From d534f137f0b0bf6b8559731edcfc1e50bd15a427 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:30:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make the store writable before creating /nix/store/.links

---
 src/libstore/local-store.cc | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 3fd772f26f..6882e9328b 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(bool reserveSpace)
 
     /* Create missing state directories if they don't already exist. */
     createDirs(settings.nixStore);
+    makeStoreWritable();
     createDirs(linksDir = settings.nixStore + "/.links");
     Path profilesDir = settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles";
     createDirs(settings.nixStateDir + "/profiles");
@@ -297,8 +298,6 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(bool reserveSpace)
     }
 
     else openDB(false);
-
-    makeStoreWritable();
 }