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Matthew Kenigsberg 2025-06-23 10:42:07 -06:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -221,7 +221,16 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(ref<const Config> config)
schema upgrade is in progress. */
if (!config->readOnly) {
Path globalLockPath = dbDir + "/big-lock";
globalLock = openLockFile(globalLockPath.c_str(), true);
try {
globalLock = openLockFile(globalLockPath.c_str(), true);
} catch (SysError & e) {
if (e.errNo == EACCES || e.errNo == EPERM) {
e.addTrace({},
"This command may have been run as non-root in a single-user Nix installation,\n"
"or the Nix daemon may have crashed.");
}
throw;
}
}
if (!config->readOnly && !lockFile(globalLock.get(), ltRead, false)) {

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@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ chmod -R -w $TEST_ROOT/var
# Make sure we fail on add operations on the read-only store
# This is only for adding files that are not *already* in the store
expectStderr 1 nix-store --add eval.nix | grepQuiet "error: opening lock file '$(readlink -e $TEST_ROOT)/var/nix/db/big-lock'"
# Should show enhanced error message with helpful context
expectStderr 1 nix-store --add eval.nix | grepQuiet "This command may have been run as non-root in a single-user Nix installation"
expectStderr 1 nix-store --store local?read-only=true --add eval.nix | grepQuiet "Permission denied"
# Test the same operations from before should again succeed