From unknown Sun Aug 17 22:00:47 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#24194 <24194@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#24194 <24194@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: GUIX gc - add warning Reply-To: bug#24194 <24194@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 05:00:47 +0000 retitle 24194 GUIX gc - add warning reassign 24194 guix submitter 24194 "J. Eppler" severity 24194 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Aug 09 20:02:12 2016 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2016 00:02:12 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33445 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bXGyK-0005It-2V for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:02:12 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38901) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bXGw4-0005Di-Cf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:59:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXGvx-0000Uk-W2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:59:47 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:56559) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXGvx-0000UY-T7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:59:45 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58105) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXGvv-0003qy-Kt for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:59:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXGvr-0000TJ-L5 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:59:43 -0400 Received: from mail2.openmailbox.org ([62.4.1.33]:46593) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bXGvr-0000T5-B7 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:59:39 -0400 Received: by mail2.openmailbox.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9D6C6114A1E; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 01:59:37 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=openmailbox.org; s=openmailbox; t=1470787177; bh=Y7fjTuN2ntDGOJRGaTf+Vfpvzkof0Oqn4tIbdjo/UNE=; h=To:From:Subject:Date:From; b=GIZpzzt5av9HWbRIdDDZB046Uuiw6vZ7F70eeQ+Khw/hkk2qOJA957syvb9PT2LoL n9idW2ECMpok+pYy+9G+Ujp/8ID2QgalYIANhPLN6nCdwRSJxU5HWK7msP/YC0Akuk GLXMVZB+6MLpeqzTGyKArCBtFt6H+GrsTpbXpNHw= To: bug-guix@gnu.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=openmailbox.org; s=openmailbox; t=1470787174; bh=Y7fjTuN2ntDGOJRGaTf+Vfpvzkof0Oqn4tIbdjo/UNE=; h=To:From:Subject:Date:From; b=MdquF4CSon2Z8FUNi9G9wuJtz3fCL8GCefcBcB+zBf6D/AskFpofN9GlqcV2em9UY nCVtonSDTDxCNmUx+waZ3ajq4WElpk0S5j4lUgMJ13qfprDFUiEF7CMpaFmrE9yyx0 FOmxkVmmdPK28pIQlJO5x4ezHaJn6U1Vs7UmOkG8= From: "J. Eppler" Subject: GUIX gc - add warning Message-ID: <8108bd02-a9f8-fad9-e5a1-93416ece607b@openmailbox.org> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 19:59:28 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:02:11 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 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: -4.0 (----) Hello, I used GUIX for the first time and invoked: guix gc. The command deleted all my bootstrap files (gcc, binutils, findutils etc.). There should be a warning added to the manual page: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html I was actually assuming that guix gc removes orphan packages, build-caches, temporary files etc., but it does not seem to only do that. Best regards J. Eppler From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Aug 10 12:43:52 2016 Received: (at 24194) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2016 16:43:52 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52536 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bXWbg-0004JM-8Z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:43:52 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:41655) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bXWbe-0004Iv-VV for 24194@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:43:51 -0400 Received: from pool-71-174-42-86.bstnma.east.verizon.net ([71.174.42.86] helo=jojen) by world.peace.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bXMSm-0002qX-LX; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 01:54:00 -0400 From: Mark H Weaver To: 24194@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#24194: GUIX gc - add warning References: <8108bd02-a9f8-fad9-e5a1-93416ece607b@openmailbox.org> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 01:53:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8108bd02-a9f8-fad9-e5a1-93416ece607b@openmailbox.org> (J. Eppler's message of "Tue, 9 Aug 2016 19:59:28 -0400") Message-ID: <8760r9xj82.fsf@netris.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 24194 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 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 (/) "J. Eppler" writes: > I used GUIX for the first time and invoked: guix gc. The command deleted > all my bootstrap files (gcc, binutils, findutils etc.). There should be > a warning added to the manual page: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html > > I was actually assuming that guix gc removes orphan packages, > build-caches, temporary files etc., but it does not seem to only do that. To clarify, J. Eppler was specifically avoiding binary substitutes, so he spent a lot of time bootstrapping Guix from source code, and was disappointed to discover that after "guix gc" he had to repeat that process. Mark From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Aug 10 14:56:23 2016 Received: (at 24194) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2016 18:56:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52603 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bXYfv-0000qE-Kc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:56:23 -0400 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:42229) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bXYft-0000q4-D6 for 24194@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:56:21 -0400 Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC06203F7; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:56:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute7.