[Nix-dev] unable to delete a store path

[Shea Levy]

This is a very bad idea, unless you're sure the garbage collector is 
refusing to delete the path erroneously. Bypassing nix-store operations 
is almost always the wrong thing to do.

On 09/26/2012 06:25 AM, Marc Weber wrote:
> Try manually deleting it:
> # unset readonly flag:
> chattr -R -i STORE_PATH
> # remove it:
> rm -fr STORE_PATH
>
> nix-store --verify should remove it automatically then.
> If it doesn't work you may have to delete it from the database manually
> (?). But then I'd make sure to have a backup.
>
> There may be more options, though
>
> Marc Weber
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