* Don't delete active lock files.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
index a92b2225a51c..3beb49aac803 100644
--- a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ PathLocks::~PathLocks()
             /* Write a (meaningless) token to the file to indicate to
                other processes waiting on this lock that the lock is
                stale (deleted). */
-            if (write(i->first, "d", 1) == 1) {
-                unlink(i->second.c_str());
-            }
+            unlink(i->second.c_str());
+            writeFull(i->first, (const unsigned char *) "d", 1);
             /* Note that the result of unlink() is ignored; removing
                the lock file is an optimisation, not a necessity. */
         }