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-rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/store.cc | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/store.cc b/src/libstore/store.cc index 4e531bc41..d61c3e454 100644 --- a/src/libstore/store.cc +++ b/src/libstore/store.cc @@ -737,10 +737,10 @@ void deleteFromStore(const Path & _path) Transaction txn(nixDB); if (isValidPathTxn(txn, path)) { PathSet referers = getReferers(txn, path); - if (referers.size() > 1 || - (referers.size() == 1 && - *referers.begin() != path)) - throw Error(format("cannot delete path `%1%' because it is in use") % path); + for (PathSet::iterator i = referers.begin(); + i != referers.end(); ++i) + if (*i != path && isValidPathTxn(txn, *i)) + throw Error(format("cannot delete path `%1%' because it is in use by path `%2%'") % path % *i); invalidatePath(txn, path); } txn.commit(); |