Re: How to prevent incomplete build results from being garbage collected?

[zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 at 13:32, James Thomas <jimjoe@gmx.net> wrote:
> Mykola Nikishov wrote:

>> #+begin_example
>>   guix build <PACKAGE>
>>   guix gc
>>   guix build <PACKAGE>
>> #+end_example

[...]

> guix shell -D <package> -r <path>

In addition, you could use “guix gc -F 10G” or whatever space you would
like to reclaim.  Because “guix gc” delete all dead items whereas the
option ’-F’ (or ’-C’) tries to determine which items based on dates (I
guess).


Sometimes, I also do:

    for item in $(guix gc --list-dead | grep <filter>)
    do
       guix gc -D $item
    done

and you can pipe instead of for-looping. :-)


Hope that helps,
simon