From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] gnu: Add ruby-i18n. Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:28:52 +0200 Message-ID: <877g0j4miz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1411917760-28557-1-git-send-email-dthompson2@worcester.edu> <1411917760-28557-3-git-send-email-dthompson2@worcester.edu> 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]:40596) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZPaC-0002lF-Gb for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:29:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZPa0-000276-P3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:29:04 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:44024) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZPa0-00026k-J3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:28:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1411917760-28557-3-git-send-email-dthompson2@worcester.edu> (David Thompson's message of "Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:22:40 -0400") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: David Thompson Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello, I just noticed this: $ guix gc --references /gnu/store/whj6j9f34adpzwhfj3qf00fcq9zsb3hp-ruby-i= 18n-0.6.11 [nothing here] Apparently the .gem is +/- a gzip archive, which makes it opaque to the GC, hence the above result. Is it something we should worry about, or is it fine because .gem files in general don=E2=80=99t won=E2=80=99t hold any reference to something else? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.