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[bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
[bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space. |
Date: |
Fri, 29 May 2020 13:56:19 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:
> 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"?
We could do that, but again people on “foreign distros” etc. could be
confused and overwhelmed. I’d lean towards keeping it concise.
>>> +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?
>
> You might also want to delete old non-default profiles returned by `guix
> package --list-profiles`.
SGTM! (Use @command markup in the actual hint.)
Thanks,
Ludo’.
- [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., Pierre Neidhardt, 2020/05/29
- [bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space.,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- [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
[bug#41538] [PATCH] guix scripts: Mention Guix checkouts + gcroots/auto when warning about disk space., zimoun, 2020/05/29