[debbugs-tracker] bug#35176: closed ([PATCH 0/5] 'guix gc --delete-generations' and '--list-roots')

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> [PATCH 0/5] 'guix gc --delete-generations' and '--list-roots'
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> Sat,  6 Apr 2019 23:26:56 +0200
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> Hello Guix!
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> 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.
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> For consistency, ‘--delete-generations’ is aliased with ‘-d’, so
> ‘-d’ is repurposed (until now it was an alias for ‘--delete’).
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> Thoughts?
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> Ludo’.
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> Ludovic Courtès (5):
>   Add (guix store roots).
>   guix gc: Add '--list-roots'.
>   profiles: Add 'generation-profile'.
>   guix gc: Add '--delete-generations'.
>   scripts: GC hint suggests 'guix gc -d 1m'.
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>  Makefile.am           |   6 ++-
>  doc/guix.texi         |  22 +++++++-
>  guix/profiles.scm     |  15 ++++++
>  guix/scripts.scm      |  10 ++--
>  guix/scripts/gc.scm   |  66 +++++++++++++++++++++--
>  guix/store/roots.scm  | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tests/guix-gc.sh      |   6 ++-
>  tests/store-roots.scm |  53 +++++++++++++++++++
>  8 files changed, 282 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 guix/store/roots.scm
>  create mode 100644 tests/store-roots.scm
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> Hello,
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> Björn Höfling <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > On Tue, 09 Apr 2019 22:02:07 +0200
> > Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:
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> >> Hi Björn,
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> >> > Second, how big is the chance I could accidentally delete (all)
> >> > older generations of my profiles?  
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> >> It’s unlikely because if you do “guix gc -d /gnu/store/…”, it still
> >> behaves like before.
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> >> Does it address your concern?
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> > OK, convinced. Thanks for clarifying.
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> Cool, I’ve just pushed the patch series.
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> I noticed that the compatibility trick for ‘-d’ would ignore its
> argument (thus it wouldn’t delete anything at all), so I’ve fixed that.
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> Thank you!
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> Ludo’.
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