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[bug#35176] [PATCH 0/5] 'guix gc --delete-generations' and '--list-roots
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Björn Höfling |
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[bug#35176] [PATCH 0/5] 'guix gc --delete-generations' and '--list-roots' |
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Tue, 9 Apr 2019 21:01:09 +0200 |
On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 23:26:56 +0200
Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Guix!
>
> This patch series is mostly about making it easier to free space:
> ‘guix gc --delete-generations’ deletes old generations of all the
> user’s profiles prior to collecting garbage.
>
> For consistency, ‘--delete-generations’ is aliased with ‘-d’, so
> ‘-d’ is repurposed (until now it was an alias for ‘--delete’).
I'm using regularly `guix gc -d /gnu/store/...` and I'm a bit concerned
about re/abusing this existing parameter. First I like the simple '-d'
to delete a store path. Second, how big is the chance I could
accidentally delete (all) older generations of my profiles? I really
like to keep them for a long time, until my disk is near-full, and it
looks like gc-roots are no longer a safe way to keep them?
Björn
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