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-rw-r--r--configure.ac17
-rw-r--r--src/bin2c/bin2c.c4
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/Makefile.am10
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/gc.cc64
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/local-store.cc856
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/local-store.hh91
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/misc.cc8
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/remote-store.cc6
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/remote-store.hh2
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/schema.sql43
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/store-api.cc13
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/store-api.hh10
-rw-r--r--tests/init.sh3
-rw-r--r--tests/referrers.sh27
14 files changed, 640 insertions, 514 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f6d983fda839..9d3d9f76eb37 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -245,6 +245,23 @@ AC_SUBST(bzip2_include)
 AC_SUBST(bzip2_bin)
 AC_SUBST(bzip2_bin_test)
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(sqlite, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-sqlite=PATH],
+  [prefix of SQLite]),
+  sqlite=$withval, sqlite=)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SQLITE, test -n "$sqlite")
+if test -z "$sqlite"; then
+  sqlite_lib='-L${top_builddir}/externals/inst-sqlite/lib -lsqlite3'
+  sqlite_include='-I${top_builddir}/externals/inst-sqlite/include'
+  sqlite_bin='${top_builddir}/externals/inst-sqlite/bin'
+else
+  sqlite_lib="-L$sqlite/lib -lsqlite3"
+  sqlite_include="-I$sqlite/include"
+  sqlite_bin="$sqlite/bin"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(sqlite_lib)
+AC_SUBST(sqlite_include)
+AC_SUBST(sqlite_bin)
+
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_mutex_init)
 
diff --git a/src/bin2c/bin2c.c b/src/bin2c/bin2c.c
index 18bf81d69e25..5ed8a57082fd 100644
--- a/src/bin2c/bin2c.c
+++ b/src/bin2c/bin2c.c
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ int main(int argc, char * * argv)
 {
     int c;
     if (argc != 2) abort();
-    print("static unsigned char %s[] = {", argv[1]);
+    print("static unsigned char %s[] = { ", argv[1]);
     while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) {
         print("0x%02x, ", (unsigned char) c);
     }
-    print("};\n");
+    print("0 };\n");
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/Makefile.am b/src/libstore/Makefile.am
index 863871519390..2f8bb72da37b 100644
--- a/src/libstore/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libstore/Makefile.am
@@ -10,14 +10,20 @@ pkginclude_HEADERS = \
   globals.hh references.hh pathlocks.hh \
   worker-protocol.hh
 
-libstore_la_LIBADD = ../libutil/libutil.la ../boost/format/libformat.la @ADDITIONAL_NETWORK_LIBS@
+libstore_la_LIBADD = ../libutil/libutil.la ../boost/format/libformat.la \
+  ${sqlite_lib} @ADDITIONAL_NETWORK_LIBS@
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = derivations-ast.cc derivations-ast.hh
 
 EXTRA_DIST = derivations-ast.def derivations-ast.cc
 
 AM_CXXFLAGS = -Wall \
- -I$(srcdir)/.. ${aterm_include} -I$(srcdir)/../libutil
+ -I$(srcdir)/.. ${aterm_include} ${sqlite_include} -I$(srcdir)/../libutil
+
+local-store.lo: schema.sql.hh
+
+%.sql.hh: %.sql
+	../bin2c/bin2c schema < $< > $@ || (rm $@ && exit 1)
 
 derivations-ast.cc derivations-ast.hh: ../aterm-helper.pl derivations-ast.def
 	$(perl) $(srcdir)/../aterm-helper.pl derivations-ast.hh derivations-ast.cc < $(srcdir)/derivations-ast.def
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index f58f691c99dd..cf073c5d9aca 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -416,12 +416,7 @@ struct LocalStore::GCState
     PathSet busy;
     bool gcKeepOutputs;
     bool gcKeepDerivations;
-
-    bool drvsIndexed;
-    typedef std::multimap<string, Path> DrvsByName;
-    DrvsByName drvsByName; // derivation paths hashed by name attribute
-
-    GCState(GCResults & results_) : results(results_), drvsIndexed(false)
+    GCState(GCResults & results_) : results(results_)
     {
     }
 };
@@ -441,42 +436,6 @@ bool LocalStore::isActiveTempFile(const GCState & state,
         && state.tempRoots.find(string(path, 0, path.size() - suffix.size())) != state.tempRoots.end();
 }
 
-
-/* Return all the derivations in the Nix store that have `path' as an
-   output.  This function assumes that derivations have the same name
-   as their outputs. */
-PathSet LocalStore::findDerivers(GCState & state, const Path & path)
-{
-    PathSet derivers;
-
-    Path deriver = queryDeriver(path);
-    if (deriver != "") derivers.insert(deriver);
-
-    if (!state.drvsIndexed) {
-        Paths entries = readDirectory(nixStore);
-        foreach (Paths::iterator, i, entries)
-            if (isDerivation(*i))
-                state.drvsByName.insert(std::pair<string, Path>(
-                        getNameOfStorePath(*i), nixStore + "/" + *i));
-        state.drvsIndexed = true;
-    }
-    
-    string name = getNameOfStorePath(path);
-
-    // Urgh, I should have used Haskell...
-    std::pair<GCState::DrvsByName::iterator, GCState::DrvsByName::iterator> range =
-        state.drvsByName.equal_range(name);
-
-    for (GCState::DrvsByName::iterator i = range.first; i != range.second; ++i)
-        if (isValidPath(i->second)) {
-            Derivation drv = derivationFromPath(i->second);
-            foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, j, drv.outputs)
-                if (j->second.path == path) derivers.insert(i->second);
-        }
-
-    return derivers;
-}
-
     
 bool LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
 {
@@ -508,10 +467,10 @@ bool LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
            then don't delete the derivation if any of the outputs are
            live. */
         if (state.gcKeepDerivations && isDerivation(path)) {
-            Derivation drv = derivationFromPath(path);
-            foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
-                if (!tryToDelete(state, i->second.path)) {
-                    printMsg(lvlDebug, format("cannot delete derivation `%1%' because its output is alive") % path);
+            PathSet outputs = queryDerivationOutputs(path);
+            foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, outputs)
+                if (!tryToDelete(state, *i)) {
+                    printMsg(lvlDebug, format("cannot delete derivation `%1%' because its output `%2%' is alive") % path % *i);
                     goto isLive;
                 }
         }
@@ -522,18 +481,9 @@ bool LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
         if (!pathExists(path)) return true;
 
