* Handle the unlikely case where a derivation has no dependencies at

  all.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 6f02762442a1..5617eccf1fec 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -887,7 +887,10 @@ void DerivationGoal::outputsSubstituted()
     foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, drv.inputSrcs)
         addWaitee(worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(*i));
 
-    state = &DerivationGoal::inputsRealised;
+    if (waitees.empty()) /* to prevent hang (no wake-up event) */
+        inputsRealised();
+    else
+        state = &DerivationGoal::inputsRealised;
 }