remove noop uses of nix-store --init

the nix-store --init command is a noop apparently

5 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 27164506752d..5c0027301b32 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ let
       pkgs.runCommand "eval-nixos" { buildInputs = [ build.x86_64-linux ]; }
         ''
           export NIX_STATE_DIR=$TMPDIR
-          nix-store --init
 
           nix-instantiate ${nixpkgs}/nixos/release-combined.nix -A tested --dry-run \
             --arg nixpkgs '{ outPath = ${nixpkgs}; revCount = 123; shortRev = "abcdefgh"; }'
diff --git a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
index 6ee8dd48582e..f93be9d3a45b 100644
--- a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
@@ -674,9 +674,6 @@ $NIX_INSTALLED_NIX.
 EOF
         fi
 
-        _sudo "to initialize the Nix Database" \
-              $NIX_INSTALLED_NIX/bin/nix-store --init
-
         cat ./.reginfo \
             | _sudo "to load data for the first time in to the Nix Database" \
                    "$NIX_INSTALLED_NIX/bin/nix-store" --load-db
diff --git a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
index ab20774bbf03..fc633fa2337e 100644
--- a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
@@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ for i in $(cd "$self/store" >/dev/null && echo ./*); do
 done
 echo "" >&2
 
-echo "initialising Nix database..." >&2
-if ! $nix/bin/nix-store --init; then
-    echo "$0: failed to initialize the Nix database" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if ! "$nix/bin/nix-store" --load-db < "$self/.reginfo"; then
     echo "$0: unable to register valid paths" >&2
     exit 1
diff --git a/tests/common.sh.in b/tests/common.sh.in
index 6a523ca9d832..28d0e8bfd5fc 100644
--- a/tests/common.sh.in
+++ b/tests/common.sh.in
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ clearStore() {
     mkdir "$NIX_STORE_DIR"
     rm -rf "$NIX_STATE_DIR"
     mkdir "$NIX_STATE_DIR"
-    nix-store --init
     clearProfiles
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/init.sh b/tests/init.sh
index 19a12c1e2d9e..6fa4f815bfe5 100644
--- a/tests/init.sh
+++ b/tests/init.sh
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ fsync-metadata = false
 !include nix.conf.extra.not-there
 EOF
 
-# Initialise the database.
-nix-store --init
-
 # Did anything happen?
 test -e "$NIX_STATE_DIR"/db/db.sqlite