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-rw-r--r--src/libstore/local-store.cc11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 56d05c7bb..6af34cc77 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
#include <sqlite3.h>
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@ static void throwSQLiteError(sqlite3 * db, const format & f)
int err = sqlite3_errcode(db);
if (err == SQLITE_BUSY) {
printMsg(lvlError, "warning: SQLite database is busy");
+ /* Sleep for a while since retrying the transaction right away
+ is likely to fail again. */
+#if HAVE_NANOSLEEP
+ struct timespec t;
+ t.tv_sec = 0;
+ t.tv_nsec = 100 * 1000 * 1000; /* 0.1s */
+ nanosleep(&t, 0);
+#else
+ sleep(1);
+#endif
throw SQLiteBusy(format("%1%: %2%") % f.str() % sqlite3_errmsg(db));
}
else