From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Generation 0 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:42:48 +0200 Message-ID: <87a9j3tuh3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87vc2o4qwc.fsf@gnu.org> <87y57kljro.fsf@karetnikov.org> <87hae81uvo.fsf@gnu.org> <87li2oslzh.fsf_-_@karetnikov.org> <87hadcr4sh.fsf_-_@karetnikov.org> <8738ow5zif.fsf@gnu.org> <8738ovondu.fsf@karetnikov.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33433) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VO8Me-0000oT-6K for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:48:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VO8MY-0004MH-Ci for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:47:56 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([141.255.128.1]:54944) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VO8MY-0004MD-6c for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:47:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8738ovondu.fsf@karetnikov.org> (Nikita Karetnikov's message of "Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:14:53 +0400") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nikita Karetnikov Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Nikita Karetnikov skribis: >> I think it should be impossible to remove Generation 0 through the >> command-line tools, because that generation exists precisely so that the >> profile always points to something valid. > >> So yes, =E2=80=98--delete-generations=E2=80=99 must ignore Generation 0. > > Right, I agree. But some might expect it to delete the profile as well. > Should we have a separate tool for this? We have one; it=E2=80=99s called =E2=80=98rm=E2=80=99. :-) Ludo=E2=80=99.