summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/guix
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'guix')
-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/pull.scm7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/pull.scm b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
index 8e0595076a..660a2b9110 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/pull.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/pull.scm
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Download and deploy the latest version of Guix.\n"))
(string-append (config-directory #:ensure? #f) "/current"))
(define (migrate-generations profile directory)
- "Migration the generations of PROFILE to DIRECTORY."
+ "Migrate the generations of PROFILE to DIRECTORY."
(format (current-error-port)
(G_ "Migrating profile generations to '~a'...~%")
%profile-directory)
@@ -251,7 +251,10 @@ Download and deploy the latest version of Guix.\n"))
(target (string-append directory "/current-guix-"
(number->string generation)
"-link")))
- (rename-file source target)))
+ ;; Note: Don't use 'rename-file' as SOURCE and TARGET might
+ ;; live on different file systems.
+ (symlink (readlink source) target)
+ (delete-file source)))
(profile-generations profile))
(symlink current (string-append directory "/current-guix"))))