From 466530d1d357a9f99763b13f0d647e0085909c86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: r-vdp <ramses@well-founded.dev>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 18:50:00 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/calamares-plasma6: replace activation script with
 tmpfiles

Part of #475305.
---
 ...llation-cd-graphical-calamares-plasma6.nix | 29 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-calamares-plasma6.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-calamares-plasma6.nix
index 6d2c7112bc08..74a75758dfa8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-calamares-plasma6.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-graphical-calamares-plasma6.nix
@@ -36,25 +36,22 @@
   # Avoid bundling an entire MariaDB installation on the ISO.
   programs.kde-pim.enable = false;
 
-  system.activationScripts.installerDesktop =
+  systemd.tmpfiles.settings."10-installer-desktop" =
     let
-
       # Comes from documentation.nix when xserver and nixos.enable are true.
       manualDesktopFile = "/run/current-system/sw/share/applications/nixos-manual.desktop";
-
-      homeDir = "/home/nixos/";
-      desktopDir = homeDir + "Desktop/";
-
     in
-    ''
-      mkdir -p ${desktopDir}
-      chown nixos ${homeDir} ${desktopDir}
-
-      ln -sfT ${manualDesktopFile} ${desktopDir + "nixos-manual.desktop"}
-      ln -sfT ${pkgs.gparted}/share/applications/gparted.desktop ${desktopDir + "gparted.desktop"}
-      ln -sfT ${pkgs.calamares-nixos}/share/applications/calamares.desktop ${
-        desktopDir + "calamares.desktop"
-      }
-    '';
+    {
+      "/home/nixos/Desktop".d = {
+        user = "nixos";
+        group = "users";
+        mode = "0755";
+      };
+      "/home/nixos/Desktop/nixos-manual.desktop"."L+".argument = manualDesktopFile;
+      "/home/nixos/Desktop/gparted.desktop"."L+".argument =
+        "${pkgs.gparted}/share/applications/gparted.desktop";
+      "/home/nixos/Desktop/calamares.desktop"."L+".argument =
+        "${pkgs.calamares-nixos}/share/applications/calamares.desktop";
+    };
 
 }