From 021634e3e3edb327089d33ab41b743f0a40126da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 11:54:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nix-env: Refuse to operate on a new-style profile

This prevents users from accidentally nuking their profile via
nix-env.
---
 src/nix-env/user-env.cc | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/nix-env/user-env.cc b/src/nix-env/user-env.cc
index 717431b7a..f852916d8 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/user-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/user-env.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ namespace nix {
 DrvInfos queryInstalled(EvalState & state, const Path & userEnv)
 {
     DrvInfos elems;
+    if (pathExists(userEnv + "/manifest.json"))
+        throw Error("profile '%s' is incompatible with 'nix-env'; please use 'nix profile' instead", userEnv);
     Path manifestFile = userEnv + "/manifest.nix";
     if (pathExists(manifestFile)) {
         Value v;