From unknown Tue Jun 24 01:38:09 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#19832 <19832@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#19832 <19832@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Deleting unused links is too slow Reply-To: bug#19832 <19832@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:38:09 +0000 retitle 19832 Deleting unused links is too slow reassign 19832 guix submitter 19832 Andreas Enge severity 19832 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Feb 10 14:25:44 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Feb 2015 19:25:44 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39607 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLGRL-0004HY-GE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:25:43 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47800) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLGRJ-0004HL-5I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:25:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLGRD-0006Sg-6E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:25:35 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:49872) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLGRD-0006SZ-2f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:25:35 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49522) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLGRC-0007Re-3t for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:25:34 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLGR5-0006Qg-LQ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:25:34 -0500 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.24]:61685) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLGR5-0006QW-DD for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:25:27 -0500 Received: from debian ([82.66.2.95]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M2v1a-1XV5aX32v8-00se5E; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:25:23 +0100 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:25:21 +0100 From: Andreas Enge To: bug-guix@gnu.org Subject: Deleting unused links is too slow Message-ID: <20150210192521.GA431@debian> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:rAIrLYKHti9fBYgVgrXPqwsLn84x+cnfcEqKUUkqniu2cKhst4S ysCqixdfxATsa28emnacgaS1re6keWkm+/3mYHM5Kr07n+eRcJN1kgG/HuLqhvlL9DhRDdn tD9RD8eF9uZEGrOn0a1YxdxqG22Z68kpQuoJMfmcqMUcaY5p3lOZ1Ml9AKGrQD9T6W2Vjfs lsQK+fenRwIfLiZe4ATHQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Hello, I just compiled a test package and tried a "guix gc -d /path/to/package/in/store" After printing deleting `/gnu/store/642pwarg5hppzh1gwadd07w0g4w3rwpx-nss-certs-3.17.3' deleting `/gnu/store/trash' deleting unused links... which is instantaneous, I need to wait for 5 minutes with the disk spinning. I suppose this is a side-effect of deduplication? Andreas From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Feb 10 17:24:57 2015 Received: (at 19832) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Feb 2015 22:24:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39661 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLJEn-0001Wd-Ar for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:24:57 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:38140 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLJEk-0001WU-Lj for 19832@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:24:55 -0500 Received: from reverse-83.fdn.fr ([80.67.176.83]:47781 helo=pluto) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLJEj-0000ML-OQ; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:24:54 -0500 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: bug#19832: Deleting unused links is too slow References: <20150210192521.GA431@debian> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 22 =?utf-8?Q?Pluvi=C3=B4se?= an 223 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0xEA52ECF4 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 83C4 F8E5 10A3 3B4C 5BEA D15D 77DD 95E2 EA52 ECF4 X-OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:24:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20150210192521.GA431@debian> (Andreas Enge's message of "Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:25:21 +0100") Message-ID: <87fvadxv4c.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19832 Cc: 19832@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Andreas Enge skribis: > I just compiled a test package and tried a > "guix gc -d /path/to/package/in/store" > > After printing > deleting `/gnu/store/642pwarg5hppzh1gwadd07w0g4w3rwpx-nss-certs-3.17.3' > deleting `/gnu/store/trash' > deleting unused links... > which is instantaneous, I need to wait for 5 minutes with the disk spinni= ng. Literally 5 minutes? It would be more like 30s on my SSD. > I suppose this is a side-effect of deduplication? That, and the fact that you have a disk that actually spins. ;-) If you haven=E2=80=99t GC=E2=80=99d in a long time, it=E2=80=99s also likel= y to take longer. Ludo=E2=80=99. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Feb 10 19:07:40 2015 Received: (at 19832) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2015 00:07:40 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39708 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLKqB-0004OX-T1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:07:40 -0500 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.131]:54079) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLKqA-0004OH-3y for 19832@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:07:38 -0500 Received: from debian ([82.66.2.95]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue005) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MJodE-1YMQli2YVA-0017AF; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:07:30 +0100 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:07:28 +0100 From: Andreas Enge To: Ludovic =?iso-8859-15?Q?Court=E8s?= Subject: Re: bug#19832: Deleting unused links is too slow Message-ID: <20150211000728.GA22201@debian> References: <20150210192521.GA431@debian> <87fvadxv4c.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <87fvadxv4c.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Tw8tmA9thQhbxNnHojo7jZLGKTzDCaXGAa35+gzo6lecQLTvRI3 ydmHZ4ZLGiOCsMBt+lXJznbcGSfWAZuBoKHhWp5THCoTXiJ7bRMMDflueUaKED5GG1IjacC prl5uc/VhSM8V4W7rWCGhKOQwPRMSz5QkxASruEQ4mi5ClSDb/KDSgdJMTj7Lf2GTDnDe6+ Khxg7UKHEpH+J0hJ/0ozQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19832 Cc: 19832@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:24:51PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > If you haven’t GC’d in a long time, it’s also likely to take longer. Maybe that was the problem. I tried again later to gc one package, and it was almost instantaneous. Which means that there might not be a problem after all. Andreas From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Feb 12 12:26:59 2015 Received: (at 19832-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Feb 2015 17:26:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40948 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLxXW-0006JU-So for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:26:59 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:54080 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YLxXU-0006JN-QV for 19832-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:26:57 -0500 Received: from pluto.bordeaux.inria.fr ([193.50.110.57]:40545 helo=pluto) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YLxXU-00051e-6R; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:26:56 -0500 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: bug#19832: Deleting unused links is too slow References: <20150210192521.GA431@debian> <87fvadxv4c.fsf@gnu.org> <20150211000728.GA22201@debian> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 24 =?utf-8?Q?Pluvi=C3=B4se?= an 223 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0xEA52ECF4 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 83C4 F8E5 10A3 3B4C 5BEA D15D 77DD 95E2 EA52 ECF4 X-OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:26:54 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20150211000728.GA22201@debian> (Andreas Enge's message of "Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:07:28 +0100") Message-ID: <87lhk3oxb5.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19832-done Cc: 19832-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Andreas Enge skribis: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:24:51PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> If you haven=E2=80=99t GC=E2=80=99d in a long time, it=E2=80=99s also li= kely to take longer. > > Maybe that was the problem. I tried again later to gc one package, and it= was > almost instantaneous. Which means that there might not be a problem after= all. OK, closing it then. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99. From unknown Tue Jun 24 01:38:09 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator