Search $PATH for the shutdown binary instead of hard-coding /sbin/shutdown, which isn't valid on NixOS (and a compatibility link on most other modern distros anyway). -- nckx --- a/include/pathnames.h +++ b/include/pathnames.h @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ #ifndef _PATH_LOGIN #define _PATH_LOGIN "/bin/login" #endif -#define _PATH_SHUTDOWN "/sbin/shutdown" +#define _PATH_SHUTDOWN "shutdown" #define _PATH_TERMCOLORS_DIRNAME "terminal-colors.d" #define _PATH_TERMCOLORS_DIR "/etc/" _PATH_TERMCOLORS_DIRNAME --- a/sys-utils/rtcwake.c +++ b/sys-utils/rtcwake.c @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) arg[i++] = "now"; arg[i] = NULL; if (!ctl.dryrun) { - execv(arg[0], arg); + execvp(arg[0], arg); warn(_("failed to execute %s"), _PATH_SHUTDOWN); rc = EXIT_FAILURE; }