* nix-env --switch-generation / --list-generations /

  --delete-generations: lock the profile to prevent (extremely
  unlikely) race conditions.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nix-env/main.cc b/src/nix-env/main.cc
index 7a6824b63acf..416f89bcc16d 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/main.cc
@@ -943,6 +943,9 @@ static const int prevGen = -2;
 
 static void switchGeneration(Globals & globals, int dstGen)
 {
+    PathLocks lock;
+    lockProfile(lock, globals.profile);
+    
     int curGen;
     Generations gens = findGenerations(globals.profile, curGen);
 
@@ -1004,6 +1007,9 @@ static void opListGenerations(Globals & globals,
     if (opArgs.size() != 0)
         throw UsageError(format("no arguments expected"));
 
+    PathLocks lock;
+    lockProfile(lock, globals.profile);
+    
     int curGen;
     Generations gens = findGenerations(globals.profile, curGen);
 
@@ -1032,6 +1038,9 @@ static void opDeleteGenerations(Globals & globals,
     if (opFlags.size() > 0)
         throw UsageError(format("unknown flag `%1%'") % opFlags.front());
 
+    PathLocks lock;
+    lockProfile(lock, globals.profile);
+    
     int curGen;
     Generations gens = findGenerations(globals.profile, curGen);