Merge pull request #5150 from NixOS/install-no-rsync

Remove rsync usage in the installer
NixOS · Aug 19, 2021 · ffa629b · ffa629b
2 parents 2cd1a5b + 475fc10
commit ffa629b
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diff --git a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
@@ -701,7 +701,10 @@ install_from_extracted_nix() {
         cd "$EXTRACTED_NIX_PATH"
 
         _sudo "to copy the basic Nix files to the new store at $NIX_ROOT/store" \
-              rsync -rlpt --chmod=-w ./store/* "$NIX_ROOT/store/"
+              cp -RLp ./store/* "$NIX_ROOT/store/"
+
+        _sudo "to make the new store non-writable at $NIX_ROOT/store" \
+              chmod -R ugo-w "$NIX_ROOT/store/"
 
         if [ -d "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX" ]; then
             echo "      Alright! We have our first nix at $NIX_INSTALLED_NIX"