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[PATCH] nix: libstore: Do not remove unused links when deleting specific items.

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Message #71 received at 51427 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 51427 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>,
 maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com, zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#51427: [PATCH] nix: libstore: Do not remove unused links
 when deleting specific items.
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:14:14 +0200

Hi,

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> I don't think deleting links will ever be fast on that disk.  But what
> I've been saying the whole time is that I don't always need the links
> deleted.  I think adding "expert" switches to skip these phases might
> actually be enough – after all, if I ever do want to run a full GC, the
> information ought to be the same, no? 

The expert will have to know that skipping that phase will have the
effect of *not* freeing space on the device, so…

Ludo’.

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