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-rw-r--r--src/libstore/pathlocks.cc8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
index c057edce1..321e965bb 100644
--- a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ PathLocks::~PathLocks()
close(*i);
for (Paths::iterator i = paths.begin(); i != paths.end(); i++) {
- if (deletePaths)
+ if (deletePaths) {
/* This is not safe in general! */
- if (unlink(i->c_str()) != 0)
- throw SysError(format("removing lock file `%1%'") % *i);
+ unlink(i->c_str());
+ /* Note that the result of unlink() is ignored; removing
+ the lock file is an optimisation, not a necessity. */
+ }
lockedPaths.erase(*i);
}
}