From f0dce8150bbac325d17d72725ed0253caa72f42b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jade Lovelace <jadel@mercury.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:24:12 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: bad error message for nix store delete --ignore-liveness

Found at work; the message implies you aren't trusted-user when it
actually is that ignore-liveness is always rejected by the daemon.

Whether this command is actually a good idea varies substantially of
course.

Change-Id: I47a710b835fd082ac85a24c7329f21117b1341ee
---
 lix/libstore/daemon.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lix/libstore/daemon.cc b/lix/libstore/daemon.cc
index fc1c61255..9d7a7d7c1 100644
--- a/lix/libstore/daemon.cc
+++ b/lix/libstore/daemon.cc
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void performOp(AsyncIoRoot & aio, TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store
 
         logger->startWork();
         if (options.ignoreLiveness)
-            throw Error("you are not allowed to ignore liveness");
+            throw Error("ignore-liveness is not supported via the Lix daemon; try running the command again with `--store local` and as the user that owns the Nix store (usually root)");
         auto & gcStore = require<GcStore>(*store);
         aio.blockOn(gcStore.collectGarbage(options, results));
         logger->stopWork();