From b044899891aada13b7a5f6f53daa2ffd4d887b66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:20:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * A helpful warning.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7856
---
 installer/nixos-rebuild.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/installer/nixos-rebuild.sh b/installer/nixos-rebuild.sh
index f63264cedae..12fae0cc80a 100644
--- a/installer/nixos-rebuild.sh
+++ b/installer/nixos-rebuild.sh
@@ -51,3 +51,13 @@ fi
 if test "$action" = "switch" -o "$action" = "boot" -o "$action" = "test"; then
     $pathToConfig/bin/switch-to-configuration "$action"
 fi
+
+
+if test "$action" = "test"; then
+    cat >&2 <<EOF
+
+Warning: if you remove the symlink \`$pathToConfig', the active system
+configuration may be garbage collected!  This may render the system
+inoperable (though a reboot will fix things).
+EOF
+fi