locate: build in correct dbpath

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
index e7fc25fc20785..a9c84f6db2431 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
@@ -113,8 +113,14 @@ in {
         }
       ];
 
+    nixpkgs.config = { locate.dbfile = cfg.output; };
+
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.locate ];
 
+    environment.variables = mkIf (!isMLocate)
+      { LOCATE_PATH = cfg.output;
+      };
+
     warnings = optional (isMLocate && cfg.localuser != null) "mlocate does not support searching as user other than root"
             ++ optional (isFindutils && cfg.pruneNames != []) "findutils locate does not support pruning by directory component"
             ++ optional (isFindutils && cfg.pruneBindMounts) "findutils locate does not support skipping bind mounts";