         /* If gc-keep-outputs is set, then don't delete this path if
-           its deriver is not garbage.  !!! Nix does not reliably
-           store derivers, so we have to look at all derivations to
-           determine which of them derive `path'.  Since this makes
-           the garbage collector very slow to start on large Nix
-           stores, here we just look for all derivations that have the
-           same name as `path' (where the name is the part of the
-           filename after the hash, i.e. the `name' attribute of the
-           derivation).  This is somewhat hacky: currently, the
-           deriver of a path always has the same name as the output,
-           but this might change in the future. */
+           there are derivers of this path that are not garbage. */
         if (state.gcKeepOutputs) {
-            PathSet derivers = findDerivers(state, path);
+            PathSet derivers = queryValidDerivers(path);
             foreach (PathSet::iterator, deriver, derivers) {
                 /* Break an infinite recursion if gc-keep-derivations
                    and gc-keep-outputs are both set by tentatively
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 7c8db745cbd8..7db2aabe4875 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "archive.hh"
 #include "pathlocks.hh"
-#include "aterm.hh"
 #include "derivations-ast.hh"
 #include "worker-protocol.hh"
+#include "derivations.hh"
     
 #include <iostream>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -18,10 +18,137 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+
 
 namespace nix {
 
     
+class SQLiteError : public Error
+{
+public:
+    SQLiteError(sqlite3 * db, const format & f)
+        : Error(format("%1%: %2%") % f.str() % sqlite3_errmsg(db))
+    {
+    }
+};
+
+
+SQLite::~SQLite()
+{
+    try {
+        if (db && sqlite3_close(db) != SQLITE_OK)
+            throw SQLiteError(db, "closing database");
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::create(sqlite3 * db, const string & s)
+{
+    assert(!stmt);
+    if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, s.c_str(), -1, &stmt, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "creating statement");
+    this->db = db;
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::reset()
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+    assert(stmt);
+    if (sqlite3_reset(stmt) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "resetting statement");
+    curArg = 1;
+}
+
+
+SQLiteStmt::~SQLiteStmt()
+{
+    try {
+        if (stmt && sqlite3_finalize(stmt) != SQLITE_OK)
+            throw SQLiteError(db, "finalizing statement");
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::bind(const string & value)
+{
+    if (sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, curArg++, value.c_str(), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "binding argument");
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::bind(int value)
+{
+    if (sqlite3_bind_int(stmt, curArg++, value) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "binding argument");
+}
+
+
+void SQLiteStmt::bind()
+{
+    if (sqlite3_bind_null(stmt, curArg++) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "binding argument");
+}
+
+
+/* Helper class to ensure that prepared statements are reset when
+   leaving the scope that uses them.  Unfinished prepared statements
+   prevent transactions from being aborted, and can cause locks to be
+   kept when they should be released. */
+struct SQLiteStmtUse
+{
+    SQLiteStmt & stmt;
+    SQLiteStmtUse(SQLiteStmt & stmt) : stmt(stmt)
+    {
+        stmt.reset();
+    }
+    ~SQLiteStmtUse()
+    {
+        try {
+            stmt.reset();
+        } catch (...) {
+            ignoreException();
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+
+struct SQLiteTxn 
+{
+    bool active;
+    sqlite3 * db;
+    
+    SQLiteTxn(sqlite3 * db) : active(false) {
+        this->db = db;
+        if (sqlite3_exec(db, "begin;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+            throw SQLiteError(db, "starting transaction");
+        active = true;
+    }
+
+    void commit() 
+    {
+        if (sqlite3_exec(db, "commit;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+            throw SQLiteError(db, "committing transaction");
+        active = false;
+    }
+    
+    ~SQLiteTxn() 
+    {
+        try {
+            if (active && sqlite3_exec(db, "rollback;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+                throw SQLiteError(db, "aborting transaction");
+        } catch (...) {
+            ignoreException();
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+
 void checkStoreNotSymlink()
 {
     if (getEnv("NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE") == "1") return;
@@ -50,9 +177,6 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore()
 
     /* Create missing state directories if they don't already exist. */
     createDirs(nixStore);
-    createDirs(nixDBPath + "/info");
-    createDirs(nixDBPath + "/referrer");
-    createDirs(nixDBPath + "/failed");
     Path profilesDir = nixStateDir + "/profiles";
     createDirs(nixStateDir + "/profiles");
     createDirs(nixStateDir + "/temproots");
@@ -65,6 +189,8 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore()
   
     checkStoreNotSymlink();
 
+    /* Acquire the big fat lock in shared mode to make sure that no
+       schema upgrade is in progress. */
     try {
         Path globalLockPath = nixDBPath + "/big-lock";
         globalLock = openLockFile(globalLockPath.c_str(), true);
@@ -78,17 +204,41 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore()
         printMsg(lvlError, "waiting for the big Nix store lock...");
         lockFile(globalLock, ltRead, true);
     }
+
+    /* Open the Nix database. */
+    if (sqlite3_open_v2((nixDBPath + "/db.sqlite").c_str(), &db.db,
+            SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw Error("cannot open SQLite database");
+
+    if (sqlite3_busy_timeout(db, 60000) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "setting timeout");
+
+    if (sqlite3_exec(db, "pragma foreign_keys = 1;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "enabling foreign keys");
+
+    /* !!! check whether sqlite has been built with foreign key
+       support */
     
+    /* Check the current database schema and if necessary do an
+       upgrade.  !!! Race condition: several processes could start
+       the upgrade at the same time. */
     int curSchema = getSchema();
     if (curSchema > nixSchemaVersion)
         throw Error(format("current Nix store schema is version %1%, but I only support %2%")
             % curSchema % nixSchemaVersion);
     if (curSchema == 0) { /* new store */
-        curSchema = nixSchemaVersion; 
+        curSchema = nixSchemaVersion;
+        initSchema();
         writeFile(schemaPath, (format("%1%") % nixSchemaVersion).str());
     }
-    if (curSchema == 1) throw Error("your Nix store is no longer supported");
-    if (curSchema < nixSchemaVersion) upgradeStore12();
+    else if (curSchema == 1) throw Error("your Nix store is no longer supported");
+    else if (curSchema < 5)
+        throw Error(
+            "Your Nix store has a database in Berkeley DB format,\n"
+            "which is no longer supported. To convert to the new format,\n"
+            "please upgrade Nix to version 0.12 first.");
+    else if (curSchema < 6) upgradeStore6();
+    else prepareStatements();
 
     doFsync = queryBoolSetting("fsync-metadata", false);
 }
@@ -97,14 +247,11 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore()
 LocalStore::~LocalStore()
 {
     try {
-        flushDelayedUpdates();
-
         foreach (RunningSubstituters::iterator, i, runningSubstituters) {
             i->second.to.close();
             i->second.from.close();
             i->second.pid.wait(true);
         }
-                
     } catch (...) {
         ignoreException();
     }
@@ -123,6 +270,44 @@ int LocalStore::getSchema()
 }
 
