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Please provide a way to delete old build directories.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au>
Subject: bug#15890: closed (Re: bug#15890: Please provide a way to delete
 old build directories.)
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 10:57:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#15890: Please provide a way to delete old build directories.

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 15890 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au>
Cc: 15890-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15890: Please provide a way to delete old build directories.
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:56:05 +0100

John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:

> When packages are built using guix build --keep-failed the build directories
> are created in /tmp/nix* (as they should be).
>
> But it is impossible to delete these directories without special priviliges.
> The user who called guix build --keep-failed cannot delete them because they
> are owned by guix-builder
>
> Can we please either:
>
> 1. Have a command (or option to guix gc) to remove them ; OR
>
> 2. Arrange for the ownership of such directories to be changed to the calling user, 
>    after the build has finished.

This was fixed by Hartmut in commit
2608e40988ba8cf51723fe0d21bdedf6b3997c9c.

Ludo’.

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From: John Darrington <john <at> darrington.wattle.id.au>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Please provide a way to delete old build directories.
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:14:54 +0100

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When packages are built using guix build --keep-failed the build directories
are created in /tmp/nix* (as they should be).

But it is impossible to delete these directories without special priviliges.
The user who called guix build --keep-failed cannot delete them because they
are owned by guix-builder

Can we please either:

1. Have a command (or option to guix gc) to remove them ; OR

2. Arrange for the ownership of such directories to be changed to the calling user, 
   after the build has finished.

J'

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