From aa98ba506739b885b3ce0b392dade5e1e1bb07f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:44:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use regular file GC roots if possible

This makes hydra-eval-jobs create roots as regular files. See
1c208f2b7ef8ffb5e6d435d703dad83223a67bd6.
---
 nix/libstore/gc.cc | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nix/libstore/gc.cc b/nix/libstore/gc.cc
index 00bf1526b3..4babea4a50 100644
--- a/nix/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/nix/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ Path addPermRoot(StoreAPI & store, const Path & _storePath,
                     % gcRoot % rootsDir);
         }
 
-        makeSymlink(gcRoot, storePath);
+        if (baseNameOf(gcRoot) == baseNameOf(storePath))
+            writeFile(gcRoot, "");
+        else
+            makeSymlink(gcRoot, storePath);
     }
 
     /* Check that the root can be found by the garbage collector.