From cba8b52942c5ab38c90b7d7425e4c8acc360656e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oxalica <oxalicc@pm.me>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 01:55:00 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Check and create /etc/NIXOS during activation

---
 nixos/modules/system/etc/setup-etc.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/etc/setup-etc.pl b/nixos/modules/system/etc/setup-etc.pl
index eed20065087f..be6b2d9ae71e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/etc/setup-etc.pl
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/etc/setup-etc.pl
@@ -138,3 +138,9 @@ foreach my $fn (@oldCopied) {
 # Rewrite /etc/.clean.
 close CLEAN;
 write_file("/etc/.clean", map { "$_\n" } @copied);
+
+# Create /etc/NIXOS tag if not exists.
+# When /etc is not on a persistent filesystem, it will be wiped after reboot,
+# so we need to check and re-create it during activation.
+open TAG, ">>/etc/NIXOS";
+close TAG;