From: "Björn Höfling" <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 35176@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#35176] [PATCH 0/5] 'guix gc --delete-generations' and '--list-roots'
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 21:01:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190409210109.42ba3cee@alma-ubu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190406212656.27025-1-ludo@gnu.org>
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On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 23:26:56 +0200
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hello Guix!
>
> This patch series is mostly about making it easier to free space:
> ‘guix gc --delete-generations’ deletes old generations of all the
> user’s profiles prior to collecting garbage.
>
> For consistency, ‘--delete-generations’ is aliased with ‘-d’, so
> ‘-d’ is repurposed (until now it was an alias for ‘--delete’).
I'm using regularly `guix gc -d /gnu/store/...` and I'm a bit concerned
about re/abusing this existing parameter. First I like the simple '-d'
to delete a store path. Second, how big is the chance I could
accidentally delete (all) older generations of my profiles? I really
like to keep them for a long time, until my disk is near-full, and it
looks like gc-roots are no longer a safe way to keep them?
Björn
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-06 21:26 [bug#35176] [PATCH 0/5] 'guix gc --delete-generations' and '--list-roots' Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-06 21:31 ` [bug#35176] [PATCH 1/5] Add (guix store roots) Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-06 21:31 ` [bug#35176] [PATCH 2/5] guix gc: Add '--list-roots' Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-06 21:31 ` [bug#35176] [PATCH 3/5] profiles: Add 'generation-profile' Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-06 21:31 ` [bug#35176] [PATCH 4/5] guix gc: Add '--delete-generations' Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-06 21:31 ` [bug#35176] [PATCH 5/5] scripts: GC hint suggests 'guix gc -d 1m' Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-09 19:01 ` Björn Höfling [this message]
2019-04-09 20:02 ` [bug#35176] [PATCH 0/5] 'guix gc --delete-generations' and '--list-roots' Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-09 20:58 ` Björn Höfling
2019-04-10 15:19 ` bug#35176: " Ludovic Courtès
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