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| author | Jade Lovelace <lix@jade.fyi> | 2024-09-13 16:26:15 -0700 |
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| committer | jade <lix@jade.fyi> | 2024-09-14 07:31:30 +0000 |
| commit | b7fc37b0154b14d677f2d05b06b761373e2d44b6 (patch) | |
| tree | e3e8888b9c90de130024902a9a466dfa8cc9a506 /src | |
| parent | b2fc007811a5afc473bf116fe8d38688b3699e25 (diff) | |
store: add a hint on how to fix Lix installs broken by macOS Sequoia
This is not a detailed diagnosis, and it's not worth writing one, tbh.
This error basically never happens in normal operation, so diagnosing it
by changing the error on macOS is good enough.
Relevant: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix-installer/issues/24
Relevant: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix-installer/issues/18
Relevant: https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/lix/issues/521
Change-Id: I03701f917d116575c72a97502b8e1617679447f2
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/lock.cc | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/lock.cc b/src/libstore/lock.cc index 05296757d..377499c0a 100644 --- a/src/libstore/lock.cc +++ b/src/libstore/lock.cc @@ -73,8 +73,16 @@ struct SimpleUserLock : UserLock debug("trying user '%s'", i); struct passwd * pw = getpwnam(i.c_str()); - if (!pw) - throw Error("the user '%s' in the group '%s' does not exist", i, settings.buildUsersGroup); + if (!pw) { +#ifdef __APPLE__ +#define APPLE_HINT "\n\nhint: this may be caused by an update to macOS Sequoia breaking existing Lix installations.\n" \ + "See the macOS Sequoia page on the Lix wiki for detailed repair instructions: https://wiki.lix.systems/link/81" +#else +#define APPLE_HINT +#endif + throw Error("the user '%s' in the group '%s' does not exist" APPLE_HINT, i, settings.buildUsersGroup); +#undef APPLE_HINT + } auto fnUserLock = fmt("%s/userpool/%s", settings.nixStateDir,pw->pw_uid); |