From 8b94dd6b5929f26c24701ed5074b490e7d4e23ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ng Wei Han <47109095+weiihann@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:10:41 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cmd): check pruneancient when creating db (#1986)

---
 cmd/utils/flags.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 36455d86b..7c6ce0e6c 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -2355,7 +2355,7 @@ func tryMakeReadOnlyDatabase(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) ethdb.Database
 	// If datadir doesn't exist we need to open db in write-mode
 	// so database engine can create files.
 	readonly := true
-	if !common.FileExist(stack.ResolvePath("chaindata")) {
+	if !common.FileExist(stack.ResolvePath("chaindata")) || ctx.Bool(PruneAncientDataFlag.Name) {
 		readonly = false
 	}
 	return MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, readonly, false)