* Delete the chroot if it already exists (e.g. left over from an

  interrupted build).

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 54890afd18..f015b878c3 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -1678,6 +1678,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
            to ensure that we can create hard-links to non-directory
            inputs in the fake Nix store in the chroot (see below). */
         chrootRootDir = drvPath + ".chroot";
+        if (pathExists(chrootRootDir)) deletePath(chrootRootDir);
 
         /* Clean up the chroot directory automatically. */
         autoDelChroot = boost::shared_ptr<AutoDelete>(new AutoDelete(chrootRootDir));