Add nix-ld and fix for vscode remote wsl extension

Makefile

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ HOSTNAME ?= $(shell hostname)
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
-	SWITCH_CMD := nixos-rebuild --use-remote-sudo -I nixos-config="machines/$(HOSTNAME)/configuration.nix" switch --flake '.\#'
+	SWITCH_CMD := nixos-rebuild --use-remote-sudo -I nixos-config="machines/$(HOSTNAME)/configuration.nix" switch --flake '.\#' \
+								--impure # Impure because of: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/vscode-remote-wsl-extension-works-on-nixos-without-patching-thanks-to-nix-ld/14615
 endif
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
 	SWITCH_CMD := exec darwin-rebuild switch --flake .

flake.lock

@@ -116,6 +116,25 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nix-ld": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "utils": "utils_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1652641841,
+        "narHash": "sha256-TTBz20XR2vmvOSDu8hXcbHbOEI0t/IWq8vZuRKyep1E=",
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "repo": "nix-ld",
+        "rev": "c25cc4b5ec65f03c2bb96f927ae724a59c51d7ee",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "repo": "nix-ld",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixos-hardware": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1658401027,
@@ -149,6 +168,21 @@
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1652536154,
+        "narHash": "sha256-d+y62beDhz2/l65SBAkxwtvTBzw3hgU1kECogyncKYM=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "ddfb78791c95019d3d102d9dcb2631112ca7661f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_3": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1658380158,
         "narHash": "sha256-DBunkegKWlxPZiOcw3/SNIFg93amkdGIy2g0y/jDpHg=",
@@ -169,8 +203,9 @@
         "darwin": "darwin",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "neovim-nightly-overlay": "neovim-nightly-overlay",
+        "nix-ld": "nix-ld",
         "nixos-hardware": "nixos-hardware",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3"
       }
     },
     "utils": {
@@ -187,6 +222,21 @@
         "repo": "flake-utils",
         "type": "github"
       }
+    },
+    "utils_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1652372896,
+        "narHash": "sha256-lURGussfF3mGrFPQT3zgW7+RC0pBhbHzco0C7I+ilow=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "0d347c56f6f41de822a4f4c7ff5072f3382db121",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
     }
   },
   "root": "root",

flake.nix

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
     neovim-nightly-overlay.url = "github:nix-community/neovim-nightly-overlay";
 
+    nix-ld.url = "github:Mic92/nix-ld";
+
     darwin = {
       url = "github:lnl7/nix-darwin";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@
     home-manager,
     nixpkgs,
     nixos-hardware,
+    nix-ld,
     ...
   } @ inputs: {
     nixosConfigurations = let
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@
         modules =
           [
             ./machines/aether/configuration.nix
+            nix-ld.nixosModules.nix-ld
           ]
           ++ defaultModules;
       };

machines/aether/configuration.nix

@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ with lib; let
 in {
   imports = [
     "${modulesPath}/profiles/minimal.nix"
+    ./nix-ld-config.nix
 
     nixos-wsl.nixosModules.wsl
   ];
 
+  nix-ld-config.enable = true;
+
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
 
   system.stateVersion = "unstable";

machines/aether/nix-ld-config.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
+with lib; let
+  cfg = config.nix-ld-config;
+  ldEnv = {
+    NIX_LD_LIBRARY_PATH = with pkgs;
+      makeLibraryPath [
+        stdenv.cc.cc
+      ];
+    NIX_LD = removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile "${pkgs.stdenv.cc}/nix-support/dynamic-linker");
+  };
+  ldExports = mapAttrsToList (name: value: "export ${name}=${value}") ldEnv;
+  joinedLdExports = concatStringsSep "\n" ldExports;
+in {
+  options.nix-ld-config = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "nix-ld config module";
+    user = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      description = "The name of user you want to configure for using VSCode's Remote WSL extension.";
+      default = "dave";
+    };
+  };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.variables = ldEnv;
+    home-manager.users.${cfg.user}.home.file.".vscode-server/server-env-setup".text = joinedLdExports;
+  };
+}

packages/common.nix

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ in {
       unzip
       viddy
       xclip
+      wget
       xdg_utils
       yq-go
       zip