From 1eaca98618c05b15689da6d194178b4874b4b900 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Aleix=20Bon=C3=A9?= <aleix.boneribo@bsc.es>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 16:42:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix nix-portable pkgStatic symlink handling

Reviewed-by: Rodrigo Arias Mallo <rodrigo.arias@bsc.es>
---
 pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix b/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
index 8034a6ef..c04427e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,13 @@ let
     { nativeBuildInputs = [ upx ]; }
     ''
       mkdir -p $out/bin
-      upx -9 -o $out/bin/${binName} ${binPath}
+      theBinPath=${binPath}
+
+      if [[ -L "$theBinPath" ]]; then
+        theBinPath=$(readlink -f "$theBinPath")
+      fi
+
+      upx -9 -o $out/bin/${binName} $theBinPath
     '';
 
   installBin = pkg: bin: ''