[FAIL]** Found profiles outside of /nix/var/nix/profiles

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Why did the installer create a symlink…
.nix-profile -> /home/cmyk/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile

… if it’s going to complain when you run a nix config test?
How is this properly set up? I could find nothing conclusive in docs.
Also, why does the installer not set $NIX_CONF_DIR?

cmyk@ubuntu: ~ $ nix config check
[PASS] PATH contains only one nix version.
[FAIL] Found profiles outside of /nix/var/nix/profiles.
The generation this profile points to might not have a gcroot and could be
garbage collected, resulting in broken symlinks.

   "/home/cmyk/.nix-profile/bin"

[PASS] Client protocol matches store protocol.
[INFO] You are trusted by store uri: daemon
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Hey @cmyk - did you ever figure this out? I’m currently seeing the same thing.

If I do a nix profile -d home-manager-path and rebuild, it seems to resolve the issue, but I’d like to understand why this is happening on a clean build.

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No, I did not. No nix guru seems to have time to explain. Nix is not for the faint of heart.

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Ah man. So are you running with the error still present? I’ve spent the day trying to figure it out - cannot get to the bottom of it at all.