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-rw-r--r--src/libstore/gc.cc4
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/pathlocks.cc6
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index 8ce717aaf..e2e6c23fd 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ void createSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target, bool careful)
/* Create directories up to `gcRoot'. */
createDirs(dirOf(link));
+ /* !!! shouldn't removing and creating the symlink be atomic? */
+
/* Remove the old symlink. */
if (pathExists(link)) {
if (careful && (!isLink(link) || !isInStore(readLink(link))))
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ void createSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target, bool careful)
unlink(link.c_str());
}
- /* And create the new own. */
+ /* And create the new one. */
if (symlink(target.c_str(), link.c_str()) == -1)
throw SysError(format("symlinking `%1%' to `%2%'")
% link % target);
diff --git a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
index 03ba4f212..821d4d02f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
@@ -161,10 +161,8 @@ void PathLocks::lockPaths(const PathSet & _paths, const string & waitMsg)
debug(format("locking path `%1%'") % path);
- if (lockedPaths.find(lockPath) != lockedPaths.end()) {
- debug(format("already holding lock on `%1%'") % lockPath);
- continue;
- }
+ if (lockedPaths.find(lockPath) != lockedPaths.end())
+ throw Error("deadlock: trying to re-acquire self-held lock");
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