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Deleting from `~/.elan/toolchains` but leaving matching `~/.elan/update-hashes` leaves elan in broken state.
% elan toolchain install leanprover/lean4:v4.0.0
% rm -rf ~/.elan/toolchains/leanprover--lean4---v4.0.0
% lake +leanprover/lean4:v4.0.0 env
error: toolchain 'leanprover/lean4:v4.0.0' is not installed
% elan toolchain install leanprover/lean4:v4.0.0
leanprover/lean4:v4.0.0 unchanged - (toolchain not installed)
% lake +leanprover/lean4:v4.0.0 env
error: toolchain 'leanprover/lean4:v4.0.0' is not installed
We had this happen on Hoskinson overnight!
It would be great if elan
could detect this condition (toolchain apparently present in update-hashes
, but missing in toolchain
) and cope, either by cleaning up or explaining how to clean up.
To be fair, this is users abusing elan, but it's an easy failure mode for someone wanting to delete big files.
update-hashes will be gone with #106