From 3ee208516fbdd302b178d68a20dd44517a276a96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:52:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Check the return code of the clone() call

---
 src/libstore/build.cc | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index f09437c6b3..e7a8ee434a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -1806,9 +1806,10 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     {
         pid = fork();
         if (pid == 0) initChild();
-        else if (pid == -1) throw SysError("unable to fork");
     }
 
+    if (pid == -1) throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
     /* parent */
     pid.setSeparatePG(true);
     builderOut.writeSide.close();