Re: Guix Docker image inflation

[zimoun]

On Fri, 29 May 2020 at 20:47, Stephen Scheck <singularsyntax@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not the point, no, but how else do I obtain a seed Guix Docker image, which I 
> can use to birth clean, pristine
> "baby" images of Guix's own making? It would be really nice if the Guix 
> project itself provided such an image!

Help welcome! :-)


Well, this

> root@localhost /gnu/store# guix gc
> finding garbage collector roots...
> deleting garbage...
> [0 MiB] deleting 
> '/gnu/store/x7ns2xcp8lfg24zq7gr3y8ffczn1nsxp-guix-d79c917f2-modules'
> [0 MiB] deleting '/gnu/store/slwkzcmg6r1lr9a16x3krd2ax384p8wr-guix-system'
> [0 MiB] deleting '/gnu/store/dzifisbdk1gwy2fw2hwzgvdnjak22awl-guix-extra'
> deleting `/gnu/store/trash'
> deleting unused links...
> note: currently hard linking saves 1181.82 MiB
> guix gc: freed 0.636 MiBs

and this

> root@localhost /gnu/store# guix gc --list-dead
> finding garbage collector roots...
> determining live/dead paths...
> /gnu/store/0bm8h4ns6bymc7q24vhfr0dnb7qab729-guix-cli
> /gnu/store/0hjjj9dppc5xvq3bfjwbsygrfyqn0rlv-guix-cli
> /gnu/store/0m0xx2958fgyz8kk093afik5cn4rhrc1-guix-cli-modules
> /gnu/store/0pi2jhn3a778gc3fm1l31sh07fik4zwa-guix-system-tests-modules
> /gnu/store/0vwg9aqzs5xrk10vcs4dl105s3f42ilf-guix-b1affd477-modules
> # Lots more listed...

is weird.  Something wrong happens here.


Well, could you try

   guix system delete-generations
   guix gc

?