nixos/packagekit: make it not error out and use upstream systemd unit

nixos/modules/services/misc/packagekit.nix

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ let
 
   packagekitConf = ''
     [Daemon]
+    DefaultBackend=${cfg.backend}
     KeepCache=false
   '';
 
@@ -33,26 +34,32 @@ in
           installing software. Software utilizing PackageKit can install
           software regardless of the package manager.
         '';
-    };
 
+      # TODO: integrate with PolicyKit if the nix backend matures to the point
+      # where it will require elevated permissions
+      backend = mkOption {
+        type = types.enum [ "test_nop" ];
+        default = "test_nop";
+        description = ''
+          PackageKit supports multiple different backends and <literal>auto</literal> which
+          should do the right thing.
+          </para>
+          <para>
+          On NixOS however, we do not have a backend compatible with nix 2.0
+          (refer to <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/233">this issue</link> so we have to force
+          it to <literal>test_nop</literal> for now.
+        '';
+      };
+    };
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.packagekit ];
+    services.dbus.packages = with pkgs; [ packagekit ];
 
-    systemd.services.packagekit = {
+    systemd.packages = with pkgs; [ packagekit ];
-      description = "PackageKit Daemon";
-      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.packagekit}/libexec/packagekitd";
-      serviceConfig.User = "root";
-      serviceConfig.BusName = "org.freedesktop.PackageKit";
-      serviceConfig.Type = "dbus";
-    };
 
     environment.etc."PackageKit/PackageKit.conf".text = packagekitConf;
     environment.etc."PackageKit/Vendor.conf".text = vendorConf;
-
   };
-
 }