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[bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto
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Pierre Neidhardt |
Subject: |
[bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space. |
Date: |
Fri, 29 May 2020 11:29:01 +0200 |
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> ‘guix gc --delete-generations=1m’ deletes generations of both
> ~/.guix-profile and ~/.config/guix/current. (When running as root it
> does that for all the users.)
Today I learned something! :)
> I would not recommend ‘guix system delete-generations’ here because it’s
> only accessible to root.
I still find it a useful tip because system generations may eat up a lot
of space and are easily forgotten.
What about adding "if you have root privileges"?
>> +You might also want to delete old non-default profiles pointed to by
>> +the symlinks in /var/guix/gcroots/auto (broken symlinks in this
>> +directory will be automatically removed).")
>
> IMO hints should remain concise, and I’m afraid this might be too much.
> Also, /var/guix/gcroots/auto is an implementation detail; I’d recommend
> running ‘guix package --list-profiles’ instead.
Good point. What about this then?
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
You might also want to delete old non-default profiles returned by `guix
package --list-profiles`.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Cheers!
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Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/
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- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space., Pierre Neidhardt, 2020/05/26
- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/05/28
- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space.,
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- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/05/29
- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space., Pierre Neidhardt, 2020/05/29
- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space., Marius Bakke, 2020/05/29
- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space., Pierre Neidhardt, 2020/05/30
- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space., Ludovic Courtès, 2020/05/30
- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space., Pierre Neidhardt, 2020/05/30
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