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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-12-18 00:35:21 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-12-18 01:17:17 +0100
commit495c50008be91429ebea3805e161a1e385a2a572 (patch)
tree86700aa10ba9f39726e2d1895e234304531ff234 /gnu/installer
parent9b6703eabee07068328a5e489deb3d532f242daa (diff)
downloadguix-495c50008be91429ebea3805e161a1e385a2a572.tar.gz
installer: final: Delete SQLite WAL and shm files upon completion.
Previously, db.sqlite-{wal,shm} could be left behind after stopping
guix-daemon.  When resuming installation, SQLite could end up behaving
as if transactions visible in the WAL file had been committed, in spite
of having restored SAVED-DATABASE.

Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59784>.
Reported by pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>.

* gnu/installer/final.scm (install-system): Before restarting
guix-daemon, delete db.sqlite-{wal,shm}.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/installer')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/final.scm b/gnu/installer/final.scm
index f5601d8649..069426a3b8 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/final.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/final.scm
@@ -221,10 +221,18 @@ or #f.  Return #t on success and #f on failure."
              ;; alive.
              (stop-service 'guix-daemon)
 
-             ;; Restore the database and restart it.
+             ;; Restore the database and restart it.  As part of restoring the
+             ;; database, remove the WAL and shm files in case they were left
+             ;; behind after guix-daemon was stopped.  Failing to do so,
+             ;; sqlite might behave as if transactions that appear in the WAL
+             ;; file were committed.  (See <https://www.sqlite.org/wal.html>.)
              (installer-log-line "restoring store database from '~a'"
                                  saved-database)
              (copy-file saved-database database-file)
+             (for-each (lambda (suffix)
+                         (false-if-exception
+                          (delete-file (string-append database-file suffix))))
+                       '("-wal" "-shm"))
              (start-service 'guix-daemon)
 
              ;; Finally umount the cow-store and exit the container.