 
+void LocalStore::initSchema()
+{
+#include "schema.sql.hh"
+
+    if (sqlite3_exec(db, (const char *) schema, 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "initialising database schema");
+
+    prepareStatements();
+}
+
+
+void LocalStore::prepareStatements()
+{
+    stmtRegisterValidPath.create(db,
+        "insert or replace into ValidPaths (path, hash, registrationTime, deriver) values (?, ?, ?, ?);");
+    stmtAddReference.create(db,
+        "insert or replace into Refs (referrer, reference) values (?, ?);");
+    stmtQueryPathInfo.create(db,
+        "select id, hash, registrationTime, deriver from ValidPaths where path = ?;");
+    stmtQueryReferences.create(db,
+        "select path from Refs join ValidPaths on reference = id where referrer = ?;");
+    stmtQueryReferrers.create(db,
+        "select path from Refs join ValidPaths on referrer = id where reference = (select id from ValidPaths where path = ?);");
+    stmtInvalidatePath.create(db,
+        "delete from ValidPaths where path = ?;");
+    stmtRegisterFailedPath.create(db,
+        "insert into FailedPaths (path, time) values (?, ?);");
+    stmtHasPathFailed.create(db,
+        "select time from FailedPaths where path = ?;");
+    stmtAddDerivationOutput.create(db,
+        "insert or replace into DerivationOutputs (drv, id, path) values (?, ?, ?);");
+    stmtQueryValidDerivers.create(db,
+        "select v.id, v.path from DerivationOutputs d join ValidPaths v on d.drv = v.id where d.path = ?;");
+    stmtQueryDerivationOutputs.create(db,
+        "select id, path from DerivationOutputs where drv = ?;");
+}
+
+
 void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path, bool recurse)
 {
     checkInterrupt();
@@ -197,181 +382,103 @@ void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path)
 }
 
 
-static Path infoFileFor(const Path & path)
-{
-    string baseName = baseNameOf(path);
-    return (format("%1%/info/%2%") % nixDBPath % baseName).str();
-}
-
-
-static Path referrersFileFor(const Path & path)
+void LocalStore::registerValidPath(const Path & path,
+    const Hash & hash, const PathSet & references,
+    const Path & deriver)
 {
-    string baseName = baseNameOf(path);
-    return (format("%1%/referrer/%2%") % nixDBPath % baseName).str();
+    ValidPathInfo info;
+    info.path = path;
+    info.hash = hash;
+    info.references = references;
+    info.deriver = deriver;
+    registerValidPath(info);
 }
 
 
-static Path failedFileFor(const Path & path)
+unsigned long long LocalStore::addValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info)
 {
-    string baseName = baseNameOf(path);
-    return (format("%1%/failed/%2%") % nixDBPath % baseName).str();
-}
-
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtRegisterValidPath);
+    stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(info.path);
+    stmtRegisterValidPath.bind("sha256:" + printHash(info.hash));
+    stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(info.registrationTime);
+    if (info.deriver != "")
+        stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(info.deriver);
+    else
+        stmtRegisterValidPath.bind(); // null
+    if (sqlite3_step(stmtRegisterValidPath) != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, format("registering valid path `%1%' in database") % info.path);
+    unsigned long long id = sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(db);
+
+    /* If this is a derivation, then store the derivation outputs in
+       the database.  This is useful for the garbage collector: it can
+       efficiently query whether a path is an output of some
+       derivation. */
+    if (isDerivation(info.path)) {
+        ATerm t = ATreadFromNamedFile(info.path.c_str());
+        if (!t) throw Error(format("cannot read derivation `%1%'") % info.path);
+        Derivation drv = parseDerivation(t);
+        foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs) {
+            SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtAddDerivationOutput);
+            stmtAddDerivationOutput.bind(id);
+            stmtAddDerivationOutput.bind(i->first);
+            stmtAddDerivationOutput.bind(i->second.path);
+            if (sqlite3_step(stmtAddDerivationOutput) != SQLITE_DONE)
+                throw SQLiteError(db, format("adding derivation output for `%1%' in database") % info.path);
+        }
+    }
 
-static Path tmpFileForAtomicUpdate(const Path & path)
-{
-    return (format("%1%/.%2%.%3%") % dirOf(path) % getpid() % baseNameOf(path)).str();
+    return id;
 }
 
 
-void LocalStore::appendReferrer(const Path & from, const Path & to, bool lock)
+void LocalStore::addReference(unsigned long long referrer, unsigned long long reference)
 {
-    Path referrersFile = referrersFileFor(from);
-    
-    PathLocks referrersLock;
-    if (lock) {
-        referrersLock.lockPaths(singleton<PathSet, Path>(referrersFile));
-        referrersLock.setDeletion(true);
-    }
-
-    AutoCloseFD fd = open(referrersFile.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CREAT, 0666);
-    if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % referrersFile);
-    
-    string s = " " + to;
-    writeFull(fd, (const unsigned char *) s.c_str(), s.size());
-
-    if (doFsync) fdatasync(fd);
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtAddReference);
+    stmtAddReference.bind(referrer);
+    stmtAddReference.bind(reference);
+    if (sqlite3_step(stmtAddReference) != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "adding reference to database");
 }
 
 
-/* Atomically update the referrers file.  If `purge' is true, the set
-   of referrers is set to `referrers'.  Otherwise, the current set of
-   referrers is purged of invalid paths. */
-void LocalStore::rewriteReferrers(const Path & path, bool purge, PathSet referrers)
+void LocalStore::registerValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info)
 {
-    Path referrersFile = referrersFileFor(path);
-    
-    PathLocks referrersLock(singleton<PathSet, Path>(referrersFile));
-    referrersLock.setDeletion(true);
-
-    if (purge)
-        /* queryReferrers() purges invalid paths, so that's all we
-           need. */
-        queryReferrers(path, referrers);
-
-    Path tmpFile = tmpFileForAtomicUpdate(referrersFile);
-    
-    AutoCloseFD fd = open(tmpFile.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0666);
-    if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % referrersFile);
-    
-    string s;
-    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, referrers) {
-        s += " "; s += *i;
-    }
+    assert(info.hash.type == htSHA256);
+    ValidPathInfo info2(info);
+    if (info2.registrationTime == 0) info2.registrationTime = time(0);
     
-    writeFull(fd, (const unsigned char *) s.c_str(), s.size());
-
-    if (doFsync) fdatasync(fd);
+    SQLiteTxn txn(db);
     
-    fd.close(); /* for Windows; can't rename open file */
-
-    if (rename(tmpFile.c_str(), referrersFile.c_str()) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("cannot rename `%1%' to `%2%'") % tmpFile % referrersFile);
-}
+    unsigned long long id = addValidPath(info2);
 