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:56:21 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=famulari.name; h= cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=nEw69 vgR94+1K1LR6jvK6Dr3LI0=; b=XVHp0WI6wL/SHiLZL4+8I+KY5yPxingsXJNZg xT2r7o8teUX/yo3u+plWIgX8XCOJi+UXQ0bqFiDjhr8v0LNpsMmcAipTcAcddjw3 iV7Mgec58cprab7e5ZovBkE42NwPluWdbLhutvV5GX/EdsgogigXS0RGmnAfmAvq AgBdH8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=nEw69vgR94+1K1LR6jvK6Dr3LI0=; b=YOZo6 6MEc2FFJqg14WpmEygEsgPJ4eBimup5BZbIzurRvGj4YKouvLaODflovAOMqSojg KVXFs7W1jkcSZH9Wv/iamaLzoJDdKplSoCvhdZXeMCBWpGrRGYMHXBd84NmAfppm BVLXeE9nmZgIbim7t+yVjXutaIFJaO6OjsP3wk= X-Sasl-enc: PeOCZLolqawRsS6+tQxQ8OaRsbwhTc14JshOsziyzSCU 1470855380 Received: from localhost (c-73-188-17-148.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [73.188.17.148]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CFC86F2988; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:56:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:56:20 -0400 From: Leo Famulari To: "J. Eppler" Subject: Re: bug#24194: GUIX gc - add warning Message-ID: <20160810185620.GA14104@jasmine> References: <8108bd02-a9f8-fad9-e5a1-93416ece607b@openmailbox.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8108bd02-a9f8-fad9-e5a1-93416ece607b@openmailbox.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 24194 Cc: 24194@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 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: -0.7 (/) On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 07:59:28PM -0400, J. Eppler wrote: > Hello, > > I used GUIX for the first time and invoked: guix gc. The command deleted > all my bootstrap files (gcc, binutils, findutils etc.). There should be > a warning added to the manual page: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html I think the concept of garbage collector roots should be clarified in the manual somehow and linked to from 'Invoking guix gc'. Or it could even go in that section. I was surprised to find that the string 'gcroots' does not appear in the manual. > I was actually assuming that guix gc removes orphan packages, > build-caches, temporary files etc., but it does not seem to only do that. In your case, things that are not garbage collector roots (that is, not reachable from /var/guix/gcroots) could be considered orphans or temporary. I agree the documentation should be improved. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Nov 12 16:43:34 2017 Received: (at 24194-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Nov 2017 21:43:34 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37306 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eE02P-0000zx-QD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2017 16:43:33 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([141.255.128.1]:35012) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eE02N-0000zm-Pg for 24194-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2017 16:43:32 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23B1EF24D; Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:43:33 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aB88IUvXt06T; Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:43:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from ribbon (unknown [IPv6:2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B30A6E79B; Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:43:31 +0100 (CET) From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: bug#24194: GUIX gc - add warning References: <8108bd02-a9f8-fad9-e5a1-93416ece607b@openmailbox.org> <20160810185620.GA14104@jasmine> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:43:28 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20160810185620.GA14104@jasmine> (Leo Famulari's message of "Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:56:20 -0400") Message-ID: <87mv3rb2bj.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 24194-done Cc: 24194-done@debbugs.gnu.org, "J. Eppler" X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 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: 1.0 (+) Hello, Leo Famulari skribis: > On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 07:59:28PM -0400, J. Eppler wrote: >> Hello, >>=20=20 >> I used GUIX for the first time and invoked: guix gc. The command deleted >> all my bootstrap files (gcc, binutils, findutils etc.). There should be >> a warning added to the manual page: >>=20 >> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html > > I think the concept of garbage collector roots should be clarified in > the manual somehow and linked to from 'Invoking guix gc'. Or it could > even go in that section. > > I was surprised to find that the string 'gcroots' does not appear in the > manual. I=E2=80=99ve now pushed some clarifications: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=3D6a98b9f34e6190a2e= 1d11bedd5853aa94cf25ca7 Closing! Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99. From unknown Sun Aug 17 22:00:47 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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