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Subject: bug#24194: GUIX gc - add warning
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:43:28 +0100
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To: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
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Hello,

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

> On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 07:59:28PM -0400, J. Eppler wrote:
>> Hello,
>>=20=20
>> 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:
>>=20
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html
>
> I think the concept of garbage collector roots should be clarified in
> the manual somehow and linked to from 'Invoking guix gc'. Or it could
> even go in that section.
>
> I was surprised to find that the string 'gcroots' does not appear in the
> manual.

I=E2=80=99ve now pushed some clarifications:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=3D6a98b9f34e6190a2e=
1d11bedd5853aa94cf25ca7

Closing!

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.