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guix gc delete order

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From: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: guix gc delete order
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 11:10:34 +0200

Hi Guix,

I feel the way `guix gc` choose its files to delete quite
inconvenient. For instance, when developping big programs locally, I
often find myself missing space, but when I will `guix gc -C30G`,
instead of the expected unused items (not present in any profile, just
built but discarded as the package I'm building is updated for
instance), I will instead loose most of the native-inputs that are
needed to build my `guix home` and `guix system`.

This make me stuck in an endless loop of removing / redownloading over
and over the same native-inputs, while my intention is first to remove
files that aren't these native-inputs.

I haven't delved into `guix gc` yet, how hard is that issue to solve? 

-- 
Best regards,
Nicolas Graves

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