If the path of the nix-daemon socket is not the default (/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket) some programs search the daemon socket in the wrong path. Furthermore having a non standard path for the socket would make it harder to use an updated nix-daemon from the store (see also this comment).
If the path of the nix-daemon socket is not the default (
/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket) some programs search the daemon socket in the wrong path. Furthermore having a non standard path for the socket would make it harder to use an updated nix-daemon from the store (see also this comment).