From 36a80f46a75638887624f6738b165c63a7fec59b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Connor McAdams <cmcadams@codeweavers.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 09:46:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] proton: Delete the creation sync guard file when removing
 newer prefixes.

If this file persists after removing a newer prefix, creation of the
current prefix will fail.

CW-Bug-Id: #24524
CW-Bug-Id: #19720
---
 proton | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/proton b/proton
index 2ba94cf1..05ade57f 100755
--- a/proton
+++ b/proton
@@ -653,6 +653,8 @@ class CompatData:
                 path = self.prefix_dir + "/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Ubisoft/Ubisoft Game Launcher/version.txt"
                 if file_exists(path, follow_symlinks=False) and os.path.isfile(path):
                     os.remove(path)
+                if file_exists(self.creation_sync_guard, follow_symlinks=False):
+                    os.remove(self.creation_sync_guard)
                 return
 
             if old_proton_ver == "3.7" and old_prefix_ver == "1":