
- This was discovered while working on MCP server module implementation
- Solution documented in
.claude/guides/lessons-learned-nix.md
- Dominant language
- Jupyter Notebook
- Stars
- 1
- Forks
- 0
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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