This is based on the respectve patch from NixPkgs, but with the parts pinning
mysql and postgresql executables removed. See our package definition on why.

diff --git a/src/akonadicontrol/agentmanager.cpp b/src/akonadicontrol/agentmanager.cpp
--- a/src/akonadicontrol/agentmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/akonadicontrol/agentmanager.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public:
         connect(this, &Akonadi::ProcessControl::unableToStart, this, []() {
             QCoreApplication::instance()->exit(255);
         });
-        start(QStringLiteral("akonadiserver"), args, RestartOnCrash);
+        start(QStringLiteral(NIX_OUT "/bin/akonadiserver"), args, RestartOnCrash);
     }

     ~StorageProcessControl() override
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public:
         connect(this, &Akonadi::ProcessControl::unableToStart, this, []() {
             qCCritical(AKONADICONTROL_LOG) << "Failed to start AgentServer!";
         });
-        start(QStringLiteral("akonadi_agent_server"), args, RestartOnCrash);
+        start(QStringLiteral(NIX_OUT "/bin/akonadi_agent_server"), args, RestartOnCrash);
     }

     ~AgentServerProcessControl() override
diff --git a/src/akonadicontrol/agentprocessinstance.cpp b/src/akonadicontrol/agentprocessinstance.cpp
--- a/src/akonadicontrol/agentprocessinstance.cpp
+++ b/src/akonadicontrol/agentprocessinstance.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ bool AgentProcessInstance::start(const AgentType &agentInfo)
     } else {
         Q_ASSERT(agentInfo.launchMethod == AgentType::Launcher);
         const QStringList arguments = QStringList() << executable << identifier();
-        const QString agentLauncherExec = Akonadi::StandardDirs::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("akonadi_agent_launcher"));
+        const QString agentLauncherExec = QLatin1String(NIX_OUT "/bin/akonadi_agent_launcher");
         mController->start(agentLauncherExec, arguments);
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp b/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp
--- a/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp
+++ b/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ bool DbConfigMysql::startInternalServer()
 #endif

     // generate config file
-    const QString globalConfig = StandardDirs::locateResourceFile("config", QStringLiteral("mysql-global.conf"));
+    const QString globalConfig = QLatin1String(NIX_OUT "/etc/xdg/akonadi/mysql-global.conf");
     const QString localConfig = StandardDirs::locateResourceFile("config", QStringLiteral("mysql-local.conf"));
     const QString actualConfig = StandardDirs::saveDir("data") + QLatin1String("/mysql.conf");
     if (globalConfig.isEmpty()) {
<span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* gnu.scm (%try-use-modules): Use 'formatted-message' instead of
'&amp;message'.
* gnu/machine/digital-ocean.scm (maybe-raise-unsupported-configuration-error):
Likewise.
* gnu/machine/ssh.scm (machine-check-file-system-availability): Likewise.
(machine-check-building-for-appropriate-system): Likewise.
(deploy-managed-host): Likewise.
(maybe-raise-unsupported-configuration-error): Likewise.
* gnu/packages.scm (search-patch): Likewise.
* gnu/services.scm (%service-with-default-value): Likewise.
(files-&gt;etc-directory): Likewise.
(fold-services): Likewise.
* gnu/system.scm (locale-name-&gt;definition*): Likewise.
* gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm (check-device-initrd-modules): Likewise.
(check-luks-device): Likewise.
* guix/channels.scm (latest-channel-instance): Likewise.
* guix/cve.scm (json-&gt;cve-items): Likewise.
* guix/git-authenticate.scm (commit-signing-key): Likewise.
(commit-authorized-keys): Likewise.
(authenticate-commit): Likewise.
(verify-introductory-commit): Likewise.
* guix/remote.scm (remote-pipe-for-gexp): Likewise.
* guix/scripts/graph.scm (assert-package): Likewise.
* guix/scripts/offload.scm (private-key-from-file*): Likewise.
* guix/ssh.scm (authenticate-server*): Likewise.
(open-ssh-session): Likewise.
(remote-inferior): Likewise.
* guix/ui.scm (matching-generations): Likewise.
* guix/upstream.scm (package-update): Likewise.
* tests/channels.scm ("latest-channel-instances, missing introduction for 'guix'"):
Catch 'formatted-message?'.
("authenticate-channel, wrong first commit signer"): Likewise.
* tests/lint.scm ("patches: not found"): Adjust message string.
* tests/packages.scm ("patch not found yields a run-time error"): Catch
'formatted-message?'.
* guix/lint.scm (check-patch-file-names): Handle 'formatted-message?'.
(check-derivation): Ditto.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2020-07-25 19:11:36 +0200'>2020-07-25</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu.scm?id=f9a8dd053c4e0fd1fc4b64291bb90de36520b3bc'>utils: Move '&amp;fix-hint' to (guix diagnostics).</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* guix/utils.scm (&amp;fix-hint): Move to...
* guix/diagnostics.scm (&amp;fix-hint): ... here.
* gnu.scm: Adjust imports accordingly.
* gnu/system/mapped-devices.scm: Likewise.
* guix/channels.scm: Likewise.
* guix/profiles.scm: Likewise.
* guix/scripts/system/reconfigure.scm: Likewise.
* guix/ssh.scm: Likewise.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2020-07-25 19:11:36 +0200'>2020-07-25</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu.scm?id=a5e2fc73760a2ae023f2e56bdbf8025971f90e64'>utils: Move &lt;location&gt; and '&amp;error-location' to (guix diagnostics).</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* guix/utils.scm (&lt;location&gt;, source-properties-&gt;location)
(location-&gt;source-properties, &amp;error-location): Move to...
* guix/diagnostics.scm: ... here.
* gnu.scm: Adjust imports accordingly.
* gnu/machine.scm: Likewise.
* gnu/system.scm: Likewise.
* gnu/tests.scm: Likewise.
* guix/inferior.scm: Likewise.
* tests/channels.scm: Likewise.
* tests/packages.scm: Likewise.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>