-
-void LocalStore::flushDelayedUpdates()
-{
-    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, delayedUpdates) {
-        rewriteReferrers(*i, true, PathSet());
+    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, info2.references) {
+        ValidPathInfo ref = queryPathInfo(*i);
+        addReference(id, ref.id);
     }
-    delayedUpdates.clear();
-}
-
-
-void LocalStore::registerValidPath(const Path & path,
-    const Hash & hash, const PathSet & references,
-    const Path & deriver)
-{
-    ValidPathInfo info;
-    info.path = path;
-    info.hash = hash;
-    info.references = references;
-    info.deriver = deriver;
-    registerValidPath(info);
-}
-
-
-void LocalStore::registerValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info, bool ignoreValidity)
-{
-    Path infoFile = infoFileFor(info.path);
-
-    ValidPathInfo oldInfo;
-    if (pathExists(infoFile)) oldInfo = queryPathInfo(info.path);
-
-    /* Note that it's possible for infoFile to already exist. */
-
-    /* Acquire a lock on each referrer file.  This prevents those
-       paths from being invalidated.  (It would be a violation of the
-       store invariants if we registered info.path as valid while some
-       of its references are invalid.)  NB: there can be no deadlock
-       here since we're acquiring the locks in sorted order. */
-    PathSet lockNames;
-    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, info.references)
-        if (*i != info.path) lockNames.insert(referrersFileFor(*i));
-    PathLocks referrerLocks(lockNames);
-    referrerLocks.setDeletion(true);
         
-    string refs;
-    foreach (PathSet::const_iterator, i, info.references) {
-        if (!refs.empty()) refs += " ";
-        refs += *i;
-
-        if (!ignoreValidity && *i != info.path && !isValidPath(*i))
-            throw Error(format("cannot register `%1%' as valid, because its reference `%2%' isn't valid")
-                % info.path % *i);
-
-        /* Update the referrer mapping for *i.  This must be done
-           before the info file is written to maintain the invariant
-           that if `path' is a valid path, then all its references
-           have referrer mappings back to `path'.  A " " is prefixed
-           to separate it from the previous entry.  It's not suffixed
-           to deal with interrupted partial writes to this file. */
-        if (oldInfo.references.find(*i) == oldInfo.references.end())
-            appendReferrer(*i, info.path, false);
-    }
-
-    assert(info.hash.type == htSHA256);
-
-    string s = (format(
-        "Hash: sha256:%1%\n"
-        "References: %2%\n"
-        "Deriver: %3%\n"
-        "Registered-At: %4%\n")
-        % printHash(info.hash) % refs % info.deriver %
-        (oldInfo.registrationTime ? oldInfo.registrationTime : time(0))).str();
-
-    /* Atomically rewrite the info file. */
-    Path tmpFile = tmpFileForAtomicUpdate(infoFile);
-    writeFile(tmpFile, s, doFsync);
-    if (rename(tmpFile.c_str(), infoFile.c_str()) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("cannot rename `%1%' to `%2%'") % tmpFile % infoFile);
-
-    pathInfoCache[info.path] = info;
+    txn.commit();
 }
 
 
 void LocalStore::registerFailedPath(const Path & path)
 {
-    /* Write an empty file in the .../failed directory to denote the
-       failure of the builder for `path'. */
-    writeFile(failedFileFor(path), "");
+    if (hasPathFailed(path)) return;
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtRegisterFailedPath);
+    stmtRegisterFailedPath.bind(path);
+    stmtRegisterFailedPath.bind(time(0));
+    if (sqlite3_step(stmtRegisterFailedPath) != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, format("registering failed path `%1%'") % path);
 }
 
 
 bool LocalStore::hasPathFailed(const Path & path)
 {
-    return pathExists(failedFileFor(path));
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtHasPathFailed);
+    stmtHasPathFailed.bind(path);
+    int res = sqlite3_step(stmtHasPathFailed);
+    if (res != SQLITE_DONE && res != SQLITE_ROW)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "querying whether path failed");
+    return res == SQLITE_ROW;
 }
 
 
@@ -389,91 +496,80 @@ Hash parseHashField(const Path & path, const string & s)
 }
 
 
-ValidPathInfo LocalStore::queryPathInfo(const Path & path, bool ignoreErrors)
+ValidPathInfo LocalStore::queryPathInfo(const Path & path)
 {
-    ValidPathInfo res;
-    res.path = path;
+    ValidPathInfo info;
+    info.path = path;
 
     assertStorePath(path);
 
-    if (!isValidPath(path))
-        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+    /* Get the path info. */
+    SQLiteStmtUse use1(stmtQueryPathInfo);
 
-    std::map<Path, ValidPathInfo>::iterator lookup = pathInfoCache.find(path);
-    if (lookup != pathInfoCache.end()) return lookup->second;
+    stmtQueryPathInfo.bind(path);
     
-    /* Read the info file. */
-    Path infoFile = infoFileFor(path);
-    if (!pathExists(infoFile))
-        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
-    string info = readFile(infoFile);
+    int r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryPathInfo);
+    if (r == SQLITE_DONE) throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+    if (r != SQLITE_ROW) throw SQLiteError(db, "querying path in database");
 
-    /* Parse it. */
-    Strings lines = tokenizeString(info, "\n");
+    info.id = sqlite3_column_int(stmtQueryPathInfo, 0);
 
-    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, lines) {
-        string::size_type p = i->find(':');
-        if (p == string::npos) {
-            if (!ignoreErrors)
-                throw Error(format("corrupt line in `%1%': %2%") % infoFile % *i);
-            continue; /* bad line */
-        }
-        string name(*i, 0, p);
-        string value(*i, p + 2);
-        if (name == "References") {
-            Strings refs = tokenizeString(value, " ");
-            res.references = PathSet(refs.begin(), refs.end());
-        } else if (name == "Deriver") {
-            res.deriver = value;
-        } else if (name == "Hash") {
-            try {
-                res.hash = parseHashField(path, value);
-            } catch (Error & e) {
-                if (!ignoreErrors) throw;
-                printMsg(lvlError, format("cannot parse hash field in `%1%': %2%") % infoFile % e.msg());
-            }
-        } else if (name == "Registered-At") {
-            int n = 0;
-            string2Int(value, n);
-            res.registrationTime = n;
-        }
+    const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryPathInfo, 1);
+    assert(s);
+    info.hash = parseHashField(path, s);
+    
+    info.registrationTime = sqlite3_column_int(stmtQueryPathInfo, 2);
+
+    s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryPathInfo, 3);
+    if (s) info.deriver = s;
+
+    /* Get the references. */
+    SQLiteStmtUse use2(stmtQueryReferences);
+
+    stmtQueryReferences.bind(info.id);
+
+    while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryReferences)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+        s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryReferences, 0);
+        assert(s);
+        info.references.insert(s);
     }
 
