Guix gc removing important packages?

Guix gc removing important packages?

[Andreas Enge]

I just did the following:
  guix package -d
  guix gc
to have only the current profile and its packages on my disk.
Then I wanted to delete one package:
  guix package -r texlive

This resulted in the following output:
The following package will be removed:
   texlive      2013    /gnu/store/in5hhsj3335k1mkdq15y855mya430c6v-texlive-2013

The following derivations will be built:
   /gnu/store/js1h46v2cmw94s22875jp1ijzagp99dw-profile.drv
   /gnu/store/b4dp41cyfrfhamjfslj3n0x1lsnqqnl9-info-dir.drv
The following files will be downloaded:
   /gnu/store/x61zrqq09c862d5d4r5xzdnr87k66ak7-module-import-compiled
   /gnu/store/hm61la04aycc1pi9yx7r27wi1kyix9kp-module-import
   /gnu/store/vpsp7ln93kq0512507vj98p7cs718fa6-gzip-1.6
   /gnu/store/c94ncj1zaf6n29j9j3rfli5yk5p3i33b-texinfo-5.2
   /gnu/store/5fkfy5ai2czwlin8qq9farsxa90ng4p9-guile-2.0.11
   /gnu/store/rrsnzvlpja5m332gsvlc44nxl0i9k297-module-import
   /gnu/store/6kfg0draw5md187d3jasbqqj1q3x059q-module-import-compiled
   /gnu/store/3fd4cw58xy7k7sg6hj08b06vgk4qfhdv-bash-4.3.25
   /gnu/store/3h38sfay2f02rk4i768ci8xabl706rf9-glibc-2.20
   /gnu/store/9rfwkz5byv2lc890nfgzwvjby9jjz61l-libunistring-0.9.4
   /gnu/store/dchak5bns782dpsa48kpkv2fc5js2ab6-pkg-config-0.27.1
   /gnu/store/grcdjq1kap9jrz50d0gil44r0i7pfynf-libgc-7.4.2
   /gnu/store/ly1x746q7n6m763j5h2ghgd1nblzc5c3-readline-6.3
   /gnu/store/mpm41icd0q7cr743l6k465ygci7gmcy5-libatomic-ops-7.4.2
   /gnu/store/ncp43gc65kvwpqgqgc14jxy24cvn9czm-gmp-6.0.0a
   /gnu/store/px5ks6hyjszqp269l9b91354zjclv6c2-gcc-4.8.3-lib
   /gnu/store/sbfg0w6l9w487cjgg3jxk51xnj8ws3gh-libffi-3.1
   /gnu/store/wy4zr20qjn7hdl0ndnlzq2p2l6x0810v-libtool-2.4.2
   /gnu/store/xkdsdx74l86pcnkpf4v5imqkf94l79n3-ncurses-5.9
   /gnu/store/914k3d6kg979scs8f466cm0nk246bmwa-ncurses-5.9
   /gnu/store/9mpph60a3g7jnnhvpwfhk5p9wzsk8i6i-perl-5.16.1
   /gnu/store/arvd1w0vywxdz8pir3cdagqg21lcrid0-coreutils-8.23
   /gnu/store/3hy722q3q4pd9mbk4jp2q3y1pb4mp4mv-grep-2.20

Is this normal? Should removing packages not be possible without an internet
connection? Does "guix gc" need to be modified to keep essential packages
registered?

Andreas

Re: Guix gc removing important packages?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> Then I wanted to delete one package:
>   guix package -r texlive
>
> This resulted in the following output:
> The following package will be removed:
>    texlive      2013    /gnu/store/in5hhsj3335k1mkdq15y855mya430c6v-texlive-2013
>
> The following derivations will be built:
>    /gnu/store/js1h46v2cmw94s22875jp1ijzagp99dw-profile.drv
>    /gnu/store/b4dp41cyfrfhamjfslj3n0x1lsnqqnl9-info-dir.drv
> The following files will be downloaded:
>    /gnu/store/x61zrqq09c862d5d4r5xzdnr87k66ak7-module-import-compiled
>    /gnu/store/hm61la04aycc1pi9yx7r27wi1kyix9kp-module-import
>    /gnu/store/vpsp7ln93kq0512507vj98p7cs718fa6-gzip-1.6
>    /gnu/store/c94ncj1zaf6n29j9j3rfli5yk5p3i33b-texinfo-5.2
>    /gnu/store/5fkfy5ai2czwlin8qq9farsxa90ng4p9-guile-2.0.11
>    /gnu/store/rrsnzvlpja5m332gsvlc44nxl0i9k297-module-import
>    /gnu/store/6kfg0draw5md187d3jasbqqj1q3x059q-module-import-compiled
>    /gnu/store/3fd4cw58xy7k7sg6hj08b06vgk4qfhdv-bash-4.3.25
>    /gnu/store/3h38sfay2f02rk4i768ci8xabl706rf9-glibc-2.20
>    /gnu/store/9rfwkz5byv2lc890nfgzwvjby9jjz61l-libunistring-0.9.4
>    /gnu/store/dchak5bns782dpsa48kpkv2fc5js2ab6-pkg-config-0.27.1
>    /gnu/store/grcdjq1kap9jrz50d0gil44r0i7pfynf-libgc-7.4.2
>    /gnu/store/ly1x746q7n6m763j5h2ghgd1nblzc5c3-readline-6.3
>    /gnu/store/mpm41icd0q7cr743l6k465ygci7gmcy5-libatomic-ops-7.4.2
>    /gnu/store/ncp43gc65kvwpqgqgc14jxy24cvn9czm-gmp-6.0.0a
>    /gnu/store/px5ks6hyjszqp269l9b91354zjclv6c2-gcc-4.8.3-lib
>    /gnu/store/sbfg0w6l9w487cjgg3jxk51xnj8ws3gh-libffi-3.1
>    /gnu/store/wy4zr20qjn7hdl0ndnlzq2p2l6x0810v-libtool-2.4.2
>    /gnu/store/xkdsdx74l86pcnkpf4v5imqkf94l79n3-ncurses-5.9
>    /gnu/store/914k3d6kg979scs8f466cm0nk246bmwa-ncurses-5.9
>    /gnu/store/9mpph60a3g7jnnhvpwfhk5p9wzsk8i6i-perl-5.16.1
>    /gnu/store/arvd1w0vywxdz8pir3cdagqg21lcrid0-coreutils-8.23
>    /gnu/store/3hy722q3q4pd9mbk4jp2q3y1pb4mp4mv-grep-2.20
>
> Is this normal?

Yes it is!  :-)

The derivation that builds the profile uses Guile, like almost all the
derivations.  And since we just merged the bash-cve-2014-6271 branch, it
depends on the new Guile build, which isn’t yet in your store.  Hence
the long download list.

Ludo’.

Re: Guix gc removing important packages?

[Andreas Enge]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 01:26:20PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> The derivation that builds the profile uses Guile, like almost all the
> derivations.  And since we just merged the bash-cve-2014-6271 branch, it
> depends on the new Guile build, which isn’t yet in your store.  Hence
> the long download list.

Very well then, thanks for the explanation!

Andreas