GNU bug report logs - #41607
Deleted store items are not actually deleted

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 19:10:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Stephen Scheck <singularsyntax <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41607: Deleted store items are not actually deleted
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 15:09:42 -0400

From the discussion "Guix Docker image inflation" [0] on help-guix:

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 02:29:53PM -0400, Stephen Scheck wrote:
> # Now try to delete it...
> root <at> localhost /gnu/store# guix gc --delete
> /gnu/store/x7ns2xcp8lfg24zq7gr3y8ffczn1nsxp-guix-d79c917f2-modules
> finding garbage collector roots...
> [0 MiB] deleting
> '/gnu/store/x7ns2xcp8lfg24zq7gr3y8ffczn1nsxp-guix-d79c917f2-modules'
> deleting `/gnu/store/trash'
> deleting unused links...
> note: currently hard linking saves 1181.36 MiB
> 
> # Still there...
> root <at> localhost /gnu/store# du -hs
> /gnu/store/x7ns2xcp8lfg24zq7gr3y8ffczn1nsxp-guix-d79c917f2-modules
> 210M /gnu/store/x7ns2xcp8lfg24zq7gr3y8ffczn1nsxp-guix-d79c917f2-modules

Okay, something is definitely not right.

[0] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2020-05/msg00235.html
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