-    return pathInfoCache[path] = res;
+    if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, format("error getting references of `%1%'") % path);
+
+    return info;
 }
 
 
 bool LocalStore::isValidPath(const Path & path)
 {
-    /* Files in the info directory starting with a `.' are temporary
-       files. */
-    if (baseNameOf(path).at(0) == '.') return false;
-
-    /* A path is valid if its info file exists and has a non-zero
-       size.  (The non-zero size restriction is to be robust to
-       certain kinds of filesystem corruption, particularly with
-       ext4.) */
-    Path infoFile = infoFileFor(path);
-
-    struct stat st;
-    if (lstat(infoFile.c_str(), &st)) {
-        if (errno == ENOENT) return false;
-        throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % infoFile);
-    }
-
-    if (st.st_size == 0) return false;
-    
-    return true;
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryPathInfo);
+    stmtQueryPathInfo.bind(path);
+    int res = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryPathInfo);
+    if (res != SQLITE_DONE && res != SQLITE_ROW)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "querying path in database");
+    return res == SQLITE_ROW;
 }
 
 
 PathSet LocalStore::queryValidPaths()
 {
-    PathSet paths;
-    Strings entries = readDirectory(nixDBPath + "/info");
-    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, entries)
-        if (i->at(0) != '.') paths.insert(nixStore + "/" + *i);
-    return paths;
+    SQLiteStmt stmt;
+    stmt.create(db, "select path from ValidPaths");
+    
+    PathSet res;
+    
+    int r;
+    while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmt)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+        const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 0);
+        assert(s);
+        res.insert(s);
+    }
+
+    if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, "error getting valid paths");
+
+    return res;
 }
 
 
@@ -485,45 +581,73 @@ void LocalStore::queryReferences(const Path & path,
 }
 
 
-bool LocalStore::queryReferrersInternal(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers)
+void LocalStore::queryReferrers(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers)
 {
-    bool allValid = true;
-    
-    if (!isValidPath(path))
-        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+    assertStorePath(path);
 
-    /* No locking is necessary here: updates are only done by
-       appending or by atomically replacing the file.  When appending,
-       there is a possibility that we see a partial entry, but it will
-       just be filtered out below (the partially written path will not
-       be valid, so it will be ignored). */
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryReferrers);
 
-    Path referrersFile = referrersFileFor(path);
-    if (!pathExists(referrersFile)) return true;
-    
-    AutoCloseFD fd = open(referrersFile.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
-    if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("opening file `%1%'") % referrersFile);
+    stmtQueryReferrers.bind(path);
 
-    Paths refs = tokenizeString(readFile(fd), " ");
+    int r;
+    while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryReferrers)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+        const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryReferrers, 0);
+        assert(s);
+        referrers.insert(s);
+    }
+
+    if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, format("error getting references of `%1%'") % path);
+}
 
-    foreach (Paths::iterator, i, refs)
-        /* Referrers can be invalid (see registerValidPath() for the
-           invariant), so we only return one if it is valid. */
-        if (isStorePath(*i) && isValidPath(*i)) referrers.insert(*i); else allValid = false;
 
-    return allValid;
+Path LocalStore::queryDeriver(const Path & path)
+{
+    return queryPathInfo(path).deriver;
 }
 
 
-void LocalStore::queryReferrers(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers)
+PathSet LocalStore::queryValidDerivers(const Path & path)
 {
-    queryReferrersInternal(path, referrers);
+    assertStorePath(path);
+
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryValidDerivers);
+    stmtQueryValidDerivers.bind(path);
+
+    PathSet derivers;
+    int r;
+    while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryValidDerivers)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+        const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryValidDerivers, 1);
+        assert(s);
+        derivers.insert(s);
+    }
+    
+    if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, format("error getting valid derivers of `%1%'") % path);
+    
+    return derivers;
 }
 
 
-Path LocalStore::queryDeriver(const Path & path)
+PathSet LocalStore::queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path)
 {
-    return queryPathInfo(path).deriver;
+    SQLiteTxn txn(db);
+    
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtQueryDerivationOutputs);
+    stmtQueryDerivationOutputs.bind(queryPathInfo(path).id);
+    
+    PathSet outputs;
+    int r;
+    while ((r = sqlite3_step(stmtQueryDerivationOutputs)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+        const char * s = (const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmtQueryDerivationOutputs, 1);
+        assert(s);
+        outputs.insert(s);
+    }
+    
+    if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, format("error getting outputs of `%1%'") % path);
+
+    return outputs;
 }
 
 
@@ -679,43 +803,15 @@ void LocalStore::invalidatePath(const Path & path)
 {
     debug(format("invalidating path `%1%'") % path);
 
-    ValidPathInfo info;
+    SQLiteStmtUse use(stmtInvalidatePath);
 
-    if (pathExists(infoFileFor(path))) {
-        info = queryPathInfo(path);
+    stmtInvalidatePath.bind(path);
 
-        /* Remove the info file. */
-        Path p = infoFileFor(path);
-        if (unlink(p.c_str()) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("unlinking `%1%'") % p);
-    }
+    if (sqlite3_step(stmtInvalidatePath) != SQLITE_DONE)
+        throw SQLiteError(db, format("invalidating path `%1%' in database") % path);
 
-    /* Remove the referrers file for `path'. */
-    Path p = referrersFileFor(path);
-    if (pathExists(p) && unlink(p.c_str()) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("unlinking `%1%'") % p);
-
-    /* Clear `path' from the info cache. */
-    pathInfoCache.erase(path);
-    delayedUpdates.erase(path);
-
-    /* Cause the referrer files for each path referenced by this one
-       to be updated.  This has to happen after removing the info file
-       to preserve the invariant (see registerValidPath()).
-
-       The referrer files are updated lazily in flushDelayedUpdates()
-       to prevent quadratic performance in the garbage collector
-       (i.e., when N referrers to some path X are deleted, we have to
-       rewrite the referrers file for X N times, causing O(N^2) I/O).
-
-       What happens if we die before the referrer file can be updated?
-       That's not a problem, because stale (invalid) entries in the
-       referrer file are ignored by queryReferrers().  Thus a referrer
-       file is allowed to have stale entries; removing them is just an
-       optimisation.  verifyStore() gets rid of them eventually.
-    */
-    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, info.references)
-        if (*i != path) delayedUpdates.insert(*i);
+    /* Note that the foreign key constraints on the Refs table take
+       care of deleting the references entries for `path'. */
 }
 
