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nix store delete: Show the first root that prevents deletion

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Examples:

  error: Cannot delete path '/nix/store/6fcrjgfjip2ww3sx51rrmmghfsf60jvi-patchelf-0.14.3' because it's referenced by the GC root '/home/eelco/Dev/nix-master/build/result'.

  error: Cannot delete path '/nix/store/rn0qyn3kmky26xgpr2n10vr787g57lff-cowsay-3.8.4' because it's referenced by the GC root '/proc/3600568/environ'.
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Eelco Dolstra 2025-06-27 15:08:17 +02:00
parent 1929d84f9e
commit 59700c0978
1 changed files with 7 additions and 8 deletions
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src/libstore/gc.cc
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@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
bool gcKeepOutputs = settings.gcKeepOutputs;
bool gcKeepDerivations = settings.gcKeepDerivations;
std::unordered_set<StorePath> roots, dead, alive;
Roots roots;
std::unordered_set<StorePath> dead, alive;
struct Shared
{
@ -612,11 +613,8 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
/* Find the roots. Since we've grabbed the GC lock, the set of
permanent roots cannot increase now. */
printInfo("finding garbage collector roots...");
Roots rootMap;
if (!options.ignoreLiveness)
findRootsNoTemp(rootMap, true);
for (auto & i : rootMap) roots.insert(i.first);
findRootsNoTemp(roots, true);
/* Read the temporary roots created before we acquired the global
GC root. Any new roots will be sent to our socket. */
@ -715,11 +713,12 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
};
/* If this is a root, bail out. */
if (roots.count(*path)) {
if (auto i = roots.find(*path); i != roots.end()) {
if (options.action == GCOptions::gcDeleteSpecific)
throw Error(
"Cannot delete path '%s' because it's a GC root.",
printStorePath(start));
"Cannot delete path '%s' because it's referenced by the GC root '%s'.",
printStorePath(start),
*i->second.begin());
debug("cannot delete '%s' because it's a root", printStorePath(*path));
return markAlive();
}