feat: nix-host updates

- set up minimal fhs
- use root, things work with it
- add cache note
- correct ordering of `PATH`

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - "*"
 
 jobs:
   buildAndPush:
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Nix build
-      run: nix build --extra-experimental-features "flakes nix-command" .${{matrix.containers}}
+      run: nix build --extra-experimental-features "flakes nix-command" .#${{matrix.containers}}
     - name: Setup skopeo
       run: curl -o /etc/containers/policy.json --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/skopeo/refs/heads/main/default-policy.json
     - name: Push Image

flake.nix

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
   };
-  outputs = { nixpkgs, nix, self, ... }@inputs:
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, ... }@inputs:
     let
       system = "x86_64-linux";
       pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
     {
       packages.${system} = rec {
         default = nix-with-tools;
+        nix = nix-with-tools;
 
-        minimal-nix = import (nix + "/docker.nix") {
+        minimal-nix = import (inputs.nix + "/docker.nix") {
           inherit pkgs;
           extraPkgs = [ pkgs.nodejs pkgs.busybox ];
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
             "org.opencontainers.image.description" = "Nix container image with nodejs";
           };
         };
-        nix-with-tools = import (nix + "/docker.nix") {
+        nix-with-tools = import (inputs.nix + "/docker.nix") {
           inherit pkgs;
           extraPkgs = [
             pkgs.nodejs
@@ -63,25 +64,29 @@
             tag = "latest";
 
             runAsRoot = ''
-              ${dockerTools.shadowSetup}
-              useradd -m -s /run/current-system/sw/bin/bash docker-ci
+              mkdir /etc
+              # ${pkgs.shadow}/bin/useradd -m -s /run/current-system/sw/bin/bash docker-ci
+
+              chmod 777 /tmp
+              mkdir -p /var/tmp
+              chmod 777 /var/tmp
             '';
 
             # volumes to mount
             # -v /nix:/nix:ro
             # -v /run/current-system:/run/current-system
+            # -v /var/cache/docker-ci:/.cache
             # -v ${pkgs.buildEnv ... }:/run/container-env
             config = {
               Entrypoint = [ "/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash" ];
-              User = "1000:1000";
+              # User = "1000:1000";
               Env = [
                 "NIX_REMOTE=daemon"
                 "PATH=${lib.concatStringsSep ":" [
-                "/run/current-system/sw/bin"
-                "/run/current-system/sw/sbin"
-                "/run/container-env/bin"
-                # "/run/container-env/sbin" # This might not be needed
-              ]}"
+                  "/run/container-env/bin"
+                  "/run/current-system/sw/bin"
+                  "/run/current-system/sw/sbin"
+                ]}"
 
                 "SSL_CERT_FILE=/run/current-system/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
                 "GIT_SSL_CAINFO=/run/current-system/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"