 
@@ -1024,11 +1120,6 @@ void LocalStore::deleteFromStore(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFr
     assertStorePath(path);
 
     if (isValidPath(path)) {
-        /* Acquire a lock on the referrers file to prevent new
-           referrers to this path from appearing while we're deleting
-           it. */
-        PathLocks referrersLock(singleton<PathSet, Path>(referrersFileFor(path)));
-        referrersLock.setDeletion(true);
         PathSet referrers; queryReferrers(path, referrers);
         referrers.erase(path); /* ignore self-references */
         if (!referrers.empty())
@@ -1050,68 +1141,26 @@ void LocalStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents)
     
     foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths2) {
         checkInterrupt();
+        /* !!! invalidatePath() will probably fail due to the foreign
+           key constraints on the Ref table. */
         if (!isStorePath(*i)) {
             printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' is not in the Nix store") % *i);
             invalidatePath(*i);
         } else if (!pathExists(*i)) {
             printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' disappeared") % *i);
             invalidatePath(*i);
-        } else {
-            Path infoFile = infoFileFor(*i);
-            struct stat st;
-            if (lstat(infoFile.c_str(), &st))
-                throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % infoFile);
-            if (st.st_size == 0) {
-                printMsg(lvlError, format("removing corrupt info file `%1%'") % infoFile);
-                if (unlink(infoFile.c_str()) == -1)
-                    throw SysError(format("unlinking `%1%'") % infoFile);
-            }
-            else validPaths.insert(*i);
-        }
+        } else validPaths.insert(*i);
     }
 
+    /* Optionally, check the content hashes (slow). */
+    if (checkContents) {
+        printMsg(lvlInfo, "checking hashes");
 
-    /* Check the store path meta-information. */
-    printMsg(lvlInfo, "checking path meta-information");
-
-    std::map<Path, PathSet> referrersCache;
-    
-    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths) {
-        bool update = false;
-        ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfo(*i, true);
-
-        /* Check the references: each reference should be valid, and
-           it should have a matching referrer. */
-        foreach (PathSet::iterator, j, info.references) {
-            if (validPaths.find(*j) == validPaths.end()) {
-                printMsg(lvlError, format("incomplete closure: `%1%' needs missing `%2%'")
-                    % *i % *j);
-                /* nothing we can do about it... */
-            } else {
-                if (referrersCache.find(*j) == referrersCache.end())
-                    queryReferrers(*j, referrersCache[*j]);
-                if (referrersCache[*j].find(*i) == referrersCache[*j].end()) {
-                    printMsg(lvlError, format("adding missing referrer mapping from `%1%' to `%2%'")
-                        % *j % *i);
-                    appendReferrer(*j, *i, true);
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths) {
+            ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfo(*i);
 
-        /* Check the deriver.  (Note that the deriver doesn't have to
-           be a valid path.) */
-        if (!info.deriver.empty() && !isStorePath(info.deriver)) {
-            info.deriver = "";
-            update = true;
-        }
-
-        /* Check the content hash (optionally - slow). */
-        if (info.hash.hashSize == 0) {
-            printMsg(lvlError, format("re-hashing `%1%'") % *i);
-            info.hash = hashPath(htSHA256, *i);
-            update = true;
-        } else if (checkContents) {
-            debug(format("checking contents of `%1%'") % *i);
+            /* Check the content hash (optionally - slow). */
+            printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("checking contents of `%1%'") % *i);
             Hash current = hashPath(info.hash.type, *i);
             if (current != info.hash) {
                 printMsg(lvlError, format("path `%1%' was modified! "
@@ -1119,67 +1168,104 @@ void LocalStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents)
                     % *i % printHash(info.hash) % printHash(current));
             }
         }
-
-        if (update) registerValidPath(info);
     }
+}
 
-    referrersCache.clear();
-    
 
-    /* Check the referrers. */
-    printMsg(lvlInfo, "checking referrers");
+/* Functions for upgrading from the pre-SQLite database. */
 
-    std::map<Path, PathSet> referencesCache;
-    
-    Strings entries = readDirectory(nixDBPath + "/referrer");
-    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, entries) {
-        Path from = nixStore + "/" + *i;
-        
-        if (validPaths.find(from) == validPaths.end()) {
-            /* !!! This removes lock files as well.  Need to check
-               whether that's okay. */
-            printMsg(lvlError, format("removing referrers file for invalid `%1%'") % from);
-            Path p = referrersFileFor(from);
-            if (unlink(p.c_str()) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("unlinking `%1%'") % p);
-            continue;
-        }
+PathSet LocalStore::queryValidPathsOld()
+{
+    PathSet paths;
+    Strings entries = readDirectory(nixDBPath + "/info");
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, entries)
+        if (i->at(0) != '.') paths.insert(nixStore + "/" + *i);
+    return paths;
+}
 
-        PathSet referrers;
-        bool allValid = queryReferrersInternal(from, referrers);
-        bool update = false;
 
-        if (!allValid) {
-            printMsg(lvlError, format("removing some stale referrers for `%1%'") % from);
-            update = true;
-        }
+ValidPathInfo LocalStore::queryPathInfoOld(const Path & path)
+{
+    ValidPathInfo res;
+    res.path = path;
 
-        /* Each referrer should have a matching reference. */
-        PathSet referrersNew;
-        foreach (PathSet::iterator, j, referrers) {
-            if (referencesCache.find(*j) == referencesCache.end())
-                queryReferences(*j, referencesCache[*j]);
-            if (referencesCache[*j].find(from) == referencesCache[*j].end()) {
-                printMsg(lvlError, format("removing unexpected referrer mapping from `%1%' to `%2%'")
-                    % from % *j);
-                update = true;
-            } else referrersNew.insert(*j);
-        }
+    /* Read the info file. */
+    string baseName = baseNameOf(path);
+    Path infoFile = (format("%1%/info/%2%") % nixDBPath % baseName).str();
+    if (!pathExists(infoFile))
+        throw Error(format("path `%1%' is not valid") % path);
+    string info = readFile(infoFile);
+
+    /* Parse it. */
+    Strings lines = tokenizeString(info, "\n");
 
-        if (update) rewriteReferrers(from, false, referrersNew);
+    foreach (Strings::iterator, i, lines) {
+        string::size_type p = i->find(':');
+        if (p == string::npos)
+            throw Error(format("corrupt line in `%1%': %2%") % infoFile % *i);
+        string name(*i, 0, p);
+        string value(*i, p + 2);
+        if (name == "References") {
+            Strings refs = tokenizeString(value, " ");
+            res.references = PathSet(refs.begin(), refs.end());
+        } else if (name == "Deriver") {
+            res.deriver = value;
+        } else if (name == "Hash") {
+            res.hash = parseHashField(path, value);
+        } else if (name == "Registered-At") {
+            int n = 0;
+            string2Int(value, n);
+            res.registrationTime = n;
+        }
     }
+
+    return res;
 }
 
