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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/lua/man.lua b/runtime/lua/man.lua
index 5951884e07..a644dd68b8 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/man.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/man.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ local function man_error(msg)
end
-- Run a system command and timeout after 30 seconds.
-local function system(cmd, silent, env)
+local function system(cmd_, silent, env)
local stdout_data = {}
local stderr_data = {}
local stdout = vim.loop.new_pipe(false)
@@ -21,11 +21,23 @@ local function system(cmd, silent, env)
local done = false
local exit_code
+ -- We use the `env` command here rather than the env option to vim.loop.spawn since spawn will
+ -- completely overwrite the environment when we just want to modify the existing one.
+ --
+ -- Overwriting mainly causes problems NixOS which relies heavily on a non-standard environment.
+ local cmd
+ if env then
+ cmd = { 'env' }
+ vim.list_extend(cmd, env)
+ vim.list_extend(cmd, cmd_)
+ else
+ cmd = cmd_
+ end
+
local handle
handle = vim.loop.spawn(cmd[1], {
args = vim.list_slice(cmd, 2),
stdio = { nil, stdout, stderr },
- env = env,
}, function(code)
exit_code = code
stdout:close()