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authorLinus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org>2018-03-16T22·15+0000
committerLinus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org>2018-03-16T22·15+0000
commit12913ccf454c1bc82a51c59872f8185b40c533c5 (patch)
tree96f483a67dff776480d2fa5b41846b347c43efa9 /src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
parent48662d151bdf4a38670897beacea9d1bd750376a (diff)
nix-shell: allow symlinks to .drvs
This makes persistent shell environments easier to use.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc')
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
index dd262bea0918..5049460c7544 100644
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
+++ b/src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void processExpr(EvalState & state, const Strings & attrPaths,
                 if (gcRoot == "")
                     printGCWarning();
                 else {
-                    Path rootName = gcRoot;
+                    Path rootName = indirectRoot ? absPath(gcRoot) : gcRoot;
                     if (++rootNr > 1) rootName += "-" + std::to_string(rootNr);
                     auto store2 = state.store.dynamic_pointer_cast<LocalFSStore>();
                     if (store2)