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-rw-r--r--src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc b/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc
index c8dc9099c..253c0b537 100644
--- a/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc
+++ b/src/nix-collect-garbage/nix-collect-garbage.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ void removeOldGenerations(std::string dir)
auto type = i.type == DT_UNKNOWN ? getFileType(path) : i.type;
if (type == DT_LNK && canWrite) {
- auto link = readLink(path);
+ std::string link;
+ try {
+ link = readLink(path);
+ } catch (SysError & e) {
+ if (e.errNo == ENOENT) continue;
+ }
if (link.find("link") != string::npos) {
printMsg(lvlInfo, format("removing old generations of profile %1%") % path);
if (deleteOlderThan != "")