nixos/environment: accept path for variables and sessionVariables

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix b/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix
index 50bb9b17783bb..d5ec420f30445 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ in
         strings.  The latter is concatenated, interspersed with colon
         characters.
       '';
-      type = with types; attrsOf (either str (listOf str));
-      apply = mapAttrs (n: v: if isList v then concatStringsSep ":" v else v);
+      type = with types; attrsOf (oneOf [ str path (listOf str) ]);
+      apply = mapAttrs (n: v: if isList v then concatStringsSep ":" v else "${v}");
     };
 
     environment.profiles = mkOption {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/system-environment.nix b/nixos/modules/config/system-environment.nix
index 5b226d5079b0f..399304185223f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/system-environment.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/system-environment.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This module defines a system-wide environment that will be
 # initialised by pam_env (that is, not only in shells).
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, options, pkgs, ... }:
 
 with lib;
 
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ in
         therefore not possible to use PAM style variables such as
         `@{HOME}`.
       '';
-      type = with types; attrsOf (either str (listOf str));
-      apply = mapAttrs (n: v: if isList v then concatStringsSep ":" v else v);
+      inherit (options.environment.variables) type apply;
     };
 
     environment.profileRelativeSessionVariables = mkOption {