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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:09:01 +0100
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To: Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org>
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On Tue 14 Mar 2017 17:43, Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> writes:

> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Federico Beffa (2017-03-14 09:42 +0100) wrote:
>>
>>> 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.

Currently, profiles that aren't in your ~/.guix-profile are not treated
as GC roots (AFAIR).  I think this is a bug -- albeit a known bug. :)

Andy