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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
index 8861274a2..05353bce2 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
@@ -1319,6 +1320,26 @@ 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);
+ #if __linux__
+ 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)) {
+ try {
+ createDirs(chrootStore);
+ } catch (Error & e) {
+ return std::make_shared<LocalStore>(params);
+ }
+ warn("'/nix' does not exist, so Nix will use '%s' as a chroot store", chrootStore);
+ } else
+ debug("'/nix' does not exist, so Nix will use '%s' as a chroot store", chrootStore);
+ Store::Params params2;
+ params2["root"] = chrootStore;
+ return std::make_shared<LocalStore>(params2);
+ }
+ #endif
else
return std::make_shared<LocalStore>(params);
} else if (uri == "daemon") {