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unexpected download after gc

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Message #14 received at 54495 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: David Elsing <david.elsing <at> posteo.net>
To: 54495 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: raingloom <at> riseup.net, zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: unexpected download after gc
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:51:49 +0000

Hello,

David Elsing <david.elsing <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Presently, it is inconvenient to globally run guix gc at all for me, as
> many (dependent) packages are deleted and substituted again when
> rebuilding several profiles built with grafts.

In the meantime, I learned about the '--gc-keep-outputs' and
'--gc-keep-derivations' options for guix-daemon [1], which together
prevent this issue. Of course, this also keeps build dependencies, but
that might be desirable anyway.

Best,
David

[1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix_002ddaemon.html

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