From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: GNU Icecat crashed tab Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2018 10:14:56 +0200 Message-ID: <87k1n4btz3.fsf@elephly.net> References: <3db83d6ed0762a43ed6228ac6dacbe60@posteo.net> <87pnx5u9dl.fsf@elephly.net> <20180922103020.GA4237@jurong> <87o9cpu7ge.fsf@elephly.net> <874lefhsz2.fsf@elephly.net> <109421fc356f21fbed0adb92d39723e9@posteo.net> <87pnx0c0k6.fsf@gnu.org> <51cc89e1f32f73fef9b4a62179aef8a7@posteo.net> <8736tvad6v.fsf@gnu.org> <6af4caef9b19202bcabc30bd214b9a32@posteo.net> <20180927080646.172a98ba@alma-ubu> <704210b8c1e753fcaa03debfcc391c1e@posteo.net> 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]:56805) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g6Adx-0002hc-Ey for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 04:30:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g6Adu-0003V8-AZ for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 04:30:29 -0400 Received: from sender-of-o51.zoho.com ([135.84.80.216]:21129) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g6Adt-0003Ul-VC for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 04:30:26 -0400 In-reply-to: <704210b8c1e753fcaa03debfcc391c1e@posteo.net> 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: nightowl Cc: help-guix@gnu.org nightowl writes: > I have been trying to upgrade the icecat package. I am using the > 'guix system reconfigure' command, but seem to be running out of disk > space. Generally, I recommend keeping the user profile separate from a lean system profile. This allows you to upgrade your system even if some of your user packages cannot currently be built for some reason. > It is also starting to compile some things instead of using > substitutes, but maybe I need to wait for the servers to settle down. That=E2=80=99s possible. You can get an overview of what=E2=80=99s going t= o be downloaded and what will be built with the =E2=80=9C--dry-run=E2=80=9D opti= on. > Currently after running garbage collection, my installation is still > about 17GB on a 20GB partition. I have several generations of past > configurations, so would it be possible to free up space by removing > some of the past generations? How would that be done, I do not see a > command for doing that? You need to manually remove old links of the form /var/guix/profiles/system-*-link =E2=80=94 be careful not to remove the link corresponding to the current system! After that you can run =E2=80=9Cguix = gc=E2=80=9D. -- Ricardo