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Re:I Was Wrong about Nix by xenadu02 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @12:07AM (#22296230)
Taking a top-level directory isn't very good form IMHO. I understand wanting a hard-coded path but /opt/nix seems more in keeping with the Unix philosophy.
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Re:I Was Wrong about Nix by Annatar on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @12:38AM (#22296357)
It would be /var/opt/nix since it's data. Payload in /opt/nix and configuration in /etc/opt/nix. That's what the specification states.
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