Do flakes also set the system channel?

command-not-found is easily fixed.
Add the channel as input

inputs.nixos-channel.url = "https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz";

get the DB out in an overlay

programs_sqlite = runCommandLocal "programs_sqlite" { } ''
  cp ${inputs.nixos-channel}/programs.sqlite $out
'';  

change dbPath

programs.command-not-found.dbPath = pkgs.programs_sqlite;
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