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* When creating a new generation, also make the normal form of the

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derivation (i.e., the closure store expression) a root of the
  garbage collector.  This ensures that running `nix-collect-garbage
  --no-successors' is safe.
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Eelco Dolstra 2004-02-11 10:25:31 +00:00
parent 92e832348d
commit 00fe1a506f
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src/nix-env/profiles.cc
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@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ Generations findGenerations(Path profile, int & curGen)
}
Path createGeneration(Path profile, Path outPath, Path drvPath)
Path createGeneration(Path profile, Path outPath,
Path drvPath, Path clrPath)
{
/* The new generation number should be higher than old the
previous ones. */
@ -67,12 +68,13 @@ Path createGeneration(Path profile, Path outPath, Path drvPath)
unsigned int num = gens.size() > 0 ? gens.front().number : 0;
/* Create the new generation. */
Path generation, gcrootSrc;
Path generation, gcrootDrv, gcrootClr;
while (1) {
Path prefix = (format("%1%-%2%") % profile % num).str();
generation = prefix + "-link";
gcrootSrc = prefix + "-src.gcroot";
gcrootDrv = prefix + "-drv.gcroot";
gcrootClr = prefix + "-clr.gcroot";
if (symlink(outPath.c_str(), generation.c_str()) == 0) break;
if (errno != EEXIST)
throw SysError(format("creating symlink `%1%'") % generation);
@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ Path createGeneration(Path profile, Path outPath, Path drvPath)
num++;
}
writeStringToFile(gcrootSrc, drvPath);
writeStringToFile(gcrootDrv, drvPath);
writeStringToFile(gcrootClr, clrPath);
return generation;
}