[Nix-dev] Re: Re: Using "chattr -R +i" to ensure /nix/store entry immutability.

[Yury G. Kudryashov]

Michael Raskin wrote:

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> On 08/14/2010 11:49 PM, Yury G. Kudryashov wrote:
>>> Is it a good idea to (optionally) run "chattr -R +i $out" after
>>> successful builds and "chattr -R -i $path" when garbage collecting?
>> I agree but first we should check store integrity on some real computer
>> to find out which files are overwritten and realise why they're
>> overwritten (AFAIR, something wrong with $linux/).
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> I do not see these as mutually exclusive. I guess both can give some
> information (some programs will probably fail when unable to write to
> $PREFIX).
I'm afraid that kernel tries to write somewhere in $linux/, and I don't know 
whether it will fail somehow with this option.