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mention nix-store --query --roots when a path cannot be deleted

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Bob van der Linden 2018-08-08 21:21:21 +02:00
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src/libstore/gc.cc
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@ -791,7 +791,11 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
assertStorePath(i); assertStorePath(i);
tryToDelete(state, i); tryToDelete(state, i);
if (state.dead.find(i) == state.dead.end()) if (state.dead.find(i) == state.dead.end())
throw Error(format("cannot delete path '%1%' since it is still alive") % i); throw Error(format(
"cannot delete path '%1%' since it is still alive. "
"To find out why use: "
"nix-store --query --roots"
) % i);
} }
} else if (options.maxFreed > 0) { } else if (options.maxFreed > 0) {