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guix gc removed home config

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57585: closed (guix gc removed home config)
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2022 19:19:01 +0000

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From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: guix gc removed home config
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 20:32:58 +0200

Hi Guix!

Today I ran "guix home delete-generations" to remove my old home
generations. It removed generations 0 and 17. I'm on generation 18.

Then I ran "guix gc" and after I noticed I couldn't run a program from
my window manager (its menu is managed from guix home), I tried to look
at what was happening. My config files managed by guix home are now
symlinks that point to non existent store items. Spooky.

Please let me know how I can help diagnose the issue

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From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: 57585-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57585: guix gc removed home config
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 21:17:58 +0200

Actually I figured this out:

Generation 16 used an older guix version where guix home added a . at
the end of file names, so my config looked like this:

(simple-service 'xfce4-terminal home-files-service-type               
  `(("config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc"
    ,(local-file
      "files/xfce4-terminal/terminalrc"))))

Then, I updated Guix without changing my home configuration, so on
generation 17, guix home created $HOME/config instead of $HOME/.config.
So $HOME/.config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc (and all other config files)
kept pointing to generation 16's files. After removing the generation
and "guix gc", these files no longer exist, and I'm in trouble :)

So, guix home and guix gc are working as intended, but the change to no
longer adding a "." at the beginning of file names (which makes total
sense) tripped me up.

Le Sun, 4 Sep 2022 20:32:58 +0200,
Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu> a écrit :

> Hi Guix!
> 
> Today I ran "guix home delete-generations" to remove my old home
> generations. It removed generations 0 and 17. I'm on generation 18.
> 
> Then I ran "guix gc" and after I noticed I couldn't run a program from
> my window manager (its menu is managed from guix home), I tried to
> look at what was happening. My config files managed by guix home are
> now symlinks that point to non existent store items. Spooky.
> 
> Please let me know how I can help diagnose the issue
> 
> 
> 

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