From e5407513a39e92381e9e17501d91f4c1f0dd5231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ediblerope <fredrik@nordhammer.it>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 22:27:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH]

---
 settings/stylix.nix | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/settings/stylix.nix b/settings/stylix.nix
index b93ae57..15cf2d2 100644
--- a/settings/stylix.nix
+++ b/settings/stylix.nix
@@ -83,15 +83,20 @@
       papirusDark = pkgs.runCommand "papirus-dark-${closestPfColor}" {
         nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.papirus-folders ];
       } ''
-        mkdir -p $out/share/icons
-        cp -r ${pkgs.papirus-icon-theme}/share/icons/Papirus-Dark $out/share/icons/
-        chmod -R u+w $out/share/icons/Papirus-Dark
+        # Work in a fully writable temp tree so papirus-folders can find and
+        # modify the theme without fighting the nix sandbox path structure.
+        tmpdata=$(mktemp -d)
+        mkdir -p $tmpdata/icons
+        cp -r ${pkgs.papirus-icon-theme}/share/icons/Papirus-Dark $tmpdata/icons/
+        chmod -R u+w $tmpdata/icons/Papirus-Dark
 
         export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-        mkdir -p $HOME/.local/share/icons
-        ln -s $out/share/icons/Papirus-Dark $HOME/.local/share/icons/Papirus-Dark
+        export XDG_DATA_HOME=$tmpdata
 
         papirus-folders -C ${closestPfColor} -t Papirus-Dark
+
+        mkdir -p $out/share/icons
+        cp -r $tmpdata/icons/Papirus-Dark $out/share/icons/
       '';
 
       # Map matugen's Material You placeholders to the closest base16 slot