2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

M guix/store/roots.scm
M tests/store-roots.scm

@@ 1,5 1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012-2014, 2017, 2019, 2023 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;


@@ 105,7 105,15 @@ are user-controlled symlinks stored anywhere on the file system."
                                      (map (match-lambda
                                             ((file . properties)
                                              (cons (scope file) properties)))
-                                          (scandir* directory regular?)))))
+                                          (catch 'system-error
+                                            (lambda ()
+                                              (scandir* directory regular?))
+                                            (lambda args
+                                              (if (= ENOENT
+                                                     (system-error-errno
+                                                      args))
+                                                  '()
+                                                  (apply throw args))))))))
              (loop (append rest (map first sub-directories))
                    (append (map canonical-root (filter symlink? files))
                            roots)

@@ 1,5 1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2019, 2023 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;


@@ 21,14 21,26 @@
   #:use-module (guix store)
   #:use-module (guix store roots)
   #:use-module ((guix utils) #:select (call-with-temporary-directory))
+  #:use-module ((guix build utils) #:select (delete-file-recursively))
+  #:use-module ((guix config) #:select (%state-directory))
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-64))
 
-(define %store
-  (open-connection))
+(define %store #f)
 
 (test-begin "store-roots")
 
+(test-equal "gc-roots, initial"
+  (list (string-append %state-directory "/profiles"))
+  (begin
+    ;; 'gc-roots' should gracefully handle lack of that directory.
+    (delete-file-recursively (string-append %state-directory "/profiles"))
+    (gc-roots)))
+
+;; The 'open-connection' call below gets guix-daemon to create
+;; %STATE-DIRECTORY/profiles.
+(set! %store (open-connection))
+
 (test-assert "gc-roots, regular root"
   (let* ((item (add-text-to-store %store "something"
                                   (random-text)))