Use nix-index-database instead of barely-working timer update

flake.lock

@@ -243,6 +243,26 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nix-index-database": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1678095956,
+        "narHash": "sha256-I8o9R8X7SkqObDWfhBogUNtwAC17qERK97g5LVsHGpA=",
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "repo": "nix-index-database",
+        "rev": "4644dcf60506c29ed2cbcd530652b1a1835024b2",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "repo": "nix-index-database",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixos-mailserver": {
       "inputs": {
         "blobs": "blobs",
@@ -325,6 +345,7 @@
         "emacs-overlay": "emacs-overlay",
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
+        "nix-index-database": "nix-index-database",
         "nixos-mailserver": "nixos-mailserver",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "nur": "nur",

flake.nix

@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
       };
     };
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    nix-index-database = {
+      url = "github:Mic92/nix-index-database";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
     nur.url = "github:nix-community/NUR";
     tetris = {
       url = "github:chvp/tetris";
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@
     };
   };
 
-  outputs = inputs@{ self, nixpkgs, accentor, accentor-api, accentor-web, agenix, devshell, emacs-overlay, flake-utils, home-manager, nixos-mailserver, nur, tetris, utils, www-chvp-be }:
+  outputs = inputs@{ self, nixpkgs, accentor, accentor-api, accentor-web, agenix, devshell, emacs-overlay, flake-utils, home-manager, nix-index-database, nixos-mailserver, nur, tetris, utils, www-chvp-be }:
     utils.lib.mkFlake {
       inherit self inputs;
       channels.nixpkgs = {
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@
           agenix.nixosModules.age
           home-manager.nixosModule
           nixos-mailserver.nixosModule
+          nix-index-database.nixosModules.nix-index
           ./modules
         ];
       };

modules/base/nix/default.nix

@@ -8,32 +8,10 @@ let
     };
   };
   baseNixIndex = {
-    home.packages = with pkgs; [ nix-index ];
-    programs.zsh.initExtra = ''
-      source ${pkgs.nix-index}/etc/profile.d/command-not-found.sh
-    '';
-    systemd.user = {
-      services.nix-index = {
-        Unit = {
-          Description = "Service to run nix-index";
-        };
-        Service = {
-          Type = "oneshot";
-          ExecStart = "${pkgs.nix-index}/bin/nix-index";
-        };
-      };
-      timers.nix-index = {
-        Unit = {
-          Description = "Timer that starts nix-index every two hours";
-          PartOf = [ "nix-index.service" ];
-        };
-        Timer = {
-          OnCalendar = "00/2:30";
-        };
-        Install = {
-          WantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
-        };
-      };
+    programs.command-not-found.enable = false;
+    programs.nix-index = {
+      enable = true;
+      package = config.programs.nix-index.package;
     };
   };
 in
@@ -47,14 +25,10 @@ in
       default = [ ];
       example = [ "teams" ];
     };
-    # Note that this is only enabled for charlotte, until https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index/issues/143 is resolved.
-    enableNixIndex = lib.mkOption {
-      default = true;
-      example = false;
-    };
   };
 
   config = {
+    programs.command-not-found.enable = false;
     chvp.base = {
       emacs.extraConfig = [
         ''
@@ -71,8 +45,7 @@ in
       '';
       zfs = {
         homeLinks =
-          (lib.optional config.chvp.base.nix.enableDirenv { path = ".local/share/direnv"; type = "cache"; }) ++
-          (lib.optional config.chvp.base.nix.enableNixIndex { path = ".cache/nix-index"; type = "cache"; });
+          (lib.optional config.chvp.base.nix.enableDirenv { path = ".local/share/direnv"; type = "cache"; });
         systemLinks =
           (lib.optional config.chvp.base.nix.enableDirenv { path = "/root/.local/share/direnv"; type = "cache"; });
       };
@@ -112,7 +85,7 @@ in
     home-manager.users.charlotte = { ... }:
       lib.recursiveUpdate
         (lib.optionalAttrs config.chvp.base.nix.enableDirenv baseDirenv)
-        (lib.optionalAttrs config.chvp.base.nix.enableNixIndex baseNixIndex);
-    home-manager.users.root = { ... }: lib.optionalAttrs config.chvp.base.nix.enableDirenv baseDirenv;
+        baseNixIndex;
+    home-manager.users.root = { ... }: baseNixIndex;
   };
 }