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[PATCH 0/5] 'guix gc --delete-generations' and '--list-roots'

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Message #34 received at 35176-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling <at> bjoernhoefling.de>
Cc: 35176-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#35176] [PATCH 0/5] 'guix gc --delete-generations' and
 '--list-roots'
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:19:16 +0200

Hello,

Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling <at> bjoernhoefling.de> skribis:

> On Tue, 09 Apr 2019 22:02:07 +0200
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Björn,
>> 
>> > Second, how big is the chance I could accidentally delete (all)
>> > older generations of my profiles?  
>> 
>> It’s unlikely because if you do “guix gc -d /gnu/store/…”, it still
>> behaves like before.
>> 
>> Does it address your concern?
>
> OK, convinced. Thanks for clarifying.

Cool, I’ve just pushed the patch series.

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.

Thank you!

Ludo’.

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