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Diffstat (limited to 'guix/store/database.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/store/database.scm | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/store/database.scm b/guix/store/database.scm index 50b66ce282..e39a1603af 100644 --- a/guix/store/database.scm +++ b/guix/store/database.scm @@ -397,7 +397,10 @@ absolute file name to the state directory of the store being initialized. Return #t on success. Use with care as it directly modifies the store! This is primarily meant to -be used internally by the daemon's build hook." +be used internally by the daemon's build hook. + +PATH must be protected from GC and locked during execution of this, typically +by adding it as a temp-root." (define db-file (store-database-file #:prefix prefix #:state-directory state-directory)) @@ -423,7 +426,9 @@ be used internally by the daemon's build hook." "Register all of ITEMS, a list of <store-info> records as returned by 'read-reference-graph', in DB. ITEMS must be in topological order (with leaves first.) REGISTRATION-TIME must be the registration time to be recorded -in the database; #f means \"now\". Write a progress report to LOG-PORT." +in the database; #f means \"now\". Write a progress report to LOG-PORT. All +of ITEMS must be protected from GC and locked during execution of this, +typically by adding them as temp-roots." (define store-dir (if prefix (string-append prefix %storedir) |