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-rw-r--r--nix/libstore/gc.cc5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nix/libstore/gc.cc b/nix/libstore/gc.cc
index 8bc4e01eb0..e1d0765154 100644
--- a/nix/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/nix/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -455,7 +455,10 @@ void LocalStore::deletePathRecursive(GCState & state, const Path & path)
throw SysError(format("unable to rename `%1%' to `%2%'") % path % tmp);
state.bytesInvalidated += size;
} catch (SysError & e) {
- if (e.errNo == ENOSPC) {
+ /* In a Docker container, rename(2) returns EXDEV when the source
+ and destination are not both on the "top layer". See:
+ https://bugs.gnu.org/41607 */
+ if (e.errNo == ENOSPC || e.errNo == EXDEV) {
printMsg(lvlInfo, format("note: can't create move `%1%': %2%") % path % e.msg());
deleteGarbage(state, path);
}