From 4c6aac8fdf2cbc85280115da53acebb910d2e60c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Ericson Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 22:46:05 +0000 Subject: Clarify comment on sandbox and temp fresh paths --- src/libstore/build.cc | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc index 142149ae3..d2bfc73c9 100644 --- a/src/libstore/build.cc +++ b/src/libstore/build.cc @@ -2370,9 +2370,11 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder() (typically the dependencies of /bin/sh). Throw them out. */ for (auto & i : drv->outputs) { - /* If the name isn't known a priori (i.e. floating content-addressed - derivation), the temporary location we use should be fresh and - never in the sandbox in the first place. */ + /* If the name isn't known a priori (i.e. floating + content-addressed derivation), the temporary location we use + should be fresh. Freshness means it is impossible that the path + is already in the sandbox, so we don't need to worry about + removing it. */ auto optPath = i.second.pathOpt(worker.store, drv->name); if (optPath) dirsInChroot.erase(worker.store.printStorePath(*optPath)); -- cgit v1.2.3