From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
To: Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: delete profile
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 12:13:33 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wpbp1t4y.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87varbx103.fsf@lupo.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Federico Beffa's message of "Tue, 14 Mar 2017 17:43:24 +0100")
Federico Beffa (2017-03-14 17:43 +0100) wrote:
> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Federico Beffa (2017-03-14 09:42 +0100) wrote:
>>
>>> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> writes:
>>> 'guix -p $HOME/guix-test-profile' lists only 1 generation (but I did
>>> create another one and then I rolled-back).
>>>
>>> I run 'guix gc' and now I find dangling symlinks in my $HOME.
>>
>> What dangling symlinks? Just remove them :-)
>
> Of this type:
>
> $HOME/guix-test-profile-XXX-link -> /gnu/store/...
>
> Yes, sure, I deleted them. It just seems strange that a GC leaves
> dangling links around.
GC can't remove such generation links; it removes only the stuff that is
placed in the store. It's up to a user to remove profiles and their
generations.
--
Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-16 9:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-12 17:28 delete profile Federico Beffa
2017-03-13 19:35 ` Alex Kost
2017-03-14 5:55 ` Pjotr Prins
2017-03-14 8:42 ` Federico Beffa
2017-03-14 14:36 ` Alex Kost
2017-03-14 16:43 ` Federico Beffa
2017-03-15 11:09 ` Andy Wingo
2017-03-15 16:00 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-03-16 9:13 ` Alex Kost [this message]
2017-03-14 14:28 ` Alex Kost
2017-03-14 15:18 ` Pjotr Prins
2017-03-16 9:13 ` Alex Kost
2017-03-16 12:18 ` Pjotr Prins
2017-03-14 13:26 ` Ludovic Courtès
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