From 20dee8e3076221d509102411ebd79b48c6513eb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xory <xory@tutamail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:06:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] just came out of git hell and seemingly fixed machine-id, i
 think this is it?

---
 flake.lock                        | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 hosts/voidspear/configuration.nix | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 5debf7a..b7ad26e 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "impermanence": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1737831083,
+        "narHash": "sha256-LJggUHbpyeDvNagTUrdhe/pRVp4pnS6wVKALS782gRI=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "impermanence",
+        "rev": "4b3e914cdf97a5b536a889e939fb2fd2b043a170",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "impermanence",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1761114652,
@@ -39,6 +54,7 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
+        "impermanence": "impermanence",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
     }
diff --git a/hosts/voidspear/configuration.nix b/hosts/voidspear/configuration.nix
index 068dbf1..c18b301 100644
--- a/hosts/voidspear/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/voidspear/configuration.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   fileSystems."/persist" = {
     device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/1578f380-e588-419b-ace0-f63e6a48ca39";
     fsType = "ext4";
+    neededForBoot = true;
   };
 
   environment.persistence."/persist" = {
@@ -54,13 +55,14 @@
       "/var/lib/bluetooth"
       "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections"
       "/var/lib/nixos"
-      "/home"
-    ];
-    files = [
-      "/etc/machine-id"
     ];
   };
 
+  environment.etc."machine-id" = {
+    source = "/persist/etc/machine-id";
+    mode = "0444";
+  };
+
   # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
   programs.zsh.enable = true; # home-manager already installs this but nixos complains w/o it 
   users.users.xory = {