From 70bcd6a55ccf583858342c2a1be6efe30167759c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:42:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Evaluation cache: Don't barf in read-only mode

Fixes

  $ nix copy
  warning: Git tree '/home/eelco/Dev/nix-flake' is dirty
  nix: src/nix/installables.cc:348: std::tuple<std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, nix::FlakeRef, nix::InstallableValue::DerivationInfo> nix::InstallableFlake::toDerivation(): Assertion `state->store->isValidPath(drvPath)' failed.
  Aborted (core dumped)
---
 src/nix/installables.cc | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/nix/installables.cc b/src/nix/installables.cc
index 6b9e2ee96..c2e2a6573 100644
--- a/src/nix/installables.cc
+++ b/src/nix/installables.cc
@@ -339,12 +339,14 @@ std::tuple<std::string, FlakeRef, InstallableValue::DerivationInfo> InstallableF
 
         auto aDrvPath = attr->getAttr(state->sDrvPath);
         auto drvPath = state->store->parseStorePath(aDrvPath->getString());
-        if (!state->store->isValidPath(drvPath)) {
+        if (!state->store->isValidPath(drvPath) && !settings.readOnlyMode) {
             /* The eval cache contains 'drvPath', but the actual path
                has been garbage-collected. So force it to be
                regenerated. */
             aDrvPath->forceValue();
-            assert(state->store->isValidPath(drvPath));
+            if (!state->store->isValidPath(drvPath))
+                throw Error("don't know how to recreate store derivation '%s'!",
+                    state->store->printStorePath(drvPath));
         }
 
         auto drvInfo = DerivationInfo{