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-rw-r--r--src/nix/installables.cc6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/installables.cc b/src/nix/installables.cc
index 6b9e2ee96..c2e2a6573 100644
--- a/src/nix/installables.cc
+++ b/src/nix/installables.cc
@@ -339,12 +339,14 @@ std::tuple<std::string, FlakeRef, InstallableValue::DerivationInfo> InstallableF
auto aDrvPath = attr->getAttr(state->sDrvPath);
auto drvPath = state->store->parseStorePath(aDrvPath->getString());
- if (!state->store->isValidPath(drvPath)) {
+ if (!state->store->isValidPath(drvPath) && !settings.readOnlyMode) {
/* The eval cache contains 'drvPath', but the actual path
has been garbage-collected. So force it to be
regenerated. */
aDrvPath->forceValue();
- assert(state->store->isValidPath(drvPath));
+ if (!state->store->isValidPath(drvPath))
+ throw Error("don't know how to recreate store derivation '%s'!",
+ state->store->printStorePath(drvPath));
}
auto drvInfo = DerivationInfo{