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| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/system.scm | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm index d2be0cf8fb..9ba9428a08 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/system.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm @@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ When INSTALL-BOOTLOADER? is true, install bootloader using BOOTCFG." the ownership of '~a' may be incorrect!~%") target)) + ;; If a previous installation was attempted, make sure we start anew; in + ;; particular, we don't want to keep a store database that might not + ;; correspond to what we're actually putting in the store. + (let ((state (string-append target "/var/guix"))) + (when (file-exists? state) + (delete-file-recursively state))) + (chmod target #o755) (let ((os-dir (derivation->output-path os-drv)) (format (lift format %store-monad)) |