From 36e590becb2c7a590cf8107e9d11a47d99a2e735 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ryan <ryan@ryanpandya.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 20:14:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix COOKIE issue by setting RELEASE_COOKIE environment
 variable

- Remove dummy COOKIE file creation (doesn't work in Nix store)
- Set RELEASE_COOKIE env var in wrapper script instead
- This follows NixOS best practices for Elixir releases
---
 nix/package.nix | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nix/package.nix b/nix/package.nix
index 4d28e8c..6914224 100644
--- a/nix/package.nix
+++ b/nix/package.nix
@@ -12,15 +12,13 @@ beamPackages.mixRelease rec {
   
   # Disable distributed Erlang to avoid COOKIE requirement
   postInstall = ''
-    # Create a dummy COOKIE file to satisfy the release boot script
-    echo "dummy_cookie" > $out/releases/COOKIE
-    
-    # Create wrapper script that sets proper environment
+    # Create wrapper script that sets proper environment including COOKIE
     mv $out/bin/systant $out/bin/.systant-wrapped
     cat > $out/bin/systant << EOF
 #!/bin/sh
 export RELEASE_DISTRIBUTION=none
 export RELEASE_NODE=nonode@nohost
+export RELEASE_COOKIE=dummy_cookie_for_single_node
 exec "$out/bin/.systant-wrapped" "\$@"
 EOF
     chmod +x $out/bin/systant