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-rw-r--r--src/libstore/build.cc6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index d80c67358..b448cc6b7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -2550,8 +2550,12 @@ void Worker::run(const Goals & _topGoals)
/* Wait for input. */
if (!children.empty() || !waitingForAWhile.empty())
waitForInput();
- else
+ else {
+ if (maxBuildJobs == 0) throw Error(
+ "unable to start any build; either increase `--max-jobs' "
+ "or enable distributed builds");
assert(!awake.empty());
+ }
}
/* If --keep-going is not set, it's possible that the main goal