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Hi,

I have limited space on my root file system, and therefore need to 
run 'guix gc' regularly.  One problem with that is that the texlive 
source package (currently 
/gnu/store/mj40l554qxw15acz0h018gk5c9mxzfgn-texlive-20180414-texmf.tar.xz) 
regularly gets deleted that way.  When I upgrade after running guix 
gc, I often find I need to download this very large (2.5G) tarball 
again.

How do I add a gc root for this tarball (or is that a bad idea)?  I 
tried 'guix build texlive --source --root ...', but I get a warning 
'package texlive has no source'.

All ideas are welcome!

Thomas