From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: bug#24194: GUIX gc - add warning Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 01:53:49 -0400 Message-ID: <8760r9xj82.fsf@netris.org> References: <8108bd02-a9f8-fad9-e5a1-93416ece607b@openmailbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60863) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXWbv-0004FQ-HE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:44:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXWbq-0002tK-B4 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:44:07 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54824) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXWbq-0002tG-7L for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:44:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bXWbp-0004K6-V3 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:44:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <8108bd02-a9f8-fad9-e5a1-93416ece607b@openmailbox.org> (J. Eppler's message of "Tue, 9 Aug 2016 19:59:28 -0400") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 24194@debbugs.gnu.org "J. Eppler" writes: > I used GUIX for the first time and invoked: guix gc. The command deleted > all my bootstrap files (gcc, binutils, findutils etc.). There should be > a warning added to the manual page: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html > > I was actually assuming that guix gc removes orphan packages, > build-caches, temporary files etc., but it does not seem to only do that. To clarify, J. Eppler was specifically avoiding binary substitutes, so he spent a lot of time bootstrapping Guix from source code, and was disappointed to discover that after "guix gc" he had to repeat that process. Mark