system.patches

Set of patches to apply to /.

Useful for safely changing system files. Unlike the etc module this won't remove or modify files with unexpected content.

Type

list of absolute path

Default

[ ]

Example

[
  (pkgs.writeText "bashrc.patch" '''
    --- a/etc/bashrc
    +++ b/etc/bashrc
    @@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
     shopt -s checkwinsize

     [ -r "/etc/bashrc_$TERM_PROGRAM" ] && . "/etc/bashrc_$TERM_PROGRAM"
    +
    +if test -e /etc/static/bashrc; then . /etc/static/bashrc; fi
  ''')
]

Declared

<nix-darwin/modules/system/patches.nix>