Implement NixOS distro check (#12914)

(cherry picked from commit 148f6d9820)

lib/pure/distros.nim

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from strutils import contains, toLowerAscii
 
 when not defined(nimscript):
   from osproc import execProcess
+  from os import existsEnv
 
 type
   Distribution* {.pure.} = enum ## the list of known distributions
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ type
     Clonezilla
     SteamOS
     Absolute
-    NixOS
+    NixOS ## NixOS or a Nix build environment
     AUSTRUMI
     Arya
     Porteus
@@ -161,6 +162,9 @@ proc detectOsImpl(d: Distribution): bool =
   of Distribution.BSD: result = defined(bsd)
   of Distribution.ArchLinux:
     result = "arch" in toLowerAscii(uname())
+  of Distribution.NixOS:
+    result = existsEnv("NIX_BUILD_TOP") or existsEnv("__NIXOS_SET_ENVIRONMENT_DONE")
+    # Check if this is a Nix build or NixOS environment
   of Distribution.OpenSUSE:
     result = "suse" in toLowerAscii(uname()) or "suse" in toLowerAscii(release())
   of Distribution.GoboLinux: