libstore: Make sure that initNix has been called

Prevent bugs like https://github.com/cachix/cachix/pull/477

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index 274a15dd7..22458efcf 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -984,4 +984,12 @@ std::vector<Path> getUserConfigFiles();
 
 extern const std::string nixVersion;
 
+/* NB: This is not sufficient. You need to call initNix() */
+void initLibStore();
+
+/* It's important to initialize before doing _anything_, which is why we
+   call upon the programmer to handle this correctly. However, we only add
+   this in a key locations, so as not to litter the code. */
+void assertLibStoreInitialized();
+
 }