From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
To: "Marius Bakke" <marius@gnu.org>, "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 41538@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space.
Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 11:03:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d06ldcbj.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877dwu4lwl.fsf@gnu.org>
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Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org> writes:
> I think newbie users might not know whether it applies or not. Given
> that 'guix gc --delete-generations' removes old generations of _all_
> user profiles, perhaps we can just keep that instead of listing each of
> the various ways to --delete-generations?
I think this is not just about newbie users, but also a reminder of
the full list of what you have to go through to clean up your system
(including system profiles which take up a lot of space).
I've used Guix for a while now and I still frequently forget to clean up
either one of these profiles: Guix, default, non-defaults, system.
I think it's fine if the list has 4 items instead of 1: if the newcomer
does not understand everything, they'll move on. Once they do
understand, they will be properly reminded to do it.
> It looks a bit overwhelming to have to do all that just to make some
> space in the store, especially when there is a single command to do all
> of them.
Does
sudo guix gc --delete-duration=DURATION
delete all profiles including system profiles and non-default profiles?
If so, then it's fine but:
1. The user might not want to delete profiles of other users.
2. It requires root privileges.
Thoughts?
Cheers!
--
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-30 9:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-26 13:22 [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-28 21:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-29 9:29 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-29 11:56 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-29 16:38 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-29 18:48 ` Marius Bakke
2020-05-30 9:03 ` Pierre Neidhardt [this message]
2020-05-30 14:05 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-30 15:55 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-29 10:14 ` zimoun
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