From 7a3e2cc0634dc09a5d3f846d4224771e51253604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 14:15:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] files: use `nix-env` to create profile links

---
 modules/files.nix | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/files.nix b/modules/files.nix
index 94b3aa565..bd0528856 100644
--- a/modules/files.nix
+++ b/modules/files.nix
@@ -197,8 +197,7 @@ in
 
           if [[ ! -v oldGenPath || "$oldGenPath" != "$newGenPath" ]] ; then
             echo "Creating profile generation $newGenNum"
-            $DRY_RUN_CMD ln -Tsf $VERBOSE_ARG "$newGenPath" "$newGenProfilePath"
-            $DRY_RUN_CMD ln -Tsf $VERBOSE_ARG $(basename "$newGenProfilePath") "$genProfilePath"
+            $DRY_RUN_CMD nix-env $VERBOSE_ARG --profile "$genProfilePath" --set "$newGenPath"
             $DRY_RUN_CMD ln -Tsf $VERBOSE_ARG "$newGenPath" "$newGenGcPath"
           else
             echo "No change so reusing latest profile generation $oldGenNum"