From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marco van Hulten Subject: protect generations Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 22:42:36 +0100 Message-ID: <20200105224236.2e4fb9c2@jasniac.instanton> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35722) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ioDfa-0004aj-DO for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 16:42:47 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ioDfZ-0002gK-7T for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 16:42:46 -0500 Received: from alfons.uib.no ([2001:700:200:30::141]:49316) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ioDfY-0002b1-HE for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 16:42:45 -0500 Received: from alfux.uib.no (smtp.uib.no) [2001:700:200:6::a:1f0c] by alfons.uib.no for help-guix@gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3) id 1ioDfS-000D7W-6Q; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 22:42:39 +0100 Received: from 173.92-220-42.customer.lyse.net (jasniac.instanton) [92.220.42.173]:54884 by smtp.uib.no for help-guix@gnu.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.92.3) id 1ioDfR-0005N6-6z; Sun, 05 Jan 2020 22:42:37 +0100 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix@gnu.org Hello=E2=80=94 One of the great features of Guix is that one can roll back his profile. But I did a garbage collection (gc) that was too aggressive such that a relevant old profile disappeared. I presume this is gone forever. Is it possible to lock certain generations (of certain users) such that 'guix gc' would not touch it? =E2=80=94Marco