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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2007-08-28 09:39:03 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2007-08-28 09:39:03 +0000
commite0d7e47862aa1b33292fb8d05e5d50ad4ebf3590 (patch)
treea5d96132410ba858faaea0352ef75c11c0a80091 /src/libstore/gc.cc
parent455a7b95776440a56fd5d545d3b9a01cbae1d8e7 (diff)
* PathLocks::lockPaths: don't allow reacquiring a lock we already
hold.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstore/gc.cc')
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/gc.cc4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index 8ce717aaf..e2e6c23fd 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);