6 files changed, 25 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/logging.cc b/src/libutil/logging.cc
index 27a631a37..c1cff5cf9 100644
--- a/src/libutil/logging.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/logging.cc
@@ -221,4 +221,12 @@ bool handleJSONLogMessage(const std::string & msg,
     return true;
 }
 
+Activity::~Activity() {
+    try {
+        logger.stopActivity(id);
+    } catch (...) {
+        ignoreException();
+    }
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libutil/logging.hh b/src/libutil/logging.hh
index 677aa4dae..ca768d555 100644
--- a/src/libutil/logging.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/logging.hh
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ struct Activity
 
     Activity(const Activity & act) = delete;
 
-    ~Activity()
-    { logger.stopActivity(id); }
+    ~Activity();
 
     void progress(uint64_t done = 0, uint64_t expected = 0, uint64_t running = 0, uint64_t failed = 0) const
     { result(resProgress, done, expected, running, failed); }
diff --git a/src/libutil/lru-cache.hh b/src/libutil/lru-cache.hh
index 3cb5d5088..9b8290e63 100644
--- a/src/libutil/lru-cache.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/lru-cache.hh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <map>
 #include <list>
+#include <experimental/optional>
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -63,18 +64,17 @@ public:
 
     /* Look up an item in the cache. If it exists, it becomes the most
        recently used item. */
-    // FIXME: use boost::optional?
-    Value * get(const Key & key)
+    std::experimental::optional<Value> get(const Key & key)
     {
         auto i = data.find(key);
-        if (i == data.end()) return 0;
+        if (i == data.end()) return {};
 
         /* Move this item to the back of the LRU list. */
         lru.erase(i->second.first.it);
         auto j = lru.insert(lru.end(), i);
         i->second.first.it = j;
 
-        return &i->second.second;
+        return i->second.second;
     }
 
     size_t size()
diff --git a/src/libutil/serialise.cc b/src/libutil/serialise.cc
index 950e6362a..9e2a502af 100644
--- a/src/libutil/serialise.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/serialise.cc
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ void FdSink::write(const unsigned char * data, size_t len)
     try {
         writeFull(fd, data, len);
     } catch (SysError & e) {
-        _good = true;
+        _good = false;
+        throw;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 341dedfdf..2391e14a9 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ std::map<std::string, std::string> getEnv()
 }
 
 
+void clearEnv()
+{
+    for (auto & name : getEnv())
+        unsetenv(name.first.c_str());
+}
+
+
 Path absPath(Path path, Path dir)
 {
     if (path[0] != '/') {
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 47e02bc89..c5c537ee6 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ string getEnv(const string & key, const string & def = "");
 /* Get the entire environment. */
 std::map<std::string, std::string> getEnv();
 
+/* Clear the environment. */
+void clearEnv();
+
 /* Return an absolutized path, resolving paths relative to the
    specified directory, or the current directory otherwise.  The path
    is also canonicalised. */