From cff2b2a13aea7cf30c0ef5be449e355594dc80c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:50:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * Doh!

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

diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 1482d69269..f422bca01a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ void Worker::run(const Goals & _topGoals)
         if (!children.empty() || !waitingForAWhile.empty())
             waitForInput();
         else {
-            if (maxBuildJobs == 0) throw Error(
+            if (awake.empty() && maxBuildJobs == 0) throw Error(
                 "unable to start any build; either increase `--max-jobs' "
                 "or enable distributed builds");
             assert(!awake.empty());