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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstore/store-api.cc | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc index 8861274a2..b46b3066b 100644 --- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc +++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc @@ -1302,7 +1302,8 @@ std::pair<std::string, Store::Params> splitUriAndParams(const std::string & uri_ return {uri, params}; } -static bool isNonUriPath(const std::string & spec) { +static bool isNonUriPath(const std::string & spec) +{ return // is not a URL spec.find("://") == std::string::npos @@ -1319,7 +1320,19 @@ std::shared_ptr<Store> openFromNonUri(const std::string & uri, const Store::Para return std::make_shared<LocalStore>(params); else if (pathExists(settings.nixDaemonSocketFile)) return std::make_shared<UDSRemoteStore>(params); - else + else if (!pathExists(stateDir) && params.empty() && getuid() != 0) { + /* If /nix doesn't exist, there is no daemon socket, and + we're not root, then automatically set up a chroot + store in ~/.local/share/nix/root. */ + auto chrootStore = getDataDir() + "/nix/root"; + if (!pathExists(chrootStore)) + warn("'/nix' does not exists, so Nix will use '%s' as a chroot store", chrootStore); + else + debug("'/nix' does not exists, so Nix will use '%s' as a chroot store", chrootStore); + Store::Params params2; + params2["root"] = chrootStore; + return std::make_shared<LocalStore>(params2); + } else return std::make_shared<LocalStore>(params); } else if (uri == "daemon") { return std::make_shared<UDSRemoteStore>(params); |