 
-/* Upgrade from schema 4 (Nix 0.11) to schema 5 (Nix >= 0.12).  The
-   old schema uses Berkeley DB, the new one stores store path
-   meta-information in files. */
-void LocalStore::upgradeStore12()
+/* Upgrade from schema 5 (Nix 0.12) to schema 6 (Nix >= 0.15). */
+void LocalStore::upgradeStore6()
 {
-    throw Error(
-        "Your Nix store has a database in Berkeley DB format,\n"
-        "which is no longer supported. To convert to the new format,\n"
-        "please upgrade Nix to version 0.12 first.");
+    if (!lockFile(globalLock, ltWrite, false)) {
+        printMsg(lvlError, "waiting for exclusive access to the Nix store...");
+        lockFile(globalLock, ltWrite, true);
+    }
+
+    printMsg(lvlError, "upgrading Nix store to new schema (this may take a while)...");
+
+    initSchema();
+
+    PathSet validPaths = queryValidPathsOld();
+
+    SQLiteTxn txn(db);
+    
+    std::map<Path, sqlite3_int64> pathToId;
+    
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths) {
+        ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfoOld(*i);
+        pathToId[*i] = addValidPath(info);
+        std::cerr << ".";
+    }
+
+    std::cerr << "|";
+    
+    foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, validPaths) {
+        ValidPathInfo info = queryPathInfoOld(*i);
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, j, info.references) {
+            if (pathToId.find(*j) == pathToId.end())
+                throw Error(format("path `%1%' referenced by `%2%' is invalid") % *j % *i);
+            addReference(pathToId[*i], pathToId[*j]);
+        }
+        std::cerr << ".";
+    }
+
+    std::cerr << "\n";
+
+    txn.commit();
+
+    writeFile(schemaPath, (format("%1%") % nixSchemaVersion).str());
+
+    lockFile(globalLock, ltRead, true);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
index 31f8d91096a3..1a4acbe0e4eb 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@
 #include "util.hh"
 
 
+class sqlite3;
+class sqlite3_stmt;
+
+
 namespace nix {
 
 
 /* Nix store and database schema version.  Version 1 (or 0) was Nix <=
    0.7.  Version 2 was Nix 0.8 and 0.9.  Version 3 is Nix 0.10.
-   Version 4 is Nix 0.11.  Version 5 is Nix 0.12*/
-const int nixSchemaVersion = 5;
+   Version 4 is Nix 0.11.  Version 5 is Nix 0.12-0.14.  Version 6 is
+   Nix 0.15. */
+const int nixSchemaVersion = 6;
 
 
 extern string drvsLogDir;
@@ -41,6 +46,33 @@ struct RunningSubstituter
 };
 
 
+/* Wrapper object to close the SQLite database automatically. */
+struct SQLite
+{
+    sqlite3 * db;
+    SQLite() { db = 0; }
+    ~SQLite();
+    operator sqlite3 * () { return db; }
+};
+
+
+/* Wrapper object to create and destroy SQLite prepared statements. */
+struct SQLiteStmt
+{
+    sqlite3 * db;
+    sqlite3_stmt * stmt;
+    unsigned int curArg;
+    SQLiteStmt() { stmt = 0; }
+    void create(sqlite3 * db, const string & s);
+    void reset();
+    ~SQLiteStmt();
+    operator sqlite3_stmt * () { return stmt; }
+    void bind(const string & value);
+    void bind(int value);
+    void bind();
+};
+    
+
 class LocalStore : public StoreAPI
 {
 private:
@@ -71,6 +103,14 @@ public:
     void queryReferrers(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers);
 
     Path queryDeriver(const Path & path);
+
+    /* Return all currently valid derivations that have `path' as an
+       output.  (Note that the result of `queryDeriver()' is the
+       derivation that was actually used to produce `path', which may
+       not exist anymore.) */
+    PathSet queryValidDerivers(const Path & path);
+
+    PathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path);
     
     PathSet querySubstitutablePaths();
     
@@ -151,40 +191,53 @@ private:
     /* Lock file used for upgrading. */
     AutoCloseFD globalLock;
 
-    /* !!! The cache can grow very big.  Maybe it should be pruned
-       every once in a while. */
-    std::map<Path, ValidPathInfo> pathInfoCache;
-
-    /* Store paths for which the referrers file must be purged. */
-    PathSet delayedUpdates;
-
     /* Whether to do an fsync() after writing Nix metadata. */
     bool doFsync;
 
+    /* The SQLite database object. */
+    SQLite db;
+
+    /* Some precompiled SQLite statements. */
+    SQLiteStmt stmtRegisterValidPath;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtAddReference;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryPathInfo;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryReferences;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryReferrers;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtInvalidatePath;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtRegisterFailedPath;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtHasPathFailed;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtAddDerivationOutput;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryValidDerivers;
+    SQLiteStmt stmtQueryDerivationOutputs;
+
     int getSchema();
 
-    void registerValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info, bool ignoreValidity = false);
+    void initSchema();
+
+    void prepareStatements();
+
+    unsigned long long addValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info);
+        
+    void addReference(unsigned long long referrer, unsigned long long reference);
+    
+    void registerValidPath(const ValidPathInfo & info);
 
-    ValidPathInfo queryPathInfo(const Path & path, bool ignoreErrors = false);
+    ValidPathInfo queryPathInfo(const Path & path);
 
     void appendReferrer(const Path & from, const Path & to, bool lock);
     
     void rewriteReferrers(const Path & path, bool purge, PathSet referrers);
 
-    void flushDelayedUpdates();
-    
-    bool queryReferrersInternal(const Path & path, PathSet & referrers);
-    
     void invalidatePath(const Path & path);
-    
-    void upgradeStore12();
+
+    void upgradeStore6();
+    PathSet queryValidPathsOld();
+    ValidPathInfo queryPathInfoOld(const Path & path);
 
     struct GCState;
 
     bool tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path);
     
-    PathSet findDerivers(GCState & state, const Path & path);
-    
     bool isActiveTempFile(const GCState & state,
         const Path & path, const string & suffix);
         
diff --git a/src/libstore/misc.cc b/src/libstore/misc.cc
index 2d7d13a0e7b4..f79cb11cc20b 100644
--- a/src/libstore/misc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/misc.cc
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ void computeFSClosure(const Path & storePath,
         store->queryReferences(storePath, references);
 
     if (includeOutputs && isDerivation(storePath)) {
-        Derivation drv = derivationFromPath(storePath);
-        foreach (DerivationOutputs::iterator, i, drv.outputs)
-            if (store->isValidPath(i->second.path))
-                computeFSClosure(i->second.path, paths, flipDirection, true);
+        PathSet outputs = store->queryDerivationOutputs(storePath);
+        foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, outputs)
+            if (store->isValidPath(*i))
+                computeFSClosure(*i, paths, flipDirection, true);
     }
 
     foreach (PathSet::iterator, i, references)
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
index 5143143f57c3..07cb62dc80a4 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
@@ -294,6 +294,12 @@ Path RemoteStore::queryDeriver(const Path & path)
 }
 
