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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstore/gc.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/gc.cc | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc index 8ce717aaffaa..e2e6c23fd559 100644 --- a/src/libstore/gc.cc +++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ void createSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target, bool careful) /* Create directories up to `gcRoot'. */ createDirs(dirOf(link)); + /* !!! shouldn't removing and creating the symlink be atomic? */ + /* Remove the old symlink. */ if (pathExists(link)) { if (careful && (!isLink(link) || !isInStore(readLink(link)))) @@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ void createSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target, bool careful) unlink(link.c_str()); } - /* And create the new own. */ + /* And create the new one. */ if (symlink(target.c_str(), link.c_str()) == -1) throw SysError(format("symlinking `%1%' to `%2%'") % link % target); |