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Improve nix-store --delete failure message

On several occasions I've found myself confused when trying to delete
a store path, because I am told it's still alive, but
nix-store --query --roots doesn't show anything.  Let's save future
users this confusion by mentioning that a path might be alive due to
having referrers, not just roots.
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Alyssa Ross 2024-05-17 18:18:38 +02:00
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@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
throw Error(
"Cannot delete path '%1%' since it is still alive. "
"To find out why, use: "
"nix-store --query --roots",
"nix-store --query --roots and nix-store --query --referrers",
printStorePath(i));
}