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fix: make --rebuild failures actionable #14855

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
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Expand Up @@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ Goal::Co DerivationGoal::haveDerivation(bool storeDerivation)
}
if (buildMode == bmCheck && !allValid)
throw Error(
"some outputs of '%s' are not valid, so checking is not possible",
"some outputs of '%s' are not valid, so checking is not possible\n"
"Hint: --rebuild and --check error if the derivation was not previously built and cannot be substituted.\n"
" Remove it to perform a fresh build, or use --repair to rewrite missing or corrupted builds in the store.",
worker.store.printStorePath(drvPath));
}

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