From 13ce0e3aa7c4803f35063cd1adcfa1279cc80dd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 22:02:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: dmd: Avoid "already exists" error on startup.

* gnu/system/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file)[config]: Remove
  "/var/nix/gcroots/etc-directory" before trying to recreate it.
---
 gnu/system/dmd.scm | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/gnu/system/dmd.scm b/gnu/system/dmd.scm
index aec7d037592..307412a5d54 100644
--- a/gnu/system/dmd.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/dmd.scm
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ (define config
                               (not (member file '("." ".."))))))
 
          ;; Prevent ETC from being GC'd.
+         (rm-f "/var/nix/gcroots/etc-directory")
          (symlink ,etc "/var/nix/gcroots/etc-directory"))
 
        (format #t "starting services...~%")
-- 
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