Updating glide browser resets the default profile

[idlip]

If I update glide browser (from one ver to another) or change my nix pkg build at first launch glide creates new profile as sets it as default. If i remember correctly I think it showed some warning on "installed version is different"

Ik glide might be at alpha stage, although for me its stable.

here is what profiles.ini has below:

[InstallC9890D5F63744410]
Default=oollv4xx.default-glide
Locked=1

[InstallBD181209DE0EE022]
Default=bxoxbx74.default-glide-1
Locked=1

[Install1D06BC4B2D695C79]
Default=oollv4xx.default-glide
Locked=1

Just wanted to know if this is intended behavior, and if this will be resolved in future version when glide gets more stable?

[RobertCraigie]

This is not intended behaviour, I suspect something in the nix build is messing things up, as this behaviour does not happen for me on macOS.

Can you share any more details about how you're running glide with nix?

[idlip]

I used flake from here: https://github.com/aca/glide-browser.nix
I modified it as a glide.nix to call nix build as package

{ stdenv, fetchurl, steam-run, bash, undmg, ... }:

stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  pname = "glide-browser";
  version = "0.1.52a";

  src = fetchurl {
    url = "https://github.com/glide-browser/glide/releases/download/${version}/glide.linux-x86_64.tar.xz";
    sha256 = "sha256-v3bJLQ+3A4DTBIafQAMHyPdkL+71cpnQlabJYAskUgI=";
  
  };

  sourceRoot = ".";
  nativeBuildInputs = [ undmg ];

  installPhase = ''
    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib/glide
  cp -r glide/* $out/lib/glide/
  chmod +x $out/lib/glide/glide

  # Create a wrapper for glide to pass arguments
  cat > $out/bin/glide <<EOF
  #!/bin/sh
  cd $out/lib/glide
  exec ${steam-run}/bin/steam-run ${bash}/bin/bash -c "GTK_IM_MODULE=\$GTK_IM_MODULE $out/lib/glide/glide \"\$@\""
  EOF
  chmod +x $out/bin/glide

  # Create a wrapper for glide-browser to pass arguments
  cat > $out/bin/glide-browser <<EOF
  #!/bin/sh
  cd $out/lib/glide
  exec ${steam-run}/bin/steam-run ${bash}/bin/bash -c "GTK_IM_MODULE=\$GTK_IM_MODULE $out/lib/glide/glide \"\$@\""
  EOF
  chmod +x $out/bin/glide-browser
  '';

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "Glide Browser";
    homepage = "https://github.com/glide-browser/glide";
    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
  };

}

You can call the above glide.nix pkg as:

1. flake: NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nix build --impure --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> {}; callPackage ./gdk/pkgs/glide.nix {}'

2. general: NIXPKGS_ALLOW_UNFREE=1 nix-build -E 'with import <nixpkgs> {}; callPackage ./glide.nix {}'

@aca Looping you in, if this issues occured to you as well.
Please try to update the version from "0.1.51a" -> "0.1.52a" and open glide and LMK if default profile changes for you.