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-rwxr-xr-xetc/guix-install.sh16
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/etc/guix-install.sh b/etc/guix-install.sh
index 9f7bd2038a..6a799fa823 100755
--- a/etc/guix-install.sh
+++ b/etc/guix-install.sh
@@ -322,20 +322,18 @@ sys_create_store()
 
     _debug "--- [ ${FUNCNAME[0]} ] ---"
 
-    cd "$tmp_path"
-    tar --extract \
-        --file "$pkg" &&
-    _msg "${PAS}unpacked archive"
-
     if [[ -e "/var/guix" || -e "/gnu" ]]; then
         _err "${ERR}A previous Guix installation was found.  Refusing to overwrite."
         exit 1
-    else
-        _msg "${INF}Installing /var/guix and /gnu..."
-        mv "${tmp_path}/var/guix" /var/
-        mv "${tmp_path}/gnu" /
     fi
 
+    cd "$tmp_path"
+    tar --extract --file "$pkg" && _msg "${PAS}unpacked archive"
+
+    _msg "${INF}Installing /var/guix and /gnu..."
+    mv "${tmp_path}/var/guix" /var/
+    mv "${tmp_path}/gnu" /
+
     _msg "${INF}Linking the root user's profile"
     mkdir -p "~root/.config/guix"
     ln -sf /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix \