From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: GC hints Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:49:46 +0100 Message-ID: <87bm5htvud.fsf@elephly.net> References: <878t10xpam.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87wooj1fmx.fsf@gmail.com> <87efaqna9u.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87d0qana9e.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87k1kivmzt.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87h8f9y6cq.fsf_-_@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41273) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gZdAi-0002cO-QJ for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2018 09:50:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gZdAg-0002tu-R3 for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2018 09:50:04 -0500 In-reply-to: <87h8f9y6cq.fsf_-_@gnu.org> 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: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: help-guix Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Actually, I was also wondering whether we should provide a configurable > mechanism that would, by default, automatically delete old GC roots and > maybe even run the GC automatically when needed=E2=80=94similar to what G= it > does. While this would be convenient and probably an improvement I=E2=80=99d like= to mention that in the HPC use case this might be problematic as profiles might be located on file shares that are not accessible by the node running the daemon. It would be good if the GC would err on the side of caution in those cases. (It currently removes links to unreachable profiles.) -- Ricardo