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Re: What prevents "guix package --profile" profiles from being gc'ed?
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Alex Kost |
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Re: What prevents "guix package --profile" profiles from being gc'ed? |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:57:46 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
Ricardo Wurmus (2016-02-26 23:32 +0300) wrote:
> Alex Kost <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Christopher Allan Webber (2016-02-25 03:30 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a bit confused about profile management for profiles that *aren't*
>>> your system or default user profile.
>>>
>>> guix package --profile=/home/cwebber/guix-profiles/test -i hello
>>>
>>> then I run "guix gc", it seems like that profile is still kept around.
>
> [...]
>
>>> What's keeping that profile around? Will it ever get gc'ed? Is it
>>> somehow recorded in Guix's state files?
>>
>> Look at /var/guix/gcroots/auto/.
>
> It would be nice to have a user interface for that, too, so that users
> can quickly get an overview on all their custom profiles that may be
> littered across local and remote filesystems.
>
> What do you think?
Great idea! I hope I'll add an Emacs UI for this some day (not now).
--
Alex