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inconsistent 'guix package --list-generations' for root

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40344: closed (inconsistent 'guix package --list-generations'
 for root)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:49:02 +0000

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Your message dated Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:48:03 +0300
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regarding inconsistent 'guix package --list-generations' for root
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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: inconsistent 'guix package --list-generations' for root
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:54:36 +0300

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When I run 'sudo guix package --list-generations' on a foreign distro
I get a list of all the profiles for all the users, not just for root.
When I run 'sudo guix package --list-generations' on Guix System I get:
guix package: error: profile '/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile' does not exist

1: it probably shouldn't error if the default profile doesn't exist
2: I like the idea of root being able to, say, clean up all the profiles
over a certain age (ie.: guix package --delete-generations 6m). On the
other hand it is unexpected behavior since root is "just another user"

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 40344-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40344: inconsistent 'guix package --list-generations' for root
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:48:03 +0300

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Looks like I messsed up the bug report completely and mixed up
--list-profiles and --list-generations.

If anyone is curious, when run as root, 'guix package --list-profiles'
on Guix system and on a foreign distro, for me, return a list of all the
profiles of all the users.

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