 
+PathSet RemoteStore::queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path)
+{
+    throw Error("not yet implemented");
+}
+
+
 Path RemoteStore::addToStore(const Path & _srcPath,
     bool recursive, HashType hashAlgo, PathFilter & filter)
 {
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.hh b/src/libstore/remote-store.hh
index 3d55d23d958e..8bab1d8c4857 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.hh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public:
 
     Path queryDeriver(const Path & path);
     
+    PathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path);
+    
     bool hasSubstitutes(const Path & path);
     
     bool querySubstitutablePathInfo(const Path & path,
diff --git a/src/libstore/schema.sql b/src/libstore/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4adad34b700e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libstore/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+create table if not exists ValidPaths (
+    id               integer primary key autoincrement not null,
+    path             text unique not null,
+    hash             text not null,
+    registrationTime integer not null,
+    deriver          text
+);
+
+create table if not exists Refs (
+    referrer  integer not null,
+    reference integer not null,
+    primary key (referrer, reference),
+    foreign key (referrer) references ValidPaths(id) on delete cascade,
+    foreign key (reference) references ValidPaths(id) on delete restrict
+);
+
+create index if not exists IndexReferrer on Refs(referrer);
+create index if not exists IndexReference on Refs(reference);
+
+-- Paths can refer to themselves, causing a tuple (N, N) in the Refs
+-- table.  This causes a deletion of the corresponding row in
+-- ValidPaths to cause a foreign key constraint violation (due to `on
+-- delete restrict' on the `reference' column).  Therefore, explicitly
+-- get rid of self-references.
+create trigger DeleteSelfRefs before delete on ValidPaths
+  begin
+    delete from Refs where referrer = old.id and reference = old.id;
+  end;
+
+create table if not exists DerivationOutputs (
+    drv  integer not null,
+    id   text not null, -- symbolic output id, usually "out"
+    path text not null,
+    primary key (drv, id),
+    foreign key (drv) references ValidPaths(id) on delete cascade
+);
+
+create index if not exists IndexDerivationOutputs on DerivationOutputs(path);
+
+create table if not exists FailedPaths (
+    path text primary key not null,
+    time integer not null
+);
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
index f0abe61ad1e1..01dd51621625 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "store-api.hh"
 #include "globals.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
-#include "derivations.hh"
 
 #include <limits.h>
 
@@ -53,18 +52,6 @@ Path toStorePath(const Path & path)
 }
 
 
-string getNameOfStorePath(const Path & path)
-{
-    Path::size_type slash = path.rfind('/');
-    string p = slash == Path::npos ? path : string(path, slash + 1);
-    Path::size_type dash = p.find('-');
-    assert(dash != Path::npos);
-    string p2 = string(p, dash + 1);
-    if (isDerivation(p2)) p2 = string(p2, 0, p2.size() - 4);
-    return p2;
-}
-
-
 Path followLinksToStore(const Path & _path)
 {
     Path path = absPath(_path);
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
index 8506d47e36a7..b6a8ff40e511 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ public:
        no deriver has been set. */
     virtual Path queryDeriver(const Path & path) = 0;
 
+    /* Query the outputs of the derivation denoted by `path'. */
+    virtual PathSet queryDerivationOutputs(const Path & path) = 0;
+    
     /* Query whether a path has substitutes. */
     virtual bool hasSubstitutes(const Path & path) = 0;
 
@@ -243,12 +246,6 @@ void checkStoreName(const string & name);
 Path toStorePath(const Path & path);
 
 
-/* Get the "name" part of a store path, that is, the part after the
-   hash and the dash, and with any ".drv" suffix removed
-   (e.g. /nix/store/<hash>-foo-1.2.3.drv => foo-1.2.3). */
-string getNameOfStorePath(const Path & path);
-
-
 /* Follow symlinks until we end up with a path in the Nix store. */
 Path followLinksToStore(const Path & path);
 
@@ -333,6 +330,7 @@ struct ValidPathInfo
     Hash hash;
     PathSet references;
     time_t registrationTime;
+    unsigned long long id; // internal use only
     ValidPathInfo() : registrationTime(0) { }
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/init.sh b/tests/init.sh
index 0639a70662cd..691cb669b72c 100644
--- a/tests/init.sh
+++ b/tests/init.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ mv $NIX_BIN_DIR/nix/download-using-manifests.pl $NIX_BIN_DIR/nix/substituters/do
 $nixstore --init
 
 # Did anything happen?
-test -e "$NIX_DB_DIR"/info
-test -e "$NIX_DB_DIR"/referrer
+test -e "$NIX_DB_DIR"/db.sqlite
 
 echo 'Hello World' > ./dummy
diff --git a/tests/referrers.sh b/tests/referrers.sh
index e3f8e07bc1bb..752f05c3d5c5 100644
--- a/tests/referrers.sh
+++ b/tests/referrers.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ source common.sh
 # This takes way to long on Cygwin (because process creation is so slow...).
 if test "$system" = i686-cygwin; then exit 0; fi
 
+clearStore
+
 max=2500
 
 reference=$NIX_STORE_DIR/abcdef
@@ -25,34 +27,11 @@ echo "registering..."
 
 time $nixstore --register-validity < $TEST_ROOT/reg_info
 
-oldTime=$(cat test-tmp/db/info/1 | grep Registered-At)
-
-echo "sleeping..."
-
-sleep 2
-
-echo "reregistering..."
-
-time $nixstore --register-validity --reregister < $TEST_ROOT/reg_info
-
-newTime=$(cat test-tmp/db/info/1 | grep Registered-At)
-
-if test "$newTime" != "$oldTime"; then
-    echo "reregistration changed original registration time"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if test "$(cat test-tmp/db/referrer/1 | wc -w)" -ne 1; then
-    echo "reregistration duplicated referrers"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 echo "collecting garbage..."
 ln -sfn $reference "$NIX_STATE_DIR"/gcroots/ref
 time $nixstore --gc
 
-if test "$(cat test-tmp/db/referrer/abcdef | wc -w)" -ne 0; then
+if test "$(sqlite3 ./test-tmp/db/db.sqlite 'select count(*) from Refs')" -ne 0; then
     echo "referrers not cleaned up"
     exit 